Planes, helicopters and nonmilitary unmanned aerial systems will test their plans in a search-and-rescue exercise over southwestern Wisconsin Thursday, according to a news release from the Department of Military Affairs.
Officials said various agencies will participate in Dyracuse Recreational Park in Adams County, Sauk Prairie Recreational Area and Devil's Lake State Park near Baraboo. - PUB DATE: 8/28/2019 2:02:34 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison
The Kronenwetter Fire and Police departments are getting some new equipment thanks to a grant from Wisconsin Public Service.
Wednesday, WPS surprised fire and police staff with the Rewarding Responders grant. The grant is awarded to 27 different emergency response agencies throughout the WPS service area. - PUB DATE: 8/28/2019 1:42:03 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
There's a hum of activity even on a slow day. Several screens tower over each 911 dispatcher, and there are usually four or five dispatchers. Red and green lights flicker on and off indicating when one of them is on the phone or radio.
This room is dark. But it's organized. And it withstood the chaos of 605 calls in five hours when three tornadoes left a trail of damage during a vicious storm that pummeled Sheboygan County on Aug. - PUB DATE: 8/28/2019 3:59:53 AM - SOURCE: Sheboygan Press
With no efforts made to rouse the sleeping guests and residents of the Newhall, most were left to be woken by the fire itself. Many jolted awake from the smell of smoke or the dull roar of the flames taking hold of the elevator shaft. Others woke to the shattering of the glass transom windows above their doors. - PUB DATE: 8/27/2019 12:38:31 PM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Magazine
The cause of an Aug. 26 Elmwood fire that left a home a complete loss is under investigation. Four fire departments responded to the fire at 138 W. Shaw Ave. around 11:30 a.m. Monday. No injuries were reported.
Three children and one adult were safely evacuated from the home according to Elmwood Fire Chief Rob Bowen. - PUB DATE: 8/26/2019 4:35:46 PM - SOURCE: Rivertowns
Project Six Wisconsin is an organization with a fairly simple goal: provide support to those who have dedicated their lives to helping others. Now the group is looking to get some help with their efforts through a unique fundraiser.
Appleton Fire Battalion Chief Shannon Young says Project Six Wisconsin was a huge help for the Appleton Fire Department after driver-engineer Mitchell Lundgaard was killed in May. - PUB DATE: 8/26/2019 3:47:49 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
The Appleton Fire Department is kicking off the annual Fill the Boot fundraising campaign.
For the 65th year, AFD is raising money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) helping transform the lives of kids and adults with muscular dystrophy, ALS, and related muscle-debilitating diseases.
More than 80 Appleton firefighters are hitting the streets and storefronts with boots in hand asking pedestrians, motorists, customers and others to make a donation to MDA on August 26, 27, and 29 from 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM at Walmart and Pick n’ Save in Appleton. - PUB DATE: 8/26/2019 10:47:19 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay
Everyone inside of a house in Howard escaped a fire late Sunday night thanks to neighbors and smoke detectors.
Janke says neighbors spotted the flames and alerted the people inside the home. Smoke detectors were ringing as well. No one was hurt, but firefighters were searching to see if the cats in the home were able to escape. - PUB DATE: 8/26/2019 12:40:21 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
The La Crosse Fire Department says firefighters responded to a structure fire on Fifth Avenue South Sunday at 7:20 a.m. The fire was at an apartment building across from Poage Park.
Firefighter say it took them two minutes to get to the scene, where they saw flames and heavy smoke coming from the middle of the building. - PUB DATE: 8/25/2019 11:43:58 AM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse
No injuries were reported after a metal parts manufacturer/engineering company suffered $20,000 in damage due to a fire in a heat ventilation system Friday, according to the Racine Fire Department.
In a press release, the department said it was called for a "fire in a pipe" just after 11:30 a.m. on Friday. - PUB DATE: 8/24/2019 10:43:59 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times
An adult male was found unresponsive in Lake Michigan near the South Milwaukee Yacht Club on Friday night.
According to the South Milwaukee Fire Department, a 911 call was received around 8:57 PM for an individual who was unresponsive in the water.
When South Milwaukee Fire and Police units arrived, they found an adult male face down in the water near a boat slip in the middle of the dock area of the yacht club. - PUB DATE: 8/23/2019 8:42:19 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
Hales Corners Fire Department has appointed 37-year veteran firefighter, Pete Jaskulski to the department's highest position, the village announced Friday.
Jaskulski was a paid-on-call firefighter and advanced emergency medical technician for the department and held the position of assistant chief for 18 years before this promotion to fire chief. - PUB DATE: 8/23/2019 2:36:11 PM - SOURCE: Today's TMJ4
PHOTO: A 22-year-old Beaver Dam man was traveling 80 to 90 mph Wednesday night when his car smashed into Beaver Dam Middle School, causing damage estimated at $100,000 to the building, officials say. Roy Cortez appeared Thursday in Dodge County Circuit Court charged with a felony count of fleeing or eluding an officer causing damage to property. - PUB DATE: 8/23/2019 6:46:37 AM - SOURCE: Daily Citizen
A UW-Madison graduate and Wisconsin native is dead following an elevator accident in New York City. Investigators say two other people had just gotten off of a downtown Manhattan elevator when Samuel Waisbren, of Fox Point, tried to exit as well. That’s when the elevator suddenly dropped, crushing him between the elevator car and the shaft wall. - PUB DATE: 8/23/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27
Investigators say 25-year-old Brian King was killed Thursday as result of a traffic crash in Boulder Junction. According to a press release from the Vilas County Sheriff's Office, dispatch received a call of a collision at the intersection of U.S. Highway 51 and County Highway H in the township of Boulder Junction. - PUB DATE: 8/23/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7
VIDEO: Milwaukee firefighters have been dispatched to a fire at Miller Compressing on the city’s south side. Black smoke could be seen billowing from the facility — via FOX6 News tower cameras. FOX6 News has a crew headed to the scene — and we will update this post when more information is available. - PUB DATE: 8/22/2019 3:13:57 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
A man fleeing police at high speed on city streets following an apparent domestic disturbance crashed into Beaver Dam Middle School, where his car caught fire Wednesday, police said. The 22-year-old driver, who was believed to be under the influence of alcohol, sustained non-life threatening injuries in the crash and was arrested for domestic disorderly conduct, fleeing an officer, drunken driving with a suspended driver's license and driving without insurance, according to a press release from the Beaver Dam Police Department. - PUB DATE: 8/22/2019 5:55:38 AM - SOURCE: Wisc News
On the morning of June 19, Kenneth Rogers, a 40-year-old truck driver from Milwaukee, was on his normal route headed south on Interstate 94 through Racine County. A truck driver for five years, Rogers loved his job and knew his route well, his sister Christina Rogers said. As Kenneth Rogers passed over Kraut Road/50th Road about a mile north of Highway 20, he began to make a lane change. - PUB DATE: 8/22/2019 4:52:19 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times
VIDEO: The newest member of a fire department in Lincoln County trained for years to help the community but his experience doesn't include fighting fires. Instead, David Szeto's years as a pastor qualified him for the newly created role of chaplain with the Merrill Fire Department. "To have that privilege and the blessing to do that is just nerve wracking but on the other hand I'm very honored that they selected me to be the very first one," said Szeto. - PUB DATE: 8/21/2019 5:22:03 PM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau
PHOTO: Sometimes, a cow just needs to take a dip. Firefighters with the Ettrick Fire Department responded to an unusual rescue Tuesday. They were needed to help get a cow safely out of a pool. Thankfully, their hard work paid off and the cow was returned home safely. Ettrick is a village of around 500 people located in Trempealeau County. - PUB DATE: 8/21/2019 6:41:06 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison
