Milwaukee firefighters spent Friday morning going door-to-door installing smoke alarms. The campaign to prevent fires comes after a man and 4-year-old boy were killed in a house fire earlier this week.
Milwaukee firefighters handed out smoke alarms near 39th and Silver Spring by the house where an elderly man and a child were killed in a fire this week. - PUB DATE: 3/15/2019 11:35:39 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
A man is dead after a crash involving a semitractor trailer and a car Thursday afternoon in the Dunn County town of Red Cedar.
According to a news release from the Dunn County sheriff’s office:
The department received report of a crash at the intersection of U.S. 12 and Highway B at about 3:07 p.m. - PUB DATE: 3/14/2019 7:54:04 PM - SOURCE: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram
First responders and a good Samaritan helped rescue a dog from icy Monona waters Thursday morning, officials said.
The Monona Fire Department said firefighters and police responded at 10:08 a.m. to the 600 block of Pirate Island for a report of a dog that had somehow fallen into the water and couldn't get up on the ice to get out. - PUB DATE: 3/14/2019 3:08:26 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison
The rapid snow melt has become too much to handle for many southern Wisconsin rivers and streams, with flooding reported on dozens of highways, people being evacuated in Fond du Lac and at least one record breaking water level in Columbia County.
In Fond du Lac, the Associated Press reported workers have helped as many as 300 people evacuate from their homes because of ice-jam flooding along the Fond du Lac River in eastern Wisconsin. - PUB DATE: 3/14/2019 11:50:32 AM - SOURCE: Lacrosse Tribune
The Fond du Lac Fire Department is working to rescue people from flooded roads and homes near the Fond du Lac River as water rises Thursday morning.
Just before 9 a.m., Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue Chief Peter O'Leary confirmed authorities are evacuating an apartment complex situated along the river on Western Avenue. - PUB DATE: 3/14/2019 7:43:58 AM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette
Firefighters on Wednesday night, March 13 were called out to the Best Buy store in the Village of Kohler for reports of a fire. The call came in around 10:40 p.m.
Upon arrival, crews observed smoke coming through the roof — and the windows were blackened with smoke.
Numerous surrounding fire departments were requested to assist. - PUB DATE: 3/14/2019 6:49:32 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
A three stall unattached garage is a total loss after a fire late Wednesday night.
Just before 11:30 p.m., fire crews were called to the scene at 1163 Eastman Ave., according to a press release from the Green Bay Metro Fire Department.
When firefighters arrived they found the garage fully engulfed in flames, the fire department said. - PUB DATE: 3/14/2019 5:35:28 AM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette
As Rusty Witthuhn watched smoke come out from, a now frail Author's Kitchen + Bar, he couldn't help but reminisce about his childhood.
"My parents brought me here to buy shoes when I was a kid," said Witthuhn. "Since then it's been a number of different restaurants."
"We had significant fire around us and conditions were worsening, we pulled crews out and went to a defensive attack," said Appleton Battalion Fire Chief Ethan Kroll. - PUB DATE: 3/13/2019 2:37:42 PM - SOURCE: WLUK TV Fox 11
People in Milwaukee are mourning a man and a child killed in a house fire on the city's north side.
Fire officials say incidents like this are what they're trained for, but they say any loss is hard not just for a community but for firefighters as well.
"I just felt for the family because they were here screaming and crying," said Nicole Russ, a witness. - PUB DATE: 3/13/2019 1:12:51 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
Firefighters on Tuesday night, March 12 responded to the scene of a shed fire on State Highway 32 in Sheboygan Falls. The call came in around 10:30 p.m.
When crews arrived on scene, they observed one of two sheds fully engulfed in fire. There was fencing surrounding the two sheds — and several cats within the fenced area were saved. - PUB DATE: 3/13/2019 5:35:23 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
An apartment building is destroyed in a fire in Appleton.
It broke out around 2 a.m. Wednesday near the 200 block of North Appleton Street.
The building's owner says 7 people lived in these apartments and were home at the time of the fire.
Fire crews say 8 tenants were evacuated safely.
Officials say they believe this is a natural gas fire but they still can't confirm a cause. - PUB DATE: 3/13/2019 3:32:44 AM - SOURCE: NBC26
The Village Board on Tuesday denied a request from the Caledonia Fire Department to apply for a grant that potentially could have helped fund the addition of six firefighters to its staff.
Instead of authorizing the department’s application for a federal Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response — or SAFER — grant, the village trustees agreed to create an ad hoc committee to look into various options for financing and staffing at the department. - PUB DATE: 3/12/2019 11:07:23 PM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times
A fire at a Janesville home has displaced five people and left $25,000 worth of damage, according to a news release from the Janesville Fire Department.
Firefighters responded to a single-story, single-family home at 3206 Canterbury Lane for a report of a residential fire just after 8:45 p.m. Monday. - PUB DATE: 3/11/2019 10:26:54 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison
Firefighters have extinguished a fire at K&S Fuel Injection in Weston.
The call for the fire came in just before 9 p.m. Monday night.
According to the South Area Fire and Emergency Response District, the fire was out within 20 minutes of them arriving at the scene. There's extensive damage to a corner of the building where construction was being done. - PUB DATE: 3/11/2019 7:59:15 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
On Sunday around 8:30 a.m. the roof of the White Lake Volunteer Fire Department in Langlade County collapsed causing emergency response vehicles to be caught underneath the debris. No one was inside the building at the time of the collapse.
“It was kind of shocking at first, you think it's never going to happen to your department but it does," stated Allan Holbrook, assistant chief with the White Lake Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 3/11/2019 7:43:50 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison
The village has some decisions to make. Leaders of the Caledonia Fire Department believe 18 more firefighters need to be hired, but the cost of that would be in the millions and is more of a long-term goal.
For starters, Fire Chief Richard Roeder and Battalion Chief Jeff Henningfeld want to add six new firefighters. - PUB DATE: 3/11/2019 4:46:18 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times
Superior firefighters know what it's like to lose one of their own. Battalion Chief Erik Sutton died by suicide in April 2018, a few weeks after retiring. Sutton, 46, was a 20-year veteran of the department.
"That is, as an organization, as an individual, one of the most challenging and difficult things that I've ever been through," said Capt. - PUB DATE: 3/11/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: superiortelegram.com
Representatives with the Red Cross are assisting 12 people, including nine children, displaced after a fire Sunday afternoon.
Firefighters responded around 4:15 p.m. to a fire inside the Parker Place Apartments on the 2000 block of Parker Place in the Town of Madison.
Residents who were home at the time of the fire escaped without injuries, officials said. - PUB DATE: 3/10/2019 5:02:44 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison
Stateline Farm Rescue trained area first responders on how to safely execute farm rescues at Doerfer Farms on Saturday.
Approximately 60 first responders from 10 area fire departments participated in the hands-on training that focused on grain bin extractions and auger entanglement, two common farming incidents. - PUB DATE: 3/10/2019 2:34:23 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison
The Sauk City Fire Department has received grant money to purchase 10 new warm-weather water rescue suits.
Assistant Chief Mike Breunig says the suits are necessary to make water rescues safely.
"It's just about knowing, no matter what I'm wearing, I'm protected from the water,"
he said. "That I have the right gear to do my job and not have to worry about not having the right gear when I'm out in the water. - PUB DATE: 3/9/2019 6:37:20 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison
