A town of Merton home's garage was a total loss after a May 12 structure fire, according to Merton Community Fire Chief Josh Paral. Paral said the call came in at 1:22 p.m. and it took crews 15 to 20 minutes to get the fire under control. Crews were on scene for over two hours. While Paral was unsure of where the fire originated from, it appeared to be the garage, which suffered the most damage.
- PUB DATE: 5/14/2019 6:54:13 AM - SOURCE: Journal Sentinal

It was a very successful night for the Fired Up Fundraiser and Charity Ball. The Professional Firefighters of Wisconsin hosted it at the Italian Community Center. There was dinner, drinks, entertainment, a silent auction, and a 'bid for kids' featuring an autographed Giannis Antetokounmpo jersey. More than $110,000 was raised to support burn camp and other initiatives.
- PUB DATE: 5/13/2019 9:52:39 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

Nearly three months after the incident, the state fire marshal's office has ruled that the blaze that killed a father and two of his children in their town of Waukesha home was entirely accidental. An investigation by specialists who looked for the origin and cause of the Feb. 19 fire at S15 W22398 Arcadian Avenue revealed that it was the result of "unattended cooking," in which food being prepared on a skillet ignited before it was moved into the kitchen sink.
- PUB DATE: 5/13/2019 1:01:27 PM - SOURCE: WaukeshaNOW

Fire crews rescued three children from amusement ride at the West Towne Mall Carnival on Friday. Bernadette Galvez, a spokesperson with the Madison Fire Department, said when crews arrived on scene, they found three children stuck on one of the rides about 12 feet off the ground. Park mechanics made several attempts to bring the ride down before calling the fire department.
- PUB DATE: 5/13/2019 8:30:55 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

A Trig's baking and trucking facility in Rhinelander is a partial loss following a fire Sunday morning. A statement released by Trig's parent company, T.A. Solberg Co., to WAOW says the trucking and recycling portion of the building is considered destroyed, and that the fire broke out in the recycling portion of the building.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2019 5:00:06 PM - SOURCE: WRIG-AM Fox Sports 1390

An on-call Viroqua firefighter saw smoke coming from a nearby business when he came into the station on Sunday. He called the fire in around 7:50 a.m. Damage from the fire was mostly contained to an office in the south of the building, but that office was a total loss. The ceiling had to be torn out, and the attic had damage from water and light fire damage.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2019 4:50:21 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

One thing that hasn't changed is that a city needs firefighters, but what has changed is what the firefighters need. "The stations are getting to be 80 years old and they were just built for a different kind of truck and a different kind of world," explained La Crosse Fire Chief Ken Gilliam. Fire station one was built at a time when women weren't able to be firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2019 4:35:49 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

Cedarburg officials are exploring the possibility of outsourcing its emergency dispatch services to the Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office. With Grafton transferring to county dispatch last year, Cedarburg and Mequon are the last remaining Ozaukee County communities to still provide their own full-time emergency dispatchers.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2019 2:56:05 PM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

An investigation is ongoing into what caused a fire at the Weber Center at 428 Front Street S. in La Crosse. The theater was full when the fire broke out at about 9 o'clock, according to the fire department. Fire crews discovered that a stage curtain started on fire while a rehearsal of the play "Newsies" was being performed.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2019 9:20:41 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

A family of four is displaced after their home caught on fire in Janesville Thursday afternoon. The city’s fire department says crews responded to a fire on the 200 block of Walnut Street, where they found smoke rising from the home. Firefighters found that flames had moved from the bathroom ceiling fan to a wall and into the roof.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2019 4:39:08 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

One semi-truck was destroyed and two others were damaged in a fire outside a business in Middleton Thursday, an official said. Middleton Fire Chief Aaron Harris said firefighters responded to a report of a semi on fire at the UPS distribution center in on Murphy Drive. A Dane County Communications dispatcher said the center received a call at 11:25 a.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2019 2:35:44 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison

Crews are at the scene of a house fire on Tops Road in Hatley. NewsChannel 7 spoke with the homeowner at the scene. She tells us there were three people inside of the home at the time of the fire. Everyone made it out OK. Our reporter at the scene also spoke with the Hatley fire chief. He tells us, they are still working on putting out the fire, but there is extensive damage to the first floor and smoke damage to the second.
- PUB DATE: 5/8/2019 10:30:22 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

A man is dead after an apartment fire on Milwaukee's north side. Firefighters got a call about a fire at an apartment near 91st and Hampton around 8:45 Wednesday morning. When they arrived, they saw smoke and fire coming from the first floor. Officials say they found a man, thought to be in his 60s, by the entryway and pulled him out of the apartment.
- PUB DATE: 5/8/2019 9:33:59 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

VIDEO: Milwaukee firefighters are on the scene of a apartment fire near 91st and Hampton on the city's northwest side. The medical examiner confirms they were called to the scene for one adult male victim. An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday, May 9.
- PUB DATE: 5/8/2019 7:35:26 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

Several fire departments were dispatched to a barn fire late last night. The Vesper Fire Department took the call at 10:30 from a farm at 5230 Highway C in the Town of Hansen. Upon arrival crews found a 30-by-80 two-story barn fully involved in fire with multiple ground cover fires ignited by radiant heat from the barn blaze.
- PUB DATE: 5/8/2019 4:48:36 AM - SOURCE: WRIG-AM Fox Sports 1390

Firefighters were called out to the area near Farwell and Curtis on Milwaukee’s east side for a two-alarm fire Tuesday night, May 7. Thankfully, there were no injuries. MFD officials said first responders found fire on all floors of the home. In fact, firefighters had to leave because the flames were so intense.
- PUB DATE: 5/7/2019 7:46:01 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

Focusing on regionalization efforts and improving fire stations are among the top priorities La Crosse Fire Department going into the next five years, according to a strategic plan that will go before the La Crosse Common Council Thursday. The plan, which covers 2019 through 2023, consists of six main initiatives, including an all-hazard response initiative that calls for the department to increase interoperability with regional departments, La Crosse Fire Chief Ken Gilliam said during a Tuesday interview.
- PUB DATE: 5/7/2019 3:50:59 PM - SOURCE: Lacrosse Tribune

A well-known downtown Oshkosh bar was destroyed by a fire Tuesday morning. The fire broke out around 1:40 a.m. at an apartment building next to Mabel Murphy's bar in the 700 block of North Main Street, Oshkosh Fire Department spokesman John Holland said. By the time firefighters arrived at the scene, the fire had already spread to the bar.
- PUB DATE: 5/7/2019 6:56:50 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A man charged with setting a home he was renting on fire pleads not guilty by mental disease or defect. 62-year-old Brian Gillespie of rural Pepin County entered the plea during a preliminary hearing Monday. According to a criminal complaint, crews responded to a house fire in September in the Town of Frankfort.
- PUB DATE: 5/6/2019 8:10:59 PM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News

A new proposal at the state Capitol aims to incentivize people to become volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services workers in Wisconsin as many departments around the country struggle to find volunteers. "Right now, we have a huge problem with trying to get volunteers to participate in their local fire departments.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2019 10:05:41 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison