Thus far, the nonprofit organization Friends of the Appleton Fire Department has raised $97,000 for the purchase and restoration of Old Engine 5, a 1925 Seagrave pumper that served Appleton for 39 years.
The total includes a $30,000 grant from the David L. and Rita E. Nelson Family Fund through the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region. - PUB DATE: 6/12/2020 3:37:02 PM - SOURCE: Appleton Post-Gazette & Post Crescent.com
A Seymour family has been sifting through the ashes of their home. It burned down Monday night, for the second time in the last year and a half.
The first fire was caused by a space heater.
Firefighters are still investigating how Monday's fire started.
"It’s a big blow, I mean, it’s still kinda sinking in that like everything that’s gone, you know,” said homeowner Nicole Hoier Everson. - PUB DATE: 6/12/2020 2:08:22 AM - SOURCE: WLUK-TV Fox 11 Green Bay
Two more people have been charged in connection with the June 1 fire at the Thelma Orr COP House that started in the midst of heated protests over the death of George Floyd.
Anthony McNeil, 27, of the 900 block of S. Memorial Drive, and Jason Young, 30, of the 800 block of College Avenue, are both being charged with arson and burglary as a party to a crime. - PUB DATE: 6/12/2020 1:53:17 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News
After more than an hour and a half of talking to city staff, an outside company and emergency officials, the city of Baraboo still hasn’t made a decision about the future of its emergency medical services.
One obstacle for members of the Baraboo Common Council, as they met virtually Tuesday, was a lack of data, the result of bungled billing practices through the Baraboo District Ambulance Service, which is currently the service used by the city. - PUB DATE: 6/12/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Baraboo News Republic
You would think driving back to the firehouse after a call would be the least exciting part of a firefighter's job.
Well, not on Wednesday evening in the town of Wilson.
A truck for the town of Wilson Fire Department was driving eastbound on Sheboygan County V after a call when a turkey flew through the windshield of the engine, according to Assistant Chief Steve Pautz. - PUB DATE: 6/11/2020 1:05:10 PM - SOURCE: Sheboygan Press
PHOTOS: This week marks the 12th anniversary of the start of the devastating 2008 floods in southern Wisconsin. Three people were killed and thousands of homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed as flood waters impacted 31 counties for almost a month.
It was the worst disaster since the Great Floods of 1993 that hit the Midwest. - PUB DATE: 6/11/2020 10:50:46 AM - SOURCE: Lacrosse Tribune
The La Crosse Fire Department responded to a structure fire on Wednesday around 9 p.m.
Upon arrival, crews made an offensive fire attack and quickly had fire control at 4535 Old Hickory Drive in Medary Township. While enroute, crews were informed that all occupants were out of the building and that the attached garage was fully involved with heavy smoke and fire showing. - PUB DATE: 6/11/2020 8:30:13 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV NBC 13 Eau Claire
A new chief is named Wednesday night for the Black River Falls Fire Department.
The hiring committee selected Jody Stoker to be the new chief.
He has served with Black River Falls Fire and EMS for more than 20 years.
He's held the ranks of ranks of firefighter, captain, and assistant chief, and he has been employed full-time with the Black River Falls Fire Department since June 2013 as the EMS Division Chief. - PUB DATE: 6/10/2020 8:13:32 PM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 Eau Claire
The Beaver Dam Police and Fire Commission met on Tuesday night to bring a plan to add additional firefighter/paramedics to the city.
The Beaver Dam Police and Fire Commission agreed on bringing a question to the Beaver Dam City Council asking for voters in Beaver Dam to have the option of approving six additional firefighter/paramedic positions for the city of Beaver Dam. - PUB DATE: 6/10/2020 5:20:34 PM - SOURCE: Daily Citizen
Fourth of July fireworks shows are going to be difficult to come by this year, and that has some area fire departments worried.
Without traditional Fourth of July fireworks displays there are concerns that some may try setting off their own displays with consumer fireworks in spite of laws require a permit to do so. - PUB DATE: 6/10/2020 4:37:34 PM - SOURCE: WNFL 1440 AM - 101.9 FM
Authorities have arrested the man they believe set fire to a memorial to a fallen Sawyer County Sheriff's Deputy.
Sheriff Doug Mrotek said in a news release that the 38-year-old suspect from Ladysmith is expected to face an arson charge. The charge did not yet appear in online court records as of Wednesday afternoon. - PUB DATE: 6/10/2020 2:46:10 PM - SOURCE: WDIO-DT ABC 10 Duluth
The Stockton Fire Department held an emergency response live propane fire training Wednesday night.
The fire department put on the training along with the Wisconsin Propane Education and Research Council.
The training consisted of classroom instruction on the physical properties of propane and a hands-on portion that included putting fires out involving a grill, bulk tank, and propane terminal piping props. - PUB DATE: 6/10/2020 1:06:05 PM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau
One person is dead after a car went into a pond in the Town of Balsam Lake. Around 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office received a call of a Jeep submerged in the pond near the intersection of Highway 46 and 150th Ave.
Upon arrival, deputies and members of the Balsam Lake First Responder unit found the vehicle was unoccupied with the drivers’ door open and there was no sign of the driver. - PUB DATE: 6/10/2020 12:05:24 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV NBC 13 Eau Claire
The Eighth Annual 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at Lambeau Field will be held as a virtual fundraising event this year, organizers announced Tuesday. The on-site event has been canceled.
"Due to the unprecedented circumstances the world has faced in recent months, and after much careful consideration, Pierce [Manufacturing] and the Green Bay Metro Fire Department determined it was in the best interest of the participants and the community to shift the stair climb to a virtual event," organizers said in a statement. - PUB DATE: 6/9/2020 3:49:07 PM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay
A grainery in the Town of Westford is declared a total loss after it was damaged in a fire June 8.
The Cazenovia Area Fire Department was dispatched at 10:19 a.m. to the report of a grainery on fire at 10198 Quaker Valley Dr. in the Town of Westford, according to a June 9 email from Darrell Slama fire chief of the department. - PUB DATE: 6/9/2020 1:24:24 PM - SOURCE: Reedsburg Times-Press
The Madison Fire Department has wrapped up its investigation into what led to a deadly house fire last week.
Investigators determined it started in the screened-in porch area towards the rear of the home. They narrowed it down to two possibilities: a possible electrical fault or improperly discarded smoking materials. - PUB DATE: 6/9/2020 11:45:31 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison
After 237 tests on Monday, COVID-19 testing continued on Tuesday at Western Technical College.
The focus for day two, however, was on front line first responders like police, fire, and other emergency workers.
The La Crosse County Department of Health joined with the Wisconsin National Guard to staff the free testing site. - PUB DATE: 6/9/2020 7:18:41 AM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 La Crosse
Officials have temporarily closed the visitor's center at the Wisconsin State Firefighters Memorial after vandalism last week.
A firefighter reported Friday that someone had painted "Black Lifes Matter" on a pillar at the memorial and written things in the sign-in book at the visitor's center, said Jim Luty, Firefighters Memorial president. - PUB DATE: 6/9/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Rapids Tribune
Firefighters have determined that a weekend fire at an apartment building was caused by a heater possibly coming in contact with towels hanging in a bathroom.
Firefighters were dispatched to a fire at an apartment building in the 3700 block of Karstens Drive shortly after 11 a.m. Saturday following a call reporting smoke coming from the second floor of the building, according to an incident report. - PUB DATE: 6/8/2020 2:43:57 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
At 12:45 p.m. Monday, the Racine Fire Department was actively fighting a blaze on a two story home on the 2100 block of Clarence Avenue, just north of Washington Park Golf Course and west of the Root River.
The fire department initially responded to the fire around noon, when heavy flames could be seen coming from the home's kitchen windows. - PUB DATE: 6/8/2020 1:46:08 PM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times
