The city of Milton has asked the Wisconsin Policy Forum to evaluate the city’s fire and EMS options and cost-sharing alternatives as the city weighs whether to consolidate fire services with Janesville.
The Milton City Council on Wednesday approved a proposal from the organization—a statewide, nonpartisan policy research group—and authorized paying up to $7,650 for the evaluation. - PUB DATE: 4/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Gazette Extra - Metered Site
Two men were seriously injured in a crash near the intersection of Highway 54 and Miller Road in the town of Black Creek at 6:50 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Outagamie County Sheriff’s Office.
A pickup truck traveling east by a 67-year-old man from Minnesota crossed the center line and struck a pickup truck traveling west by a 27-year-old New London man, according to the initial scene investigation by the sheriff's office. - PUB DATE: 4/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay
A $1.3 million referendum in Fond du Lac to hire additional firefighter-paramedics and police officers has passed.
According to results posted on the Fond du Lac County website, the referendum passed by a vote of 5,085-2,355.
As previously reported by Action 2 News, the referendum asked taxpayers to pay an additional $43 per year for property tax valued at $100,000 or more. - PUB DATE: 4/6/2021 11:13:23 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
The Madison Fire Department says used charcoal is to blame for a large dumpster fire on the city’s far west side earlier this week, and it’s part of a larger trend they’re seeing lately.
Ladder 7 was called out to the 6500 block of Raymond Road just after 9 a.m. Monday for a fire in a fenced-in dumpster area. - PUB DATE: 4/6/2021 1:36:16 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
Firefighters in Lakewood were busy Monday. They responded to two fires. One blaze spread to a home.
At 11:14 a.m., the Town of Lakewood Fire Department was called to a “large fire” in a residential back yard on Brer Rabbit Ln. They found a camper on fire. The fire spread to a wooded area near the camper. - PUB DATE: 4/6/2021 5:23:24 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
VIDEO: Wood County Sheriff's Department say that shortly after noon on Monday, an individual reported a fire in a ditch with a person down in the fire.
The fire was located at CTH A at Marshfield Road in Marshfield.
Police say upon arrival, they located a 79-year-old man dead in the burn area.
Police say in a press release they believe the man tending to the fire when he "suffered an unknown issue and succumbed to the fire. - PUB DATE: 4/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau
Firefighters continue their search for a cause for Friday evening’s fire on La Crosse’s Northside. Crews used half a million gallons of water to put the fire out.
Last Friday La Crosse fire crews fought an industrial fire at Alter Metal Recycling in the La Crosse Industrial Park on the Northside. The thick black smoke shot in the air came from, what La Crosse Fire Department officials confirm, were 100 cars burning in a scrapyard. - PUB DATE: 4/5/2021 5:28:05 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse
PHOTOS: Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has declared a state of emergency due to elevated wildfire conditions.
The entire state of Wisconsin is under very high fire danger, according to the Department of Natural Resources. There have been 320 wildfires in Wisconsin this year. More than 1,400 acres have burned. - PUB DATE: 4/5/2021 11:12:34 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
An apartment fire damaged two units at Chalet Gardens apartments on Sunday evening. Fitchburg Fire Rescue say multiple residents called around 5 p.m. after seeing heavy smoke coming from the exterior of one of the apartments.
Firefighters were able to quickly enter the apartment and put out the fire. - PUB DATE: 4/4/2021 11:41:39 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison
Every Wisconsin county remains under a very high risk for fire danger, officials with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reported Sunday, April 4, noting more than 150 fires over the Easter weekend, including the 230-acre Marcy Road fire in Menomonee Falls.
We don't yet know how that fire began, but it did prompt a warning from firefighters for the public to be more careful. - PUB DATE: 4/4/2021 7:35:46 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV Fox 6 Milwaukee
A fire at a nursing home in Sheboygan caused $60,000 worth of damage Saturday afternoon.
Firefighters responded to a report of fire alarms going off around 3:45 p.m. at Sunny Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3014 Erie Ave. The fire had been controlled by the sprinkler system when firefighters came to the room of the fire, according to the Sheboygan Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 4/4/2021 3:02:40 PM - SOURCE: Sheboygan Press
VIDEO: The Grand Rapids Volunteer Fire Department felt they had to do something for Easter after their annual Easter Egg Hunt was canceled last year. Today, they pulled off a drive-thru version of that event.
“It was exciting, She was jumping up and down and yeah, she was happy,” Stephanie Haworth said about her daughter. - PUB DATE: 4/3/2021 2:17:25 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
A fire started by an illegal burn damaged one and a half acres of a cornfield in Fond du Lac.
The fire came as the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources suspended burning permits and warned of very high fire danger statewide.
Firefighters say they responded to the 600 block of Whispering Springs Drive shortly after 11 a. - PUB DATE: 4/2/2021 9:49:27 PM - SOURCE: WNFL SPORTS RADIO
The City of Sturgeon Bay is taking down its outdoor warning sirens.
The six sirens were installed in 1997. The city’s fire department says the sirens have a 25-year lifespan and would need to be replaced next year.
Citing the annual maintenance cost of $3,000-$4,000 and the $25,000 cost of each new siren, the fire department has decided not to replace them. - PUB DATE: 4/2/2021 1:48:36 AM - SOURCE: WNFL Sports Radio
Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue is working with fewer officers than it had 10 years ago and hasn’t added to its staff in 20 years. The Fond du Lac Police Department has six to nine officers on patrol for each shift in a city of almost 45,000 people.
On Tuesday, April 6, Fond du Lac city voters will be asked to approve a $1. - PUB DATE: 4/1/2021 5:12:49 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
Firefighters came to the rescue with people trapped inside a burning building Thursday morning, April 1 in Brown Deer.
According to North Shore Fire Rescue, the call came in around 9:30 a.m., and when firefighters arrived on scene, they found heavy smoke and fire in the front entryway and first floor. - PUB DATE: 4/1/2021 1:34:12 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV Fox 6 Milwaukee
Fire officials say two people were injured during a fire at an apartment building in Fond du Lac Wednesday.
According to the Fond du Lac Fire Department, crews were called to the Countryside West Apartments at 869 Security Drive around 6 p.m. The complex houses 24 units.
When crews arrived, they found smoke coming from a second floor apartment, with tenants evacuating while fire alarms were going off. - PUB DATE: 3/31/2021 7:10:51 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
VIDEO: An old wooden farmhouse that wasn’t believed to be structurally sound is now in ashes.
Three new recruits for the Caledonia Fire Department were trained at a controlled house burn on Wednesday morning at Highway V and 6½ Mile Road.
The training session consisted of lighting a live fire and making entry into a real structure, Caledonia Fire Lt. - PUB DATE: 3/31/2021 1:14:34 PM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times
Safety Town returns Tuesday through Friday, June 8 to 11, at Lake Geneva Middle School, 600 N. Bloomfield Road, Lake Geneva.
The safety program is designed for children at least age 5, entering kindergarten in the fall.
During a 12-hour program — three hours per day, for four days — children will learn safety from certified teachers and qualified professionals, such as firefighters and police personnel. - PUB DATE: 3/31/2021 1:12:08 PM - SOURCE: Lake Geneva News
PHOTO: Tenants of a Hartland apartment building were evacuated Wednesday morning after a fire broke out.
The Hartland fire and police departments were called to the fire, in the area of State Highway 16 and North Avenue, just after 8:30 a.m.
Upon arrival, flames were seen coming from the building's roof. - PUB DATE: 3/31/2021 12:48:17 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV Fox 6 Milwaukee
