The city's fire and police sworn personnel make up about 80% of the total pension costs. Barrett said the city is looking at the structure of the pension system for all other police officers and firefighters throughout Wisconsin as a potential template for the city's package for those departments. Milwaukee and Milwaukee County are separate from the state's retirement system. - PUB DATE: 8/15/2019 4:52:54 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Port Washington Police and Fire Commission on Monday authorized Fire Chief Mark Mitchell to seek proposals from architectural firms for the design of a new fire station and renovation of the existing firehouse, despite the fact that the location of a new facility hasn’t been determined nor has the question of whether a joint city-county facility will be constructed. - PUB DATE: 8/15/2019 1:52:01 AM - SOURCE: Ozaukee Press
The ball went into the neighbor’s yard. Little Eli and his twin brother were playing and the neighbor’s dog got the ball. The boys’ foster mother didn’t like that. She got angry. She took Eli inside the house and held him while she turned on the hot water, holding him until the scalding hot water burned his arms. - PUB DATE: 8/14/2019 1:05:10 PM - SOURCE: Sun Prairie Star
VIDEO: No one was injured in an apartment fire Wednesday on Camp Phillips Road, authorities said. Crews responded just before noon to the two-story complex at 5910 Camp Phillips Road for a report of smoke coming from an air-conditioning unit, Everest Metro Police Sgt. Terry Peterson said. The eight-unit complex is at the intersection of Camp Phillips and Winding Ridge Way. - PUB DATE: 8/14/2019 11:16:46 AM - SOURCE: Wausau Daily Herald
An arsonist from Stevens Point was sentenced to three years in prison as part of a plea deal. Gary McDonald appeared in Portage County court on Wednesday. He was initially charged with attempted homicide, because people were living in the home he attempted to burn down. He set three fires inside the home, including pouring gasoline on a bed while people were sleeping. - PUB DATE: 8/14/2019 9:52:47 AM - SOURCE: WRIG-AM Fox Sports 1390
Almost a year after heavy rain caused flash flooding in several areas of Monroe County, the crew at Fort McCoy Fire Department reflects on their service to the community during routine equipment checks at FMFD Station One on Aug. 12, 2019. The department operates two fire stations that serve the 60,000 acre Army installation and its surrounding cities through various firefighting and emergency capabilities. - PUB DATE: 8/14/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: DVIDS
Today, the City of Fort Atkinson announced an improvement in the Fort Atkinson Fire Department's Insurance Services Office (ISO) Public Protection Classification (PPC) rating. ISO ratings assess the readiness of local fire departments by classifying a community's ability to suppress a fire. Previously, Fort Atkinson Fire Department had a Class 4 rating in the city and 4Y in the township. - PUB DATE: 8/13/2019 7:30:19 PM - SOURCE: Fort Atkinson, WI
PHOTO: One person had to be rescued and four were treated for smoke inhalation after a fire in a clothes dryer at an apartment building in Fond du Lac Tuesday afternoon. Fond du Lac Fire and Rescue was called to a two-story apartment building on Grand Court just after 3:30 pm for the fire. The dryer was in a common first floor hallway, and firefighters noticed heavy smoke before removing the dryer from the building to minimize the spread of the fire. - PUB DATE: 8/13/2019 6:36:29 PM - SOURCE: KFIZ
A fire and rescue truck approached a blaze Tuesday at the Chippewa Valley Regional Airport, spraying a flaming tray from a safe distance. The fire was part of an airport emergency exercise that involved multiple fire departments in the Chippewa Valley. Nearby, maintenance supervisor Todd Norrell observed his staff go through the mock disaster drill. - PUB DATE: 8/13/2019 3:41:42 PM - SOURCE: Chippewa Herald
PHOTO: A fire early Tuesday morning in the 2700 block of Red Maple Court destroyed a garage and damaged a home, according to Caledonia Fire Battalion Chief Tim St. Amand. Firefighters responded to the house at 3:50 a.m. Tuesday. The fire was under control within about a half-hour, St. Amand said. “It was a well-involved fire when we arrived,” St. - PUB DATE: 8/13/2019 12:46:06 PM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times
Firefighters on Tuesday morning, Aug. 13 responded to the scene of a garage fire in the area of Cliffside Drive and Red Maple Court in Racine. The call came in around 4 a.m.
When crews arrived on scene, they found a fully-involved garage fire that spread to the house. The homeowner was able to safely evacuate. - PUB DATE: 8/13/2019 6:48:44 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
The City of Fond du Lac opens it's new Public Safety Training Center on Tuesday afternoon.
Action 2 News This Morning took a tour of the center ahead of the opening-- watch the videos above.
The facility on North Rolling Meadows Drive will be used by the Fond du Lac Police Department and Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue for exercises that will prepare personnel for emergency situations. - PUB DATE: 8/13/2019 5:00:31 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
A rise in emergency calls involving empty watercraft leads Door County first responders and the U.S. Coast Guard to issue a reminder to boat owners.
"We've seen a dramatic uptick in that as the lake levels go up, the beaches get smaller, people aren't being as careful about tying boats and things like that," said Fire Chief Chris Hecht with the Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 8/12/2019 7:36:20 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department said a 34-year-old man was rescued Sunday morning after his canoe capsized on the Wisconsin River.
The man called 911 just before 8:30 a.m. to report he was trapped under the canoe north of Menard Island. It’s near County Rd A in the town of King east of Tomahawk. - PUB DATE: 8/12/2019 6:45:44 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
A first-of-its-kind effort between the Mount Horeb School District and Madison College is looking to inspire the next generation of emergency medical technicians.
"I think it's pretty cool because we're 17, but we're doing things adults do professionally," said emergency medical services trainee Max Brinkmann. - PUB DATE: 8/11/2019 1:48:23 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison
Eyemart Express in Valley View Mall was evacuated Thursday afternoon after people inside smelled smoke and called firefighters, who found a fire inside the wall.
The La Crosse Fire Department was dispatched to the mall at about 1:50 p.m. Thursday for a fire in the mulch outside the store. While the mulch fire was put out, the callers were concerned the fire may have spread from the mulch into the building. - PUB DATE: 8/9/2019 7:47:33 AM - SOURCE: Lacrosse Tribune
A former secretary of the Lake Delton Fire Department and the Dells-Delton Emergency Medical Services commissions who nearly ”bankrupted” the agencies by embezzling $358,000 was sentenced Thursday in federal court to 15 months in prison.
Stephanie Czuprynko, 54, of Wisconsin Dells, wrote herself more than 100 checks between February 2016 and November 2018, used signature stamps she made to authenticate them and doctored entries in accounting software to cover her theft, said District Judge William Conley. - PUB DATE: 8/8/2019 4:48:40 PM - SOURCE: Portage Daily Register
Wisconsin regulators leveled a $25,000 fine Thursday against a contractor involved in last summer’s fatal Sun Prairie gas explosion.
The Public Service Commission determined that drilling company VC Tech violated state law when it failed to contact the state’s underground utility location service before starting work on July 10, 2018. - PUB DATE: 8/8/2019 12:43:29 PM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times
Port Washington aldermen said Tuesday they are willing to work with Ozaukee County to create a joint building that would serve as a city firehouse and county storage facility even as Fire Chief Mark Mitchell expressed concern about the plan.
The one thing they all agreed on is that the city’s plans for a $5 million fire station on the city’s west side should not be delayed. - PUB DATE: 8/8/2019 3:16:43 AM - SOURCE: Ozaukee Press
A Madisonian was reunited with his cellphone, thanks to the help of firefighters.
The Madison Fire Department tweeted photos Wednesday afternoon showing firefighters using a Halligan tool, a type of pry bar, to fish the cellphone out of a sewer on Madison's north side.
The firefighters were able to open the sewer grate and rescue the phone, which was returned to the owner unharmed, according to the tweet. - PUB DATE: 8/7/2019 4:48:31 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison
