PHOTO: A massive fire in Rice Lake on Thursday afternoon destroyed a building that housed multiple businesses, including a brewery, in the downtown area.
The Rice Lake Fire Department says they were called to 17 East Messenger Street around 3:40 p.m. They arrived to find the multi-story building engulfed in flames. - PUB DATE: 10/18/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCCO-TV CBS 4 Minneapolis
VIDEO: Role-playing a scenario no one wants to confront in real life, more than 200 officers and firefighters took part in active shooter training in Mt. Pleasant this week.
At the newly vacant West Ridge Elementary School, participants learned how to respond to an active shooter, breach doors, find entry points, and get people to safety. - PUB DATE: 10/18/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee
A late night fire left a family without their home Thursday night.
Sun Prairie Fire & EMS responded to a report of a fire on the 3000 block of Selkirk Dr. in Sun Prairie around 11:12 p.m. Thursday.
According to Sun Prairie Fire, Sun Prairie Police arrived on scene first and made contact with the residents in the multi-family structure. - PUB DATE: 10/18/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC/CW 15 Madison
VIDEO: It’s been almost a month since several people, including children, were hurt after a wagon tipped over at an apple orchard in Chippewa County.
Now, for the first time, one of the children hospitalized met the first responders who treated him.
At a fall festival hosted by the Chippewa Fire District, kids were watching heroes in a simulation. - PUB DATE: 10/17/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV NBC 13 Eau Claire
The Cottage Grove Village Board has chosen to participate in a joint fire and EMS study being conducted by the city of Sun Prairie.
The village board on Oct. 7 voted to approve supporting the city of Sun Prairie, and the towns of Bristol and Sun Prairie as they conduct a study on the challenges of fire and EMS through the Wisconsin Policy Forum. - PUB DATE: 10/17/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: HNG News
In memory of Cpt. Max Bayer, a beloved 31-year-old Raymond firefighter who passed away in a motorcycle accident last week, Racine firefighters have launched a scholarship fund supporting his unborn child.
Cpt. Bayer was part of the Raymond Fire Department for 14 years and also worked with the City of Racine Fire Department during his tenure serving the community. - PUB DATE: 10/16/2024 6:09:00 PM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee
The Waupun Fire Department recently held an open house to celebrate its 150th Anniversary. Fire Chief B.J. DeMaa says they got their own chance to learn about the history of the department by working with the city’s Historical Society. He says it had been a fascinating look back in to their department’s past. - PUB DATE: 10/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBEV-AM 1430/FM 95.3 Beaver Dam
The Suamico Fire Department is seeing an uptick in false emergency calls from iPhones, and officials say it comes from the "crash detection" feature on newer devices.
14th generation and newer iPhones, along with 8th generation and newer Apple Watches, automatically call emergency services when it detects what it believes to be a crash. - PUB DATE: 10/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLUK-TV FOX 11 Green Bay
PHOTO: A fire in a house near Kewaskum has displaced several people.
Monday, just before 11:30 AM a resident at 3404 Hwy 28, just east of the village of Kewaskum said she heard a pop in the kitchen and found fire when she went to investigate. The woman, along with a child and an upstairs tenant were able to self extricate while the Kewaskum Fire Department was on the way. - PUB DATE: 10/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFIZ-AM 1450 Fond du Lac
The Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin held the 34th annual recognition luncheon at the Overture Center in Madison on Monday.
The charitable foundation recognized individuals from across the state who help support fire safety.
Madison man Jason Schmitt won the Don Gengler Fire Sprinkler Advocacy Award for his work promoting sprinklers and smoke detectors with Paul Davis Restoration of South Central Wisconsin. - PUB DATE: 10/15/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC/CW 15 Madison
VIDEO/PHOTO: The fall weather on Sunday brought the first annual Town of Lafayette Fall Festival.
The Wissota Firefighters Association and the Chippewa Fire District Station 3 in Lafayette usually host a pancake breakfast for fire prevention week in October. This year for the first time they added a festival with a craft fair, raffles and auctions, a beer garden, kids activities, and firefighter demonstrations. - PUB DATE: 10/15/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire
A fire that broke out on the exterior of a single-family home in Waukesha was quickly extinguished by firefighters on Oct.13, according to the Waukesha Fire Department.
The fire department said they responded to the call near Rock Street and White Rock Avenue around 5:20 p.m. They saw smoke and flames coming from the outside of the house when they arrived. - PUB DATE: 10/15/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee
Milwaukee firefighters rescued six people, including four children, stuck in a house fire.
It happened just after 6:30 a.m. Saturday near 12th Street and Atkinson Avenue.
"Your house can be repaired, but I just thank God they made it out," James Clayton, stepfather of one of the residents, said.
The Milwaukee Fire Department tells WISN 12 News two adults, four children and a dog were all rescued from the house. - PUB DATE: 10/14/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee
PHOTOS: The Madison Fire Department responded to a structure fire on Starr Grass Drive Friday afternoon.
Madison Fire PIO Cynthia Schuster said it was a structure fire reported at 3:48 p.m. at 8206 Starr Grass Drive where multiple callers reported seeing the roof on fire.
Schuster said firefighters could see black smoke seen from Raymond Road. - PUB DATE: 10/14/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS/MyNetworkTV 3 Madison
PHOTOS: Three mobile homes and six vehicles were damaged or destroyed in a fire early Saturday morning in Sparta.
Erv's Sparta Area Fire Protection District Fire Chief Mike Arnold said they were called at around 12:26 a.m. for the fire at Lot #64 at 100 Avon Road in Sparta.
Before they could arrive, he said they were told that the two mobile homes on either side were on fire along with multiple vehicles. - PUB DATE: 10/14/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 La Crosse
VIDEO: A procession was held for a Racine County firefighter who died in a motorcycle crash in Walworth County on Thursday, Oct. 10. The procession was scheduled to go from Lakeland Aurora Medical Center in Elkhorn to a funeral home in Mount Pleasant on Saturday, Oct. 12.
FOX6 had a crew stationed along the route at the Kansasville Fire Station on State Highway 11. - PUB DATE: 10/12/2024 2:42:56 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
VIDEO: Two workers were safely rescued after being trapped on a tilted scaffolding at the Milwaukee County Courthouse, prompting a swift response from the city's heavy urban rescue team.
"While it is visually spectacular, it has been brought to a safe conclusion." Milwaukee fire Chief Aaron Lipski said. - PUB DATE: 10/11/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee
Early on a frigid January morning, Firefighter/Paramedics Nicholas Mittelstedt and Justin Salsano were heading back to the firehouse. They’d just successfully revived a patient who had gone pulseless and transported that person to the ER. After restocking their medical equipment and returning to the road, they received their next dispatch: a structure fire on Commercial Avenue. - PUB DATE: 10/11/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: City of Madison
VIDEO: The Town of Brookfield Fire Department responded to a house fire on Watertown Road and Larry Court on Wednesday afternoon.
Cellphone video shows flames shooting out the side of the home as fire crews arrived.
The owner of the home tells 12 News his granddaughter was home when the flames broke out and that she was able to get out of the home along with two dogs. - PUB DATE: 10/10/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee
Authorities say one fire department in Waupaca County was recently robbed and had two John Deere riding lawnmowers and other equipment stolen from them.
According to a release from the Embarrass Volunteer Fire Department, thieves allegedly cut through a fenced-in area in a park and were able to gain access to a building being used for equipment storage. - PUB DATE: 10/10/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
