Today the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) and the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) have announced the theme for the 2018 Safety Stand Down, which takes place June 17-23. “Be Aware – Get Checked” focuses on understanding, implementing and monitoring a comprehensive annual medical/physical for firefighters and navigating the Road Map to Firefighter Health and Wellness.
- PUB DATE: 4/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs

The city and the firefighters’ union may be headed for more legal action, this time over abolishing the battalion chief’s position made vacant by the recent death of David M. Lachenauer. City Manager Sharon A. Addison is recommending cutting the number of department battalion chiefs from five to four and reassigning Mr.
- PUB DATE: 4/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times

A Madison Fire Department firefighter and paramedic died Sunday morning shortly after his shift ended. A release from the department said Richard Garner, 29, collapsed suddenly in Mount Pleasant. He joined the department in 2012 and became a paramedic in 2017. He first served as a firefighter/EMT at Fire Station 5 on Cottage Grove Road, serving the Southeast Side of Madison, then moved to Fire Station 10 on Troy Drive, serving the North Side.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Madison.com-Wisconsin State Journal-Capital Times

Two firefighters from Elwood were killed when two planes collided at the Marion Municipal Airport Monday afternoon, according to the Grant County coroner. Authorities were called to the scene near 5904 S. Western Ave. shortly before 5:30 p.m. According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the planes involved were a single-engine Cessna 150 and a Cessna 525 Citation Jet.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIN-TV Fox 59 Indianapolis

VIDEO - A dramatic body camera video posted on Facebook by the San Bernardino County Fire Department shows a firefighter’s view as he and a partner enter a burning house in Victorville and douse flames as they move through burning rooms. There were no injuries from the March 25 fire at the family home in the 14000 block of Coalinga Road.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Bernardino County Sun