Nobody was hurt, but a shed is a total loss after catching fire this afternoon. The abandoned workshop caught fire just after 4 in the afternoon. Several nearby fire departments responded to the call for assistance at 7808 Dickinson Road in the town of Morrison. They were able to extinguish the blaze.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2016 10:16:48 PM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay

Officials with the Milwaukee Fire Department on Wednesday afternoon, August 31st were called out to a fire at the Veolia facility on Jones Street near Lincoln Memorial Drive in Milwaukee. It happened around 3:00 p.m. Officials say the fire took place in an overheated conveyor belt motor, causing the conveyor belt to catch on fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2016 8:53:43 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

On August 30, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On August 28, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

The Finance Committee for the city of Clintonville has recently held two special meetings to discuss the future path the city takes regarding the city’s capital improvement projects and city debt. The meetings come on the heels of the city’s debt dominating the discussion at several meetings over the past couple months.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2016 12:13:42 PM - SOURCE: Waupaca Now

A facility custodian accidentally mixed a toxic combination of chemicals at the Wisconsin Department of Corrections building on Tuesday. The Madison Fire Department says they responded to a report of a chemical spill at about 5:30 p.m. at the DOC building at 3099 East Washington Ave. Paramedics were added to the call when the Dane County 911 Communications Center learned somebody in the building was having trouble breathing.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2016 10:45:53 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

On August 30, 6 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A fire forced a mother and her two children from their rental home on Sampson Street Monday evening, according to a fire department captain. The woman arrived home to find everything black and smoke that burned her eyes in her residence in the 2500 block of Sampson Street, according to records. She called for firefighters at 6:49 p.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2016 5:57:11 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune

The Superior Fire Department joined several Minnesota fire departments and law enforcement agencies Tuesday to pay tribute to two Michigan firefighters killed in a crash Saturday in Blaine, Minn. James Shelifoe, 23, and Alan Swartz, 25, of Baraga, Mich., were among firefighters headed to Utah to fight a wildfire when they were killed Saturday afternoon.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2016 2:25:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Telegram-Superior

The critical care unit at Beverly Hospital isn't exactly where Frank Twiss wants to start his retirement. "Not what I expected," Twiss said. "Not at all." But at least the Middleton fire chief will have a retirement. The 54-year-old suffered cardiac arrest Monday at the fire station. Nine members of his department saved his life.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCVB-TV ABC 5 Boston

The remains of five adults were found after a fire burned a Temecula-area residential care facility for developmentally disabled adults, authorities said Tuesday. The Riverside County sheriff’s homicide unit and Cal Fire’s arson unit are investigating the Monday morning fire. While the cause hasn’t been determined, sheriff’s officials have called the fire “suspicious” and the house a crime scene.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Press Enterprise

A volunteer firefighter admitted on Monday to stealing more than $60,000 from the department over six years while serving as its treasurer. Chester Jameson, 52, of Old Bridge, pleaded guilty to third-degree theft by deception before Monmouth County Superior Court Judge David Bauman, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni announced in a news release.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newark Star-Ledger/NJ.com

There is new information about the person infected with the Zika virus from Pinellas County. 10Investigates has discovered it could have been contracted in Hillsborough County because the Pinellas resident works as a firefighter in Tampa. There is a lot we don't know, because the Florida Department of Health is keeping the information very close to the vest and that could be because there is a huge concern what the disease could do to the state tourism industry.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTSP-TV 10 News

The city’s downtown fire station is expected to be modified within 90 days to make room for the ladder truck purchased earlier this month, a move prompting media reports and questions at the last city council meeting. The city expects to spend about $130,000 on design and installation of a new bay door for the $867,742 Pierce Enforcer, a demonstrator purchased with cash on hand, rather than through financing, due to the need to replace it as quickly as possible.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: My Dayton Daily News

A Lawrence firefighter suing the city says he voiced his disapproval over what he deemed to be police brutality, and then left the scene under arrest and with a broken arm. The lawsuit, which accuses the Lawrence Police Department of using both excessive and negligent force, could cost the city nearly a quarter of a million dollars.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lawrence Journal-World

Firefighters battled a business fire in Chilton. The fire chief confirms the Quality Painters Inc. building on Clay Street was destroyed. No one was killed or injured. The cause of the fire isn’t immediately known and is under investigation. At the building owner’s request, Chief Gary Halbach said, he won’t make any more information public at this time.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2016 4:43:31 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Sun Prairie and Madison emergency personnel responded Aug. 29 to a fire at a City of Sun Prairie apartment building that displaced eight families and caused at estimated $100,000 in damages. Fire Chief Chris Garrison said at 9:05 p.m., the Sun Prairie Fire Department responded to a structure fire on the 600 block of Schiller Street.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2016 7:23:36 AM - SOURCE: Sun Prairie Star

The driver of a Michigan firetruck that crashed Saturday on Interstate 35W in Blaine, killing two firefighters, said he was sleep-deprived and that he nodded off before the rig went out of control. He also admitted using marijuana and cocaine in the days and hours before the wreck, according to charges filed Monday.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Minneapolis Star-Tribune

The Liberty Township fire chief who had been fighting to keep his job will be returning to work next month, but not as chief. Tim Jensen, suspended in March for alleged management lapses, including tardiness and failing to follow orders, reached an agreement with township trustees late last week allowing him to return to work on Sept.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Columbus Dispatch

Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer gave an ominous warning to a rural fire chief trying to recover fire trucks stolen from his department. Chief Jeremy Boyer needed the trucks in early 2013 for the recently formed Monument Rural Fire District, protecting a sparsely populated area in northern Grant County.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Portland Oregonian, Hillsboro Argus, Oregon Live.com