For almost two decades, Tom Czerniak has been chief of the Union Grove-Yorkville Fire Department, but those days are winding down. Czerniak, 71, will step down from his position as soon as the Joint Union Grove and Yorkville Fire Commission decides on his successor. He has been with the department for 41 years and has been chief for 17. - PUB DATE: 1/27/2019 11:57:37 PM - SOURCE: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram
For almost two decades, Tom Czerniak has been chief of the Union Grove-Yorkville Fire Department, but those days are winding down. Czerniak, 71, will step down from his position as soon as the Joint Union Grove and Yorkville Fire Commission decides on his successor. He has been with the department for 41 years and has been chief for 17. - PUB DATE: 1/27/2019 11:57:37 PM - SOURCE: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram
VIDEO: When they need to get out the door, firefighters have enough to worry about. But sometimes winter gets in the way. "It's harder on everybody and everything," said Rich Annen, Assistant Fire Chief for De Pere. A firefighter's greatest ally can shapeshift into a nightmare. "When you play with water, you're going to get wet," he said. - PUB DATE: 1/27/2019 9:51:05 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay
VIDEO: When they need to get out the door, firefighters have enough to worry about. But sometimes winter gets in the way. "It's harder on everybody and everything," said Rich Annen, Assistant Fire Chief for De Pere. A firefighter's greatest ally can shapeshift into a nightmare. "When you play with water, you're going to get wet," he said. - PUB DATE: 1/27/2019 9:51:05 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay
An east Madison fire caused residents to evacuate a building Sunday morning, leaving 19 residents displaced. A resident in an apartment buildling on the 4700 block of Cottage Grove Road called authorities just after 6 a.m., reporting smoke inside of the building. When crews arrived, alarms were sounding inside the building and residents were evacuating, officials said. - PUB DATE: 1/27/2019 11:49:33 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison
An east Madison fire caused residents to evacuate a building Sunday morning, leaving 19 residents displaced. A resident in an apartment buildling on the 4700 block of Cottage Grove Road called authorities just after 6 a.m., reporting smoke inside of the building. When crews arrived, alarms were sounding inside the building and residents were evacuating, officials said. - PUB DATE: 1/27/2019 11:49:33 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison
The Prentice Volunteer Fire Department responded to a house fire with a person still inside Saturday morning at 7:48 a.m. After a firefighter that lived nearby arrived first, the person inside the house was able to get out. As the first firetruck arrived, heavy flames were coming out of the kitchen area of the house. - PUB DATE: 1/27/2019 8:25:41 AM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau
The Prentice Volunteer Fire Department responded to a house fire with a person still inside Saturday morning at 7:48 a.m. After a firefighter that lived nearby arrived first, the person inside the house was able to get out. As the first firetruck arrived, heavy flames were coming out of the kitchen area of the house. - PUB DATE: 1/27/2019 8:25:41 AM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau
River Falls firefighters battled blazes at two houses that went up in flames immediately behind Ezekiel Lutheran Church in River Falls early Saturday. River Falls Fire Department was dispatched at 1 a.m. Jan. 26 to a structure fire at 222 E. Walnut St., an older two-story home just across the alley from the entrance to Jacob's Ladder Preschool. - PUB DATE: 1/27/2019 6:38:38 AM - SOURCE: Rivertowns
River Falls firefighters battled blazes at two houses that went up in flames immediately behind Ezekiel Lutheran Church in River Falls early Saturday. River Falls Fire Department was dispatched at 1 a.m. Jan. 26 to a structure fire at 222 E. Walnut St., an older two-story home just across the alley from the entrance to Jacob's Ladder Preschool. - PUB DATE: 1/27/2019 6:38:38 AM - SOURCE: Rivertowns
PHOTO: The Mequon Fire Department was a pup’s best friend after they saved a dog that fell through the ice on the Milwaukee River. The department shared pictures of the rescue on its Facebook page Thursday. Firefighters remind everyone not to travel out onto ice unless you are 100 percent sure of its thickness. - PUB DATE: 1/24/2019 7:46:11 PM - SOURCE: Today's TMJ4
PHOTO: The Mequon Fire Department was a pup’s best friend after they saved a dog that fell through the ice on the Milwaukee River. The department shared pictures of the rescue on its Facebook page Thursday. Firefighters remind everyone not to travel out onto ice unless you are 100 percent sure of its thickness. - PUB DATE: 1/24/2019 7:46:11 PM - SOURCE: Today's TMJ4
VIDEO: The Lafayette County Sheriff's Office is trying to determine what caused a fatal fire Wednesday in Fayette Township, near Argyle. The family is mourning the loss of the man, as Melvin Leroy Narveson, known to them as "Leroy." Narveson would have turned 90 in February. "He was very independent. - PUB DATE: 1/24/2019 5:38:39 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison
VIDEO: The Lafayette County Sheriff's Office is trying to determine what caused a fatal fire Wednesday in Fayette Township, near Argyle. The family is mourning the loss of the man, as Melvin Leroy Narveson, known to them as "Leroy." Narveson would have turned 90 in February. "He was very independent. - PUB DATE: 1/24/2019 5:38:39 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison
VIDEO: A Cedarburg day care evacuated more than 70 children Thursday after carbon monoxide flooded the KinderCare building. All 71 of the children are OK. The staff had to evacuate all of the kids -- ranging in age from 6 weeks to 4 years old -- to an emergency evacuation site at a Walgreens across the street. - PUB DATE: 1/24/2019 3:49:13 PM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee
VIDEO: A Cedarburg day care evacuated more than 70 children Thursday after carbon monoxide flooded the KinderCare building. All 71 of the children are OK. The staff had to evacuate all of the kids -- ranging in age from 6 weeks to 4 years old -- to an emergency evacuation site at a Walgreens across the street. - PUB DATE: 1/24/2019 3:49:13 PM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee
Milton fire officials don’t recommend keeping the city’s outdated fire station at 614 W. Madison St. much longer, according to a recently released report. Former Fire Chief Randy Banker, who oversaw the Janesville and Milton fire departments, and other officials believe modernizing the Milton station is not ideal because of cost and location, according to the report. - PUB DATE: 1/24/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Gazette
Milton fire officials don’t recommend keeping the city’s outdated fire station at 614 W. Madison St. much longer, according to a recently released report. Former Fire Chief Randy Banker, who oversaw the Janesville and Milton fire departments, and other officials believe modernizing the Milton station is not ideal because of cost and location, according to the report. - PUB DATE: 1/24/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Gazette
“Without new pediatric medical equipment, EMS staff would be using equipment that is over 15 years old to treat patients during emergencies,” said McMillan Fire Department Captain Lorrie Bauer. That’s why Bauer, a Marshfield Clinic Health System employee, nominated the McMillan Fire Department for the Employee-Driven Corporate Giving grant. - PUB DATE: 1/23/2019 7:52:40 AM - SOURCE: WCCN-FM Central Wisconsin Broadcasting
“Without new pediatric medical equipment, EMS staff would be using equipment that is over 15 years old to treat patients during emergencies,” said McMillan Fire Department Captain Lorrie Bauer. That’s why Bauer, a Marshfield Clinic Health System employee, nominated the McMillan Fire Department for the Employee-Driven Corporate Giving grant. - PUB DATE: 1/23/2019 7:52:40 AM - SOURCE: WCCN-FM Central Wisconsin Broadcasting
