Fire News

Clinton Township Firefighters Brett Isett, left; Joseph Goeddeke; and Terry Hollstein raised over $1,200 for the Fight For Air Climb at Comerica Park in Detroit. The walk was on May 23.

Published June 12, 2021

Fraser - Clinton Township Chronicle

Clinton Township firefighters raise funds for American Lung Association

CLINTON TOWNSHIP/DETROIT — Step by step, they made their way through the stadium in full gear.

Published June 7, 2021

Shelby - Utica News

Utica firefighters receive Stork Award for baby delivery

UTICA — A baby was safely delivered in Utica Feb. 19 thanks to three Utica firefighter paramedics who were called to help outside the Holiday Inn.

Published June 4, 2021

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

No injuries in St. Clair Shores house fire

ST. CLAIR SHORES — St. Clair Shores Fire officials responded to the 21000 block of Woodbridge Street after receiving a report of a house with visible fire at 3:22 p.m. May 28.

Dr. Justin Trivax and his daughters accept a $5,000 donation with local public safety officials. Trivax’s Hearts for Heroes program helped save the life of a Farmington Hills firefighter.

Published May 27, 2021

Farmington Press

Hearts for Heroes program saves local firefighters life

FARMINGTON/FARMINGTON HILLS — Members of the Farmington Hills police and fire departments, along with officers from the Farmington Public Safety Department, received cardiac health screening tests as part of the Hearts for Heroes program back in December.

Published May 26, 2021

Macomb Township Chronicle

Macomb Township Fire Department utilizes homes for realistic scenarios

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — The Macomb Township Fire Department is nearing the end of a unique training opportunity.

Published May 21, 2021

Warren Weekly

Investigation ongoing after fire at Warren Manor

WARREN — A week and a half after a fire in the midnight hour on May 8 ravaged four units and damaged four more at the Warren Manor Apartments, an investigation into the cause remained ongoing at press time.

Published May 13, 2021

Rochester Post

Rochester Hills Fire Department adds new thermal imaging cameras to its toolbox

ROCHESTER HILLS — When firefighters barrel into a building to battle a structure fire, Rochester Hills Fire Chief Sean Canto said, the smoke is so thick it’s essentially like putting a black blindfold over your eyes.

Four upstairs units at Warren Manor on Dequindre Road south of Nine Mile Road were destroyed by fire on May 8. Others were left damaged by smoke and water.

Published May 11, 2021

Warren Weekly

Fire destroys four units, damages others at Warren Manor

WARREN — A fire in the midnight hour ravaged four units and damaged four more at the Warren Manor Apartments on Dequindre Road south of Nine Mile Road on May 8.

Published May 10, 2021

Royal Oak Review

Dog dies, residents displaced in Clawson apartment fire

CLAWSON — At approximately 8:27 a.m. May 10, the Clawson Fire Department responded to reports of a structure fire at an apartment complex located at 430 N. Crooks Road, north of West 14 Mile Road.

Published May 7, 2021

Warren Weekly

Official: Apartment fire likely caused by smoking

CENTER LINE — A fire at the Lawrence Park senior apartments that sent one resident to the hospital and left three others needing treatment at the scene was probably caused by smoking in the bedroom of a seventh-floor unit, according to Division Fire Chief Charles Schubert of the Center Line Public Safety Department.

Troy firefighters work to extinguish an early morning fire that started in a local family’s garage May 6.

Published May 7, 2021

Troy Times

Family of 9 safely escapes home during overnight fire

TROY — A family of nine are all safe and accounted for after escaping a structure fire that started during the early morning hours of May 6 in the family’s attached garage at their home in the 2000 block of Lovington Drive.

Published May 3, 2021

West Bloomfield Beacon

Woman dies following West Bloomfield house explosion

WEST BLOOMFIELD – Three children and three adults were evacuated from a home on Stonecrest Road following an explosion April 30. The three adults were transported to local hospitals for medical treatment, with one of them, a 41-year-old woman, later being pronounced dead.

Published April 27, 2021

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

New technology takes flight to help St. Clair Shores police, firefighters

ST. CLAIR SHORES — A year after submitting a grant application to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to get an unmanned aerial system off the ground in St. Clair Shores, eight police officers and three firefighters have been trained to fly drones.

Published April 23, 2021

Grosse Pointe Times

Council approves 2020 Public Safety report

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — In 2020, members of the Grosse Pointe Woods Department of Public Safety continued to serve residents and fight crime during a worldwide health pandemic.

Published April 20, 2021

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Suspect arrested after firefighters find body in residential blaze

ROSEVILLE — A suspect is in custody and has been charged with homicide and arson following an investigation by the Roseville Police Department and Roseville Fire Department after a fire destroyed a home in the Leslie’s Mobile Home Complex and a body was discovered inside.

Published April 19, 2021

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Investigation begins into fatal fire in Roseville

ROSEVILLE — The Roseville Police Department and Roseville Fire Department are conducting an investigation into a fire that destroyed a home in the Leslie’s Mobile Home Complex and left one person dead.

Police rescue woman from house fire, firefighters douse blaze

Published April 19, 2021

Royal Oak Review

Royal Oak police rescue woman from house fire, firefighters douse blaze

ROYAL OAK — At approximately 9 p.m. April 7, Royal Oak first responders received a 911 call about a burning house in the 700 block of Magnolia Avenue, where a husband, wife and their dog lived.

Published April 19, 2021

Macomb Township Chronicle

Family eludes injury after garage explosion in Macomb Township

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — Fire officials believe an air compressor shorted out, causing a fire and explosions at a Macomb Township home.

Published April 19, 2021

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

Discarded barbecue coals spark house fire

ST. CLAIR SHORES — There were no reported injuries in a house fire April 18 in the 20000 block of Elizabeth Street.

Published April 17, 2021

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Call goes out for photos, stories to celebrate Eastpointe Fire Department’s 100th anniversary

EASTPOINTE — The Eastpointe Fire Department is one of the city’s oldest and most esteemed organizations. This year, it is celebrating its 100th anniversary, and two local leaders are putting out a book to celebrate it.