On August 15, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On August 14, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

An overnight fire destroyed a shed and about 1,000 bales of hay. Firefighters from five area departments responded to the fire, which was still smoldering after sunrise Monday. It was called in about midnight, and town of Gillett firefighters arrived to find it fully engulfed, Chief Dale Reichwald said.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2016 7:45:45 AM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette

The recent use of a drone by the Barron County Sheriff to aid in locating the body of Dennis Meyer, the suspect in the recent murder-suicide in the Town of Round Lake, is the first time such an unmanned aircraft has been employed in a Sawyer County search. Sawyer County Search and Rescue member Mel VanWey owns drones and was asked to use his during the nighttime search for Meyer, but he declined because his drones do not have a thermal imaging camera and are unable to fly in the rain.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2016 7:06:23 AM - SOURCE: Sawyer County Record

On August 13, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On August 10, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Residents from three apartments were displaced after a kitchen fire broke out Sunday night, according to a release from the Madison Fire Department. Firefighters were called at 10:18 p.m. to River’s Edge Apartments at 1766 Fordem Avenue on a report of an alarm activation. Neighbors also reported seeing fire on the top floor of the building.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2016 6:06:49 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

VIDEO: A standoff between police and an angry crowd turned violent Saturday night in the hours after a Milwaukee police officer shot and killed an armed suspect during a foot chase on the city's north side. After an hours-long confrontation with officers, police reported at 10:15 p.m. that a gas station at N.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Justin Beebe loved nature, especially the woods. He was also a hard worker who always put others before himself, his lifelong friend Colin James said. So it seemed only natural that Beebe combined these elements and joined the Lolo Hotshots crew to fight wildland fires. “This was the job of his dreams,” James said.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Las Vegas Review-Journal

More than 5,400 Ground Zero responders and others who lived, worked or went to school near the fallen Twin Towers have come down with 9/11-linked cancers, a grim tally that has tripled in the past 2¹/2 years. As of June 30, 5,441 people enrolled in the WTC Health Program have been diagnosed with 6,378 separate cancers, with some struck by more than one type, officials said.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new york post

When the fast-moving Oak Knoll fire jumped from a field of dry grass and weeds across Interstate 5, it began devouring a row of Ashland homes, sending thick plumes of black smoke into the air. "Heavy, thick, dark, acrid smoke was rolling through the subdivision," Jackson County Fire District 5 Chief Darin Welburn said of the 2010 fire started by a mentally ill homeless man.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mail Tribune

A wind-whipped wildfire roared through a Northern California town still recovering from a devastating blaze nearly a year ago, destroying more than 100 homes and forcing thousands of people to flee, authorities said Monday. The fire seemed calm Sunday before gusts kicked up the flames that tore through neighborhoods in Lower Lake, a town of 1,200 about 90 miles north of San Francisco, officials said.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGO-TV ABC 7 San Francisco

A former Old Orchard Beach fire chief has been indicted on a felony arson charge and a related misdemeanor in connection with a seven-alarm fire in April that burned 42 acres of marshland in the town. Ricky Plummer, 59, of Biddeford resigned from his post about a week after he was arrested on the arson charge on May 7.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Portland Press Herald

On August 14, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: The Eau Claire Fire Department is investigating a fire that happened at the National Presto Industries factory Sunday afternoon. Crews were called to the building on North Hastings Way at about 2 p.m. They say employees were already evacuated by the time they arrived. Authorities could see smoke coming out of several vents and at the roof-line, but they say flames were pretty much contained to one of the machines used for manufacturing.
- PUB DATE: 8/14/2016 7:54:29 PM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire

On August 12, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On August 11, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: Anyone who has wondered what it’s like to be a police officer or firefighter can get some insight this weekend at Fox Valley Technical College. The college is hosting Public Safety Day at the training facility at W6400 County Rd. BB near Appleton. The family-friendly event is Saturday, Aug. 13, 10 a.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2016 4:42:21 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

In response to rising call volume and an increasing city population, the Watertown Fire Department is requesting funds to be allocated in the 2017 budget to fill personnel vacancies and construct a new station. Fire Chief Greg Michalek said over the past five years call volume has increased 33 percent.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2016 4:31:52 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times

The fire union has filed a complaint against the city, citing safety and labor concerns related to Office of Emergency Management Deputy Director Rick Fontana, who the bargaining unit alleges has been performing the duties of Fire Department employees. The complaint was filed this week with the state State Board of Labor Relations by union attorney Marshall T.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Haven Register