The La Crosse Fire Department responded to a fire at an apartment building Friday night.
Firefighters got the call around 9:45 p.m. for a fire at 918 Denton Street.
According to La Crosse Fire Chief Ken Gilliam, firefighters were able to get everyone out of the two-story building safely and put out the fire fairly quickly. - PUB DATE: 2/22/2019 10:18:40 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse
The Merrill Fire Department is asking residents to help them dig out snow-covered fire hydrants next weekend.
With more than three feet of snow falling across central Wisconsin in February so far and more snow on the way this weekend, firefighters are concerned they will have a hard time finding fire hydrants and will then have to spend valuable time digging them out at the scene of a fire. - PUB DATE: 2/22/2019 10:52:55 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
The Hales Corners Fire Department is investigating why three on-duty personnel were unable to respond with a fire engine to a January car fire. Village Administrator Sandra Kulik said that one the morning of Jan. 16, three part-time firefighters who didn’t have certification for driving a fire engine were on duty when a 59-year-old woman reported her car was on fire. - PUB DATE: 2/22/2019 8:20:46 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Three men were rescued Friday morning after they became trapped in the sub-basement of a downtown Appleton bar. At about 1:50 a.m., the Appleton Fire Department was called to The Durty Leprechaun, 343 W. College Ave., for a report that a stairwell had collapsed and trapped three men in a sub-basement, the department said. - PUB DATE: 2/22/2019 6:46:40 AM - SOURCE: Sheboygan Press
A man known as a pillar of the Sun Prairie Fire Department is stepping down after generations of work. Arnie Kleven first joined the department in 1972. Kleven worked across the street form station 1 before he took the job. He worked at GT and would hear the fire sirens go off, prompting him to poke his head out to see where they were going. - PUB DATE: 2/21/2019 9:20:09 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison
The La Crosse Fire Department has responded to 13 fires just in 2019 alone. "It's been abnormally busy for the last two months," said Assistant Chief Jeff Murphy. Despite recent record-setting snowfalls, officials say most of the fires have not been related to the cold weather. "Most of the calls, most of these fires have been related to careless smoking, electrical, various other causes," said Murphy. - PUB DATE: 2/21/2019 5:22:25 PM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News
Earlier this week, CBS 58 News told you how cancer caused 70% of firefighter line-of-duty deaths in 2016.
Now, that story is being used to promote change at a Waukesha County station.
Leaders have decided one single shower in the building isn't enough to keep firefighters safe from the toxins and carcinogens they're exposed to in their work. - PUB DATE: 2/20/2019 9:16:38 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
After a frigid 15 minutes or more in the water, emergency workers rescued a 15-year-old boy who fell into Lake Michigan Wednesday evening.
According to a preliminary investigation, the Racine County Sheriff’s Office reported that the boy and a 16-year-old friend were walking on the icy shore when the ice underneath them gave way, dropping the younger boy into the lake. - PUB DATE: 2/20/2019 7:41:21 PM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times
Several promotions within the Kenosha Police and Kenosha Fire departments were approved by the city’s Police and Fire Commission Tuesday. Kenosha Police promotions included Patrick Patton from sergeant to interim lieutenant and Tadas Zukauskas and Michael Madsen from patrol officers to interim sergeants. - PUB DATE: 2/20/2019 2:06:07 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News
Portage County is participating in a new app to speed up assistance for people having a heart emergency. The app, called PulsePoint, is designed to alert app users and first responders to people nearby who are experiencing cardiac arrest. It also helps you find the nearest automated external defibrillators (AED). - PUB DATE: 2/20/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
Recognizing the cancer epidemic that firefighters are facing, MH Medical Imaging Company has donated 31 low-dose radiation CT scans to the Kenosha Fire Department.
These scans are often not covered by insurance and are a useful tool in detecting cancer.
"They were able are able to pick up cancer at a much earlier stage than a chest x-ray," said Dan Paulson with MH Imaging. - PUB DATE: 2/19/2019 8:42:59 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
After months of being short-staffed, the Rice Lake Fire Department is now asking the city council to revisit its decision to cut a full-time firefighter position. While the council says that decision was caused by a budget deficit, officials with the department say something needs to be done to ensure the safety of the community. - PUB DATE: 2/19/2019 5:55:15 PM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News
VIDEO: Firefighters in Stevens Point have a new tool that will help them improve their speed and efficiency while fighting fires. After saving for years the department was able to add a brand new fire engine to their fleet. It's been more than 30 years since the Stevens Point Fire Department got a new fire engine and with a new engine and new technology there came a big learning curve. - PUB DATE: 2/19/2019 3:03:34 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
An early morning fire killed three people, injured three others and substantially damaged a town of Waukesha home on Tuesday, Feb. 19.
The Waukesha County Sheriff's Department announced the deaths Tuesday afternoon in an updated news release.
Police did not identify the victims, but said they were an adult and two adolescents. - PUB DATE: 2/19/2019 1:00:53 PM - SOURCE: WaukeshaNOW
Fire crews deployed a bucket truck to rescue an injured worker who had slipped on the third floor of a Wauwautosa construction site on Monday afternoon.
A worker for a subcontractor of the Milwaukee firm CG Schmidt fell and was injured while working on the third floor of a project at 10401 Innovation Drive in Wauwautosa, said Mike Abuls, chief operating officer at CG Schmidt. - PUB DATE: 2/19/2019 11:51:06 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Daily Reporter
William Kleich, owner of Loopy’s Saloon and Grill in the ntown of Wheaton, has filed a lawsuit against the Chippewa Fire District in an effort to allow the volleyball dome at his facility to continue operating 240 days a year without seeking a new permit. Kleich filed the lawsuit in Chippewa County Court on Monday. - PUB DATE: 2/19/2019 10:46:05 AM - SOURCE: Chippewa Herald
Firefighters on Tuesday morning, Feb. 19 responded to the scene of house fire near Arcadian Avenue and Cotton Court in Waukesha. The call came in around 3:15 a.m.
The fire was reported by a neighbor who called 911. One adult and one juvenile were evacuated and required medical treatment. "Well I woke up to loud banging on the door, and the doorbell going off. - PUB DATE: 2/19/2019 3:44:25 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
Firefighters save lives but now the lives they need to save may be their own.
When Mark Rine was first diagnosed with Melanoma, it had already progressed to stage four.
"I don't know how many times people said oh, you got lucky, you got skin cancer... but a person dies from melanoma every 57 minutes," Rine said. - PUB DATE: 2/18/2019 9:42:40 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
An 83-year-old woman died in house fire on Linn Road in the Town of Delavan Sunday night, Feb. 17. The flames were so intense, firefighters right across the street couldn't save the woman's life.
The call came in shortly before 6 p.m. after a relative noticed smoke coming from the house.
When crews arrived on scene at Linn Road and Sage Road, they found smoke and flames coming from the residence. - PUB DATE: 2/18/2019 7:41:06 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
Members of the Sable Flames firefighter group in Madison are creating a new community service award to honor Richard Garner, who died in the line of duty April 1, 2018.
The award, given at the annual Second Alarm Scholarship Benefit Dance, will carry on the legacy of a man whose friends describe him as a gentle giant. - PUB DATE: 2/17/2019 10:23:00 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison
