Fire News

Published December 27, 2017

Troy Firefighters rescue cold kitty from tree

TROY — Firefighters put aside their planned training session the evening of Dec. 26 to help a cat stuck in a tree in the frigid temperatures.

Published December 27, 2017

Woodward Talk

Fire at Sam’s Ferndale Grill does at least $60,000 in damage

A fire at Sam’s Ferndale Grill likely caused between $60,000 and $100,000 in damage, according to the city’s fire marshal.

Published December 19, 2017

Rochester Post

Officials: Don’t let a fire ruin your holiday

ROCHESTER — ’Tis the season to be merry — that is, unless a fire turns your happy holiday into a hazardous one.

Published December 19, 2017

Grosse Pointe Times

Officers can breathe easier following equipment purchase vote

The Grosse Pointe Park Public Safety Department is about to get some new safety equipment for its officers.

Published December 18, 2017

Fraser - Clinton Township Chronicle

Firefighters help local kids during Shop with a Hero event

During the past six years, local children and their families have benefited from the Shop with a Hero program. Combining firefighters and paramedics from Clinton and Harrison townships, the cause brings holiday joy to those who otherwise might not have a joyful Christmas.

Published December 12, 2017

Fraser - Clinton Township Chronicle

Wiseguys Bar & Grill destroyed in weekend fire

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Owners of a popular bar and restaurant in Clinton Township are picking up the pieces after a fire destroyed their establishment.

Published December 8, 2017

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

St. Clair Shores Fire Department to get new power load stretchers

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Fire Department stretchers are inspected twice per year, interim Fire Chief Ryan Koepp said, but two of them unexpectedly failed inspection in November, leaving the department looking for replacements quickly.

Published December 8, 2017

West Bloomfield Beacon

2018 budget includes new fire station

WEST BLOOMFIELD — Township officials say the 2018 township budget — presented in a public hearing at a Board of Trustees meeting Dec. 4 — is the result of years of good planning and careful spending.

Published December 8, 2017

Troy Times

Fire that likely started from ashes displaces Troy family from home

TROY — A family is unable to return to their home on London Court, near Wattles and John R roads, after a blaze swept through the garage of the two-story home just after 1:15 p.m. Dec. 7.

Published December 6, 2017

Southfield Sun

Nature preserves torched in prescribed burn

SOUTHFIELD — Flames briskly blazed through two local nature preserves recently in an attempt to improve the land.

Published December 4, 2017

Shelby - Utica News

Firefighters help one of their own pop the question

Saving lives brought a Shelby Township firefighter and a Troy Beaumont ER nurse together.

Published November 14, 2017

Macomb Township Chronicle

Fire destroys home in Macomb Township

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — The Macomb Township Fire Department is investigating a Nov. 11 house fire just north of Hall Road in Macomb Township that has left a family homeless.

Published November 13, 2017

Troy Times

Fire officials investigate garage fire

A fire that started just after 4:30 p.m. Nov. 12 in the attached garage of a one-story home on Sheffield Street, near 14 Mile and Stephenson Highway, shot flames 15 to 18 feet high.

Published November 7, 2017

Rochester Post

Oakland Township house fire rekindles

Published November 6, 2017

Fraser - Clinton Township Chronicle

Man hospitalized after fire at Fraser apartment complex

FRASER — On Monday afternoon, the Fraser Department of Public Safety was investigating a fire that occurred at Fraser Manor Apartments, located in the 31000 block of Fraser Drive. Flames were estimated to have reached 20 feet high.

Published November 6, 2017

Shelby - Utica News

Shelby Township breaks ground on Fire Station No. 4

Published October 30, 2017

Macomb Township Chronicle

Battery likely culprit in house fire that killed 2 dogs

Published October 30, 2017

Grosse Pointe Times

First responders extinguish 3-alarm fire on Lake Shore Road

Quick reaction by an alert homeowner and an equally quick response from the Public Safety Department kept a chimney fire from destroying a home on Lake Shore Road Monday morning.