Fire gutted a home in Tichigan early Monday, April 19.
A post on the Tichigan Volunteer Fire Department Facebook page says firefighters were dispatched to the home shortly before 3 a.m. Monday. When they arrived, they found the second floor engulfed in flames. Firefighters had the fire under control around 4 a. - PUB DATE: 4/19/2021 12:52:33 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV Fox 6 Milwaukee
A 24-unit apartment complex off the Beltline was evacuated Sunday because of high levels of carbon monoxide.
Madison fire officials said firefighters were dispatched to 213 West Beltline Highway just before 2 p.m. after MG&E detected elevated levels of the deadly gas while on a service call.
Firefighters confirmed carbon monoxide levels above 200 parts per million in the boiler room and levels in the high 80s ppm in some hallways. - PUB DATE: 4/19/2021 9:22:32 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
Wisconsin Hero Outdoors, a nonprofit organization that aims to heal veterans and first responders by connecting them to the outdoors, finally has a place it can call home.
In late March, the Delafield Town Board approved a three-year lease for the organization, which has roots that date to 2016, to reside at the former Fire Station No. - PUB DATE: 4/19/2021 6:26:02 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Four generations of family, ringing in retired firefighter Bob Anderson’s 99 years of life.
“Happy birthday,” shouts four-year-old granddaughter, Claira.
Lyn Moen says since grade school, some of her favorite memories come from seeing her dad on the job.
“We’d see him driving around Eau Claire on the back of the engine and we’d wave and honk the horn at him,” says Moen. - PUB DATE: 4/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV NBC 13 Madison
The Grand Chute Fire Department will be hosting two community COVID-19 vaccination clinics this week.
On Wednesday, April 21 from 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m COVID-19 vaccines will be available at Badger Elementary School, located at 501 S Bluemound Drive. Click here to register.
The next clinic will be held on Saturday, April 24 from 10:30 a. - PUB DATE: 4/18/2021 6:42:54 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
Firefighters responded to a barn fire Sunday morning in Albion.
According to the Dane County Sheriff’s Office a controlled burn was happening behind the barn when the wind shifted causing the empty barn to catch fire.
Fire departments from Edgerton, Ft. Atkinson, Cottage Grove, Janesville and Milton responded to the fire at 10:30 Sunday morning. - PUB DATE: 4/18/2021 11:30:45 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
Firefighters dealt with flames and explosions as four campers, two sheds and a pickup truck were damaged or destroyed by a fire at Huckleberry Acres Campground Friday afternoon.
The fire department responded to a call of a fire at the campground six miles south of New London and called for backup from neighboring departments as they arrived to heavy black smoke. - PUB DATE: 4/18/2021 11:10:11 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
Cayden Parks says he counts his blessings after what happened last week Thursday.
“I was thankful that I’m still here and able to still talk to my mom,” the 11 year old said on Saturday.
A car struck him on his morning bike ride to Merrill Middle School in Oshkosh.
“The driver stopped. He came across the street and he was crying. - PUB DATE: 4/17/2021 4:43:55 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
“This is part of the state test. You don’t make this, you go home,” barked firefighting instructor Paul Yakowenko to a class of recruits from Blackhawk Technical College last week.
Yakowenko was teaching a basic technique: passing through a 16-inch gap between two studs in a burning house in full gear, including a mask and air tank. - PUB DATE: 4/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Gazette Extra - Metered Site
Four chihuahuas died in a house fire on Milwaukee's south side Thursday evening, April 15, police said.
The fire happened near 5th Place and Becher Street -- a few blocks east of Kosciuszko Park -- around 6:30 p.m. Police said the fire appears to be accidental and may have started in the home's kitchen. - PUB DATE: 4/15/2021 6:51:00 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
Ernie Koepp wears a lot of hats. Ask different people in town who Ernie is and you'll get different answers -- firefighter, EMT, janitor, teacher, friend, father, husband, small engines mechanic. But there is one common answer among everyone you ask -- they'll tell you he's just a downright good guy. - PUB DATE: 4/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison
VIDEO: Demolition at an old hotel near The Corners of Brookfield was postponed to allow firefighters to build their skills.
"We never know when we’re going to rely upon these people," said Robert Gould, CEO of The Corners of Brookfield. FOX6 News stopped by Wednesday, April 14 as Brookfield firefighters took part in a two-week training exercise at the vacant La Quinta Hotel. - PUB DATE: 4/14/2021 5:25:20 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV Fox 6 Milwaukee
One person was hospitalized Wednesday morning following a fiery single-vehicle crash on Madison’s near east side.
Firefighters with the Madison Fire Department responded to the intersection of East Washington Avenue and North Dickinson Street around 4 a.m. When they arrived at the scene, crews found an SUV with heavy front-end damage that had hit a tree. - PUB DATE: 4/14/2021 9:12:01 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
Fox Cities fire departments have added a new town to its unique way to train its recruits and created better-trained firefighters.
Kevin KloehNeenah-Menasha Fire Chief says, “The fire chiefs in the Fox Valley, we came up with this plan to see what it would be like to try and do more things together because we do respond together in mutual aid calls. - PUB DATE: 4/14/2021 5:19:39 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
Like seemingly every workplace, the Rock County Communications Center adapted to ensure operations continued through the COVID-19 pandemic as dispatchers eye the future with optimism as an expansion of the facility is on the horizon.
In 2020, Director Kathy Sukus said the center shifted its work model to allow for half of emergency dispatchers to work from a temporary location at the Rock County Highway Department. - PUB DATE: 4/14/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Beloit Daily News
Months after putting a ban on police from using chokeholds except in life-or-death situations into official policy, the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission on Thursday will again consider removing that one exception.
The proposal, which has been discussed at two of the commission’s meetings in the last month, has the support of at least three out of six commissioners on the oversight board. - PUB DATE: 4/14/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Town of Brookfield Fire Department will be using a vacant Quinta Hotel, for a two week active emergency training, according to a news release.
Prior to demolition of the hotel, The Corners of Brookfield donated use of it to the Town of Brookfield Fire Department for two weeks of active emergency response training. - PUB DATE: 4/14/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Brookfield Patch
Wisconsin is on track to see its worst fire season in more than five years, officials say, after hundreds of unseasonal blazes prompted the governor to declare a state of emergency.
In just the first four months of the year, Wisconsin has lost nearly as much acreage to wildfires as it did in all of 2020. - PUB DATE: 4/13/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Guardian
The City of Sun Prairie on April 12 announced the acceptance of Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Chief Brian Goff into the distinguished Executive Fire Officer program at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
The program focuses on broad and comprehensive public safety matters relevant to communities of all sizes and composition. - PUB DATE: 4/13/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sun Prairie Star
Sun Prairie Fire Department personnel, with assistance from Marshall EMS and Dane County deputies, rescued a 70-year-old Marshall man after he drove his pick-up off a bridge.
Capt. Corey Quinn from the Sun Prairie Fire Department said at approximately 10:30 a.m., Sun Prairie Fire & Rescue responded along with Dane County Sheriff’s Deputies and Marshall Emergency Medical Service (EMS) to a motor vehicle accident in the Town of Sun Prairie. - PUB DATE: 4/13/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Courier
