The Green Bay Metro Fire Department is congratulating one of its captains as he prepares to retire Thursday.
Captain Jon “JFred” Fredrickson has served the community in the City of Green Bay and the Village of Allouez and Bellevue for the last 35 years, beginning his career on March 26th, 1986 as an EMT Paramedic. - PUB DATE: 6/17/2021 6:22:19 AM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay
A woman is accused of killing her grandmother by suffocation and setting her house in Fort Atkinson on fire days later.
Elizabeth Durkee told investigators the 72-year-old woman was in ill health, spent most of her time in bed and wanted to die, so on June 7 she covered her grandmother's nose and mouth with duct tape and she eventually stopped moving, according to a criminal complaint filed in Jefferson County. - PUB DATE: 6/17/2021 4:45:59 AM - SOURCE: Greater Milwaukee Today
The Egg Harbor Fire Department was kept busy with a pair of blazes still under investigation on Wednesday.
A little after 11 a.m., firefighters headed to a trailer fire on West Carlsville Road where they found it fully engulfed. Egg Harbor Fire Chief Andy Staats said it appears it started in a back bedroom but no cause has been determined. - PUB DATE: 6/16/2021 4:59:50 PM - SOURCE: Door County Daily News
Two families were displaced from their westside apartments Tuesday night after a fire broke out in one of the units.
Madison fire officials said they responded to the 7900 block of Tree Lane around 10:15 p.m. for a water flow alarm. When crews arrived at the apartment complex, they found the fire alarm ringing and residents evacuating the 45-unit building. - PUB DATE: 6/16/2021 1:32:35 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
Eight people were displaced by a fire at a three-family home in Green Bay Tuesday night.
There are no reports of injuries.
At about 8:48 p.m., Green Bay Metro firefighters were called to 909 Day Street on the city’s east side. They arrived to find heavy smoke, heat and fire on the second floor of the home. - PUB DATE: 6/16/2021 5:16:28 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
A large fire south of the Wisconsin border is still burning more than a day later. On Monday, Illinois fire officials called in reinforcements to fight the chemical fire at a plant in Rockton, Illinois.
Multiple departments from Walworth County, including the City of Delavan Fire Department, answered. - PUB DATE: 6/15/2021 5:54:41 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources warns that the risk of fire is high due to dry conditions. Firefighters worked to put out a grass fire in Kenosha Tuesday, June 15.
"We haven’t had any rain in the past four weeks," said Guy Santelli, Kenosha Fire Department. The Kenosha Fire Department is gearing up for what could be a busy couple of weeks. - PUB DATE: 6/15/2021 5:16:59 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
A 36-year-old Fort Atkinson woman has been arrested and charged in connection to a deadly June 11 fire.
Elizabeth Durkee is charged with first-degree intentional homicide, strangulation and suffocation, arson of a building and mutilating a corpse. The suspicious death and residential fire investigation also involved a statewide Amber Alert late Friday night, June 10 that resolved with the safe recovery of the child, shortly after the alert was issued. - PUB DATE: 6/15/2021 4:49:17 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
Training police officers in emergency medical services and creating a separate countywide paramedic department were among the ideas to come out of an open house that Thiensville village officials hosted last month on the Ozaukee County fire and EMS study.
About 20 people attended the event, a number that caused concern among members of the Thiensville Committee of the Whole last week. - PUB DATE: 6/15/2021 5:40:18 AM - SOURCE: Greater Milwaukee Today
Drought-like conditions and a series of recent brush fires led local fire officials to declare an immediate ban on outside burning in municipalities in southeastern Wisconsin. The ban was ordered Monday morning, effective immediately, in the City of Kenosha, Village of Pleasant Prairie, the Village and Town of Somers, Town of Paris, Village of Salem Lakes and Town of Randall. - PUB DATE: 6/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Journal and Courier - Metered Site
Fire early Monday morning destroyed an Arbor Vitae tavern that was originally built around a rail car.
Arbor Vitae Fire Chief Mike Van Meter said they got the 9-1-1 call at 12:41 a.m. Upon the first unit’s arrival, the back of the Stingrays Bar and Grill was fully engulfed in flames, he said.
Responding mutual aid units came from as far as Eagle River, which sent its ladder truck. - PUB DATE: 6/14/2021 4:44:31 AM - SOURCE: WXPR-FM 91.7 Rhinelander
Millions of bees on their way to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula are safe after members of the Green Bay Metro Fire Department came to the aid of a company hauling them and their hives Saturday afternoon.
According to Battalion Chief Eric Jeltema, crews were called to the parking lot of Rivera Lanes off of University Avenue shortly before 1:30 p. - PUB DATE: 6/13/2021 3:29:04 PM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV NBC 13 Eau Claire
A fire broke out in a Moorland Road apartment complex on Saturday afternoon.
According to a report, Madison firefighters saw smoke coming from the 40-unit building when they responded to the fire at 4:52 p.m.
Residents reported that the fire was caused by unattended cooking grease.
In total, fourteen people were displaced by the fire, including nine adults and five children. - PUB DATE: 6/13/2021 10:48:13 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
The Wisconsin Department of Justice announced one person has been arrested in connection to a deadly fire Friday morning in Fort Atkinson.
According to a news release, Fort Atkinson fire and police responded to a residential fire on Foster Street on late Friday morning.
The release said firefighters were dealing with heavy fire conditions, and inside the house found a woman who had died. - PUB DATE: 6/12/2021 4:50:08 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
Authorities say no one was injured during an overnight house fire in Appleton Saturday.
According to the Appleton Fire Department, crews were called to the 1300 block of W. Lawrence Street at around 2:30 a.m. for a report of a fire on the balcony of a home.
When they arrived, crews found flames coming from the home on a second floor balcony. - PUB DATE: 6/12/2021 2:21:52 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
A fire started in an apartment complex on Halite Way early Saturday morning.
According to a report, Fitchburg firefighters arrived at 12:26 a.m and found that the fire was coming from an unattended pan on the stovetop in one of the five apartments.
The resident said they had fallen asleep while warming the pan. - PUB DATE: 6/12/2021 9:19:01 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
Robert Barteck has been appointed as the fire chief for the Wausau Fire Department.
Barteck was appointed interim fire chief on April 2, after the retirement of Chief Tracey Kujawa. He joined the Wausau Fire Department in 2019 as a deputy chief.
“We are thankful for a great internal candidate who is well-positioned to continue leading a best in class fire department for the City of Wausau,” said Police and Fire Commissioner Kathy Strasser. - PUB DATE: 6/11/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Rapids City Times
The City of Waukesha is showing appreciation to those who provided services and kept people safe during the pandemic.
A special concert will be held as a tribute to military members, first responders, front line workers, and educators, according to the city.
The City of Waukesha Parks, Recreation & Forestry Department announced Tribute Tuesday: Extra Edition will take place at 7 p. - PUB DATE: 6/11/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Waukesha Patch
Several pets were killed and a family was displaced by a dryer fire at a home on Madison’s southwest side Wednesday afternoon.
Officials with the Madison Fire Department said they were first alerted to the fire when a neighbor called 911 to report black smoke coming from the home. Crews responded around 2:15 p. - PUB DATE: 6/10/2021 3:04:07 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
A metal coffee with discarded cigarette butts caught fire and caused damage at an apartment building in Kaukauna Thursday morning.
At about 3:29 a.m., Kaukauna firefighters responded to 228 W. 12 Street for fire on a second story balcony.
Crews were able to contain the fire to the balcony before it spread to apartments. - PUB DATE: 6/10/2021 4:46:53 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
