Fire News

Published January 23, 2021

C&G Newspapers

Fire Department announces two promotions, one new hire

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Clinton Township Fire Chief Tim Duncan said a recent announcement of new hires and promotions was a nice thing to celebrate after ten months of pandemic-related uncertainties.

Published January 11, 2021

Warren Weekly

Overdoses ‘out of control’ as stronger drugs overtake users

WARREN — It was January 2017. Ed Hanna was working as a Warren Fire Department paramedic when his squad was dispatched to a mobile home park after the apparent overdose of a teenage girl.

Published January 11, 2021

Mount Clemens - Clinton - Harrison Journal

Renovations to Crocker fire station at ‘standstill,’ chief says

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — If you’re expecting an update on renovating or possibly even building a new fire station in Harrison Township, don’t.

Published January 8, 2021

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Eastpointe mourns the death of DPW employee

EASTPOINTE — The city of Eastpointe is mourning the death of a municipal employee from injuries suffered while working on a Department of Public Works project.

A family of four and their two pets escaped an early morning house fire in Rochester Hills Dec. 24.

Published January 4, 2021

Rochester Post

Family of four, pets escape house fire

ROCHESTER HILLS — A family of four in Rochester Hills escaped a house fire early in the morning Christmas Eve.

Published December 17, 2020

Warren Weekly

Bad shocks, rough road debated as cause of fire truck damage

WARREN — Everyone agrees that the condition of Chicago Road is bumpy north of the General Motors Technical Center property, especially at the railroad crossing. But whether or not the road was bad enough to damage one of Warren’s newer fire trucks twice in a six-month span was a topic of discussion in early December.

Published December 16, 2020

Warren Weekly

Christmas comes early for local children

WARREN — The calendar read Dec. 8, but it already felt like Christmas morning for Zayden and Nathaniel Czebieniak.

Published December 8, 2020

C&G Newspapers

Clinton Township, Mount Clemens have friendly challenge to collect toys for children

CLINTON TOWNSHIP/MOUNT CLEMENS — Clinton Township Supervisor Bob Cannon and Mount Clemens Mayor Laura Kropp are officially part of a friendly challenge to see which municipality can collect the most toys for the Marine Toys for Tots Program.

Eastpointe honors its first responders of the year

Published December 4, 2020

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Eastpointe honors its first responders of the year

EASTPOINTE — The Eastpointe Department of Public Safety announced its Officer of the Year and Firefighter of the Year for 2020 on Nov. 12.

Roseville Fire Marshal William Ciner is the Michigan Fire Inspectors Society Fire Inspector of the Year for 2020.

Published December 4, 2020

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Roseville fire marshal named Michigan Fire Inspector of the Year

ROSEVILLE — Roseville Fire Marshal William Ciner recently was named the 2020 Fire Inspector of the Year by the Michigan Fire Inspectors Society.

Published December 4, 2020

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

No injuries reported in local fires

ST. CLAIR SHORES — A Thanksgiving night fire displaced one local family, but no one was hurt in the blaze.

Published December 3, 2020

C&G Newspapers

Fire marshals offer Christmas safety prevention tips

MACOMB COUNTY — Christmas is fast approaching, encouraging four Macomb County fire marshals to collaborate and provide the public with useful fire safety tips.

Farmington Hills firefighters work to extinguish an early morning Nov. 21 house fire that started after two vehicles in the garage went up in flames.

Published November 23, 2020

Farmington Press

Blazing vehicles cause early morning house fire in Hills neighborhood

FARMINGTON HILLS — Firefighters extinguished two vehicles engulfed in flames in an attached garage at a home in the 28000 block of Kendallwood Drive during the early hours Nov. 21.

Published November 20, 2020

Rochester Post

Rochester Hills Fire Department battles fires at two homes

ROCHESTER HILLS — The Rochester Hills Fire Department was dispatched to a house fire in the 1500 block of Colony Drive early Sunday morning, Nov. 15.

Published November 19, 2020

Shelby - Utica News

Donated teddy bears comfort children during traumatic situations

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Traumatic situations such as fires, car crashes or storms can be especially frightening for a child to experience.

Police, fire departments face hiring hurdles

Published November 18, 2020

West Bloomfield Beacon

West Bloomfield police, fire departments face hiring hurdles

WEST BLOOMFIELD — Despite an unpredictable, rollercoaster year of events, the West Bloomfield police and fire departments each recently had postings for open positions, with the township seeking police officers and firefighters/paramedics.

Published November 10, 2020

Macomb Township Chronicle

Fire department to add compression systems, mini-pumper

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — The Macomb Township Fire Department was recently given the green light to purchase some new equipment.

ABOVE: Stacy Jones is among the 911 dispatchers at SERESA who organized a peer support group to help those who answer emergency calls deal with the weight of their responsibilities.

Published November 6, 2020

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

SERESA offers 911 dispatchers help for pressures of the job

ROSEVILLE — When people call 911, they usually don’t think much about the person on the other end of the line — after all, callers have other things on their minds. But the voice answering the phone can often hold life and death in their hands.

Published November 4, 2020

Grosse Pointe Times

Grosse Pointe Shores officers rescue kitten during house fire

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — For the Grosse Pointe Shores Public Safety Department, the mission of protecting and serving includes furry, four-legged residents as well as their human companions.