Green Bay Firefighter/EMT Thomas Donnan will be deploying to the Middle East this month.
Master Sergeant Donnan will be acting as Assistant Chief of Operations for the Air Force Fire Department at his deployment location. Donnan will be deployed to the Middle East until Sep. 2021. Donnan is not the only Green Bay area first responder who was deployed overseas. - PUB DATE: 12/9/2020 3:55:55 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
An early morning fire caused thousands of dollars in damage to an Appleton home Wednesday.
Crews found flames coming from the basement of the home on the 300 block of S. Midpark Drive around 1:30 a.m. At first, the Appleton Fire Department said a person was thought to have been trapped inside, but found everyone was out of the house when they got there. - PUB DATE: 12/9/2020 2:13:51 PM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay
Firefighters from more than a dozen fire departments helped the Pewaukee Fire Department battle an early morning fire at Michael's House of Prime on Wednesday.
The call came in for a structure fire at the popular Pewaukee restaurant, N278 W2316 Prospect Ave., at about 4:01 a.m., according to a news release from the Waukesha County Sheriff's Department. - PUB DATE: 12/9/2020 7:57:58 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
When Chippewa Valley EMS workers load their next coronavirus patients into ambulances, they may have a little more protection if those patients need additional oxygen.
Four local fire and EMS departments are getting a FERNO patient shield — a clear, collapsible shield that can cover a patient’s entire head and torso when they’re lying on an EMS cot. - PUB DATE: 12/8/2020 11:50:22 PM - SOURCE: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram
The pandemic may have changed how first responders answer calls for help, but their focus remains the same – saving lives.
Both firefighters and EMTs face new risks in this time of coronavirus.
“As a manager, it scares me more for the well-being of our employees,” says Jason Flegner, deputy director of operations for Bell Ambulance. - PUB DATE: 12/8/2020 2:40:39 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
In what has been arguably the toughest year in recent history for first responders, access to care for post-traumatic stress disorder remains out of reach through the state's workers' compensation law.
Back in February, the I-Team reported on a bill in Madison that would include PTSD as a workplace injury for firefighters and police officers. - PUB DATE: 12/8/2020 7:25:43 AM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee
For firefighters and paramedics, coronavirus presents a new risk to an already risk-filled job. "We've seen a lot of tragedy this year, which is heartbreaking," Wauwatosa Fire Department Division Chief Chris Sandoval said Monday.
As the COVID-19 death toll continues to rise, the death of Ixonia EMS Capt. - PUB DATE: 12/8/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee
No one was hurt after a fire Monday morning at Jagemann Plating.
Fire crews responded around 3:15 a.m. after a caller reported a fire in the barrel room, Manitowoc Fire Rescue Department said in a news release.
Officials said firefighters saw smoke when they arrived and were told by staff everyone made it safely out of the building. - PUB DATE: 12/7/2020 9:30:40 AM - SOURCE: Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter
Seventeen deaths were added today to the total of those who have died due to COVID-19, according to the latest numbers from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
Deaths for each day are reported by DHS HERE.
DHS also reported 90 people were newly-hospitalized.
As of Saturday afternoon, 1,593 COVID-19 patients were being treated in Wisconsin hospitals, down 67 from the day prior. - PUB DATE: 12/7/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison
Nicole Smithback felt her “entire world” stop when she received a call May 29 that her husband, Michael, was unresponsive and being flown via MedFlight to UW Hospital in Madison.
That’s what she wrote in a message thanking Baraboo District Ambulance Service paramedics for their life-saving measures after a car accident that caused life threatening injuries for her husband. - PUB DATE: 12/6/2020 10:40:43 AM - SOURCE: Baraboo News Republic
Madison firefighters responded to an accidental fire at an aluminum supplier building Friday morning.
An incident report said crews were sent to the 100 block of South Fair Oaks Avenue for a report of a fire inside Madison Kipp Corporation at about 7:15 a.m. Madison Gas and Electric also responded.
Staff quickly evacuated the building as crews arrived to the scene. - PUB DATE: 12/5/2020 6:17:53 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
While they’re not going door-to-door this year because of the pandemic, Oshkosh firefighters are still collecting toys and cash donations to help out families in need. Their holiday collection effort kicked off Thursday night, with Santa leading the effort.
Oshkosh firefighters set up in a parking lot just outside Station 15, and cars and trucks lined up to donate gifts. - PUB DATE: 12/4/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
Over 100 new COVID-19 cases and no additional virus-related deaths were reported in Rock County on Thursday, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS).
Rock County added 107 new cases, bringing the countywide total to 9,660 cases and 90 deaths. A total of 58,681 negative tests have been reported and 7,606 county residents have recovered from the virus. - PUB DATE: 12/4/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Beloit Daily News
An Ogema man died Thursday after a crash in Price County.
Authorities responded to a single-vehicle crash around 6 p.m. on County YY, about a half mile east of Stucker Roade in the town of spirit, according to the Wisconsin State Patrol.
Officials said a 2016 Chrysler 200 Limited was going south on County YY when it mishandled a curve, went into the south ditch and hit multiple trees. - PUB DATE: 12/4/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wausau Daily Herald
Gov. Tony Evers signed Executive Order #96 ordering the flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin to be flown at half-staff in honor of Cpt. Kelly Lynn Raether of the Town of Ixonia Fire & EMS.
Raether passed away on Nov. 26, 2020 after contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty as she responded to the emergency medical needs of a COVID-19 patient. - PUB DATE: 12/3/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
The La Crosse Fire Department was on the scene in just over three minutes after receiving the call of a garage fire at 309 Rose St. around 3:11 p.m. Wednesday.
Crews saw heavy smoke and fire coming from inside the garage and extinguished the fire in about an hour and a half.
The garage had significant fire and heavy smoke damage, according to the La Crosse Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 12/3/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WIZM News Talk 1410 AM
Wisconsin has reported nearly 500 deaths from COVID-19 in just the last 11 days.
On Nov. 21, the state's coronavirus death toll passed 3,000. On Wednesday, it passed 3,500.
The state Department of Health Services on Wednesday reported 3,777 new cases and 82 deaths, bringing the death toll to 3,502. - PUB DATE: 12/3/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A western Wisconsin community is rallying around its fire chief, who has been hospitalized with COVID-19 for 24 days.
Fire Chief Don Kittelson is a third-generation firefighter who has served the Clayton Fire Department for 34 years. The small, rural village is about an hour northeast of the Twin Cities. - PUB DATE: 12/2/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSTP-TV ABC 5 St. Paul
Two people were killed and a third person injured following a two-car crash in the 3500 block of Green Bay Road (Highway 31) Tuesday afternoon.
The crash occurred at 3:42 p.m. in the southbound lane of Green Bay Road, according to Lt. Steven Beranis of the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department.
Minutes later, Somers Fire and Rescue personnel responded and transported two people to local hospitals, both of whom later died. - PUB DATE: 12/2/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News
Madison Fire Department brings back old technology with a tractor-drawn aerial ladder truck to meet modern needs.
According to a release, a 107-food heavy-duty tiller aerial ladder from Pierce Manufacturing is serving Fire Station 1. The tiller is though to be the fourth tiller in the history of the Madison Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 12/2/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
