On Millers Bay Tuesday afternoon, Oshkosh firefighters are prepared for a call they never want to get.
“This is one of those low volume calls, but it’s very high risk,” Public Information Officer John Holland told Local 5. “So for us, the more training we do, the better.”
When that call does come in, Holland says the department needs to be ready. - PUB DATE: 1/26/2021 11:18:38 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
The Wausau Fire Department’s Fire Chief Tracey Kujawa has announced her retirement effective April 1st of 2021. Chief Kujawa’s contributions to the Wausau and Stevens Point communities through her selfless service have been trailblazing and have made permanent positive impacts within both communities. - PUB DATE: 1/26/2021 5:43:45 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
The Egg Harbor Fire Department will have to reorganize as a non-profit organization if it wants to continue fundraising to help pay for their operations.
Attorney Randy Nesbitt notified Egg Harbor Fire Chief Andy Staats on Monday that the Egg Harbor Firefighters, Inc. had its corporation administratively dissolved by the State of Wisconsin back on May 29th, 2017. - PUB DATE: 1/26/2021 8:38:11 AM - SOURCE: Door County Daily News
Five people died this weekend after three fatal fires Saturday, Jan. 23, in Wisconsin.
They were in Fort Atkinson, Grant County and Washington County. Five people died, and three of the victims were children.
“It’s unfortunate that somebody does lose their life in these fires but we have to make sure that their deaths aren’t in vain," West Bend Fire Captain of Fire Safety Kenny Asselin said. - PUB DATE: 1/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Miwaukee
A Grant county family has lost another child after a house fire over the weekend.
With the death of 14-year-old Barbara Hurley, the house fire in Blue River is now the deadliest in Grant county, in Sheriff Nate Dreckman's memory.
"I don't know if we've ever had this many, we've had a few over the years that I've been here but not with three," he said. - PUB DATE: 1/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison
The Merrill Fire Department said a driver was rescued after crashing their vehicle onto the ice of Wisconsin River Monday morning.
Around 8:30 a.m., the Merrill Fire Department responded to the crash on the Wisconsin River near the 2000 block of W. Main Street in Merrill.
Merrill Fire Chief Josh Klug said Lincoln County Dispatchers were able to keep the driver calm and advised him to not move around in the vehicle. - PUB DATE: 1/25/2021 1:31:46 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
One person is in the hospital after La Crosse emergency crews rescued the person near Grandad Bluff. The incident happened around 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon. La Crosse police asked La Crosse fire crews for help finding the person on the bluff, according to the La Crosse fire department.
Fire crews performed a technical slope evacuation to bring the person to safety. - PUB DATE: 1/24/2021 8:35:43 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse
Firefighters said they were called to a garage fire Sunday just before 4:30 p.m.
The Green Bay Metro Fire Department said the fire happened on the 500 block of N Maple Avenue.
Crews said when they first arrived they saw smoke coming from a two stall detached garage that was in a back alley behind the home. - PUB DATE: 1/24/2021 5:32:14 PM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay
Four people, including a 12-year-old boy, died in separate house fires early Saturday in Grant and Jefferson counties, officials said. The 12-year-old boy and a 33-year-old man died from injuries caused by a fire at 105 Jay St. in the village of Blue River reported at about 3:40 a.m., the Grant County Sheriff’s Office said. - PUB DATE: 1/24/2021 1:26:20 PM - SOURCE: WISC News
COVID-19 doses are a "very precious resource." That's the message the Department of Health Services' deputy secretary is sending to vaccinators. So what happens when there are extra doses?
"Once you've opened a vial and reconstituted it, you cannot put it back in the refrigerator or the freezer. You have to use all the doses in that vial," said deputy secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk. - PUB DATE: 1/22/2021 9:16:08 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
No one was hurt during a fire at a nursing home in Oconto Thursday evening.
At about 7:40 p.m., Oconto Fire and Rescue was called to the Bay at Oconto Health and Rehabilitation Center at 101 First St.
Oconto Police arrived on scene to find all residents evacuated to a safe location within the building. - PUB DATE: 1/22/2021 6:47:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
With a generous gift from Husky Energy, the Superior Fire Department is now equipped with four brand new ice rescue suits.
Husky Refinery had reached out to the fire department at the end of last year, asking about making a donation to help out with some winter gear.
The refinery gave $2,500 for the new suits, which will replace the previous ones that had begun showing their age including some that leaked. - PUB DATE: 1/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KQDS-TV Fox 21 Duluth
The Oshkosh Fire Department is joining a national pilot program that uses the latest technology to collect data, analyze the risks for a potential fire, and help the fire department educate neighbors about those risks.
As one of only 250 fire departments across the country selected, Oshkosh will soon be able to build a community risk assessment digitally. - PUB DATE: 1/21/2021 11:45:16 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
Raelynn Wankowski is only 10 weeks old, and she already has been to her first reunion.
The newborn and her parents, Justin and Rachel Wankowski, went to the local firehouse Wednesday to reunite with the firefighters who helped to deliver Raelynn into the world.
It was the first baby delivery in the nearly 70-year history of the Tichigan Volunteer Fire Co. - PUB DATE: 1/21/2021 2:33:26 PM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times
Three people were seriously injured when a pickup crashed into a large tree at 9-1/2 Avenue and 21st Street in Prairie Lake Township around 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 20. Two helicopters were called in to airlift two injured occupants.
At the scene, a Ford F-150 pickup had collided head-on with a large pine tree. - PUB DATE: 1/21/2021 1:06:47 AM - SOURCE: Barron News Shield
A house fire in western Wisconsin on Wednesday night left a man dead and a woman hospitalized.
The Hudson Police Department says officers and fire crews responded around 6:30 p.m. to the fire at a single-family home on the 400 block of Locust Street. When they arrived at the home, they found it fully engulfed in flames. - PUB DATE: 1/21/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCCO-TV CBS 4 Minneapolis
The American Red Cross is providing temporary lodging for 25 residents from 14 units that were affected by Wednesday’s apartment fire in Menasha.
According to a release, the American Red Cross is presently providing comfort, temporary lodging, food and health resources to those that were affected by the fire. - PUB DATE: 1/21/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay
The city was growing and needed additional fire protection in the 1890s. There were calls made to build a second fire station.
Back in October 1892, according to a newspaper clipping from the 1890s provided by Katie Reilly of the Sheboygan County Historical Research Center, the city decided that a new fire department house would be built by the city on the south side of the river. - PUB DATE: 1/21/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sheboygan Press
No one was injured in a house fire at 210 22nd St. S. early Wednesday morning, according to the La Crosse Fire Department.
The department responded to a report of a house fire at 4:38 a.m. Wednesday, arriving in 4 minutes and 57 seconds to find heavy smoke coming from the front and side of the home. - PUB DATE: 1/20/2021 7:44:18 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse
Toxic fumes caused the occupants of a Fieldwood Road home to get sick Friday after they mixed chemicals to clear a sink drain.
Engine Co. 11 and Medic 4 with the Madison Fire Department responded to the 6900 block of Fieldwood Road just before 4 p.m. on Friday, according to an MFD report. When crews arrived, the residents said they had tried to use sulfuric acid to clear a sink drain. - PUB DATE: 1/20/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
