VIDEO: The Wausau Fire Department is asking the city’s finance committee to approve the purchase of an abandoned lot at 811 and 815 Grand Avenue in order to potentially build a new central station. The current station was built in 1962. At one time, it was deemed the most modern in the country. But that’s simply not the case anymore.
- PUB DATE: 8/24/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

VIDEO: A Tuesday morning fire at an apartment building in Green Bay has displaced four residents and has caused roughly $30,000 in estimated damages. According to the Green Bay Metro Fire Department, crews were called to the 1500 block of Main Street around 11 a.m. on August 22 for reports of smoke in an upstairs apartment.
- PUB DATE: 8/23/2023 2:52:11 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

Firefighters on Tuesday night, Aug. 22 responded to the scene of a commercial building fire near 124th and Townsend in Brookfield. Around 7:40 p.m. the Waukesha County Communications Center received a 911 call reporting smoke in the building. Occupants inside the building were alerted to the fire and exited prior to the fire department’s arrival.
- PUB DATE: 8/23/2023 11:18:48 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

A newly bought home on Madison's north side was significantly damaged by fire Tuesday afternoon, according to the Madison Fire Department. Spokesperson Cynthia Schuster said firefighters responded to a home on 4513 Barby Lane for a report of a fire that spread into the home's attic. Crews arrived around 1:50 p.
- PUB DATE: 8/22/2023 11:05:00 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison

VIDEO: A committee in Brown County will look a possible safety measures for a home in the Village of Suamico that’s been hit by cars three different times in the past seven years. The most recent crash into Cornelius Vannieuwenhoven’s home was earlier this year, when Suamico first responders say an SUV went off the road and struck the home on the 1400 block of Riverside Drive just before midnight on March 15.
- PUB DATE: 8/22/2023 3:23:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Three people were injured while trying to extinguish a food truck fire Monday, the Sheboygan Fire Department said. Firefighters called it a gas explosion. Just before 6 p.m. Monday, Sheboygan County Dispatch Center received a report of a fire in a food truck in the 2100 block of North 3rd Street in Sheboygan.
- PUB DATE: 8/22/2023 2:16:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

PHOTOS: Fire crews were called Aug. 20 to a building in Marshfield’s downtown, housing three ground-level businesses and five second-story apartments. A general fire alarm coming from 105 E. Third Street alerted the Marshfield Fire & Rescue Department at 9:15 a.m., according to Deputy Chief Troy Weiland.
- PUB DATE: 8/21/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hub City Times

Robert Henry Fleming, 88, of Green Bay, Mercer and Madison Wis., passed away Aug. 17, 2023, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. He was born Sept. 14, 1934, to Edward and Marscleite (Williams) Fleming of Highland. Later the family moved to create a lively family home of 11 children on S. Henry St. in downtown Madison.
- PUB DATE: 8/20/2023 8:20:00 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

PHOTOS: Tomah city leaders celebrated the 50th anniversary of the founding of the city’s ambulance service by preparing for a future with a brand new facility Saturday. The city opened the doors to the new emergency services building with an open house, guided tours and the unveiling of the Hall of Flame History Room inside the building that will house Tomah Fire Department, Tomah Area Ambulance Service and Tomah Area Emergency Medical Services.
- PUB DATE: 8/20/2023 1:55:00 AM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 La Crosse

Outagamie County Officials are working with Appleton International Airport to ensure first responders are ready, should an emergency take place. At first glance, the simulated airplane crash that happened Greenville on Wednesday afternoon looks like the real deal. That’s exactly how Appleton International Airport director Abe Weber intended it.
- PUB DATE: 8/18/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNFL-AM 1440 Green Bay

VIDEO: The overnight rain was a welcome sight for crews who've been battling wildfires -- nearly 900 across state this year, 164 more than last year at this time. The DNR says the main reason for the uptick comes as no surprise. "We've definitely seen an uptick this year compared to even the last several years.
- PUB DATE: 8/18/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

VIDEO: The Appleton Post Office on West Franklin Street will be renamed to honor fallen firefighter Mitchell Lundgaard. U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wisconsin) will join the Appleton community next Wednesday for an official renaming ceremony. Back in November, the congressman introduced legislation to rename the post office at 410 West Franklin Street as “Mitchell F.
- PUB DATE: 8/17/2023 10:11:00 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

VIDEO: A former firefighter in Crooked Lake was honored Tuesday with a parade of fire trucks and ambulances. Jackson Kuske is a hospice patient. His care takers wanted to celebrate his 25 years of service to the Crooked Lake Volunteer Fire Department as their fire chief. A parade of 18 trucks and ambulances drove past his home Tuesday, sounding their sirens and honking their horns.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2023 11:17:00 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

VIDEO: A fire escape collapsed at Rockwell Automation in Milwaukee on Wednesday, Aug. 16 – and two workers were hurt as a result. When firefighters arrived on the scene around noon, they found two people that fell from the fire escape on the roof of the building. One person suffered a broken leg – the other a broken hand.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2023 4:42:59 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

Two pets are dead after a residential fire on the 100 block of West Scott Street in the City of Fond du Lac. According to a release, crews from the Fond du Lac Fire & Rescue were sent to the residence shortly after 6:45 p.m. for a report of a fire in a two-story single-family home. Upon arrival, firefighters found fire showing from a first-floor window and heavy smoke emitting from the entire building.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2023 4:38:17 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

VIDEO: Fire Chief Adlord Talbot died back in 1941, but never received the honor and recognition he should have, until today. Bells tolled in Merrill Tuesday morning, and members of the fire department showed up in full dress uniform to honor one of their own: Fire Chief Adlord Talbot. "The family was left without a father, and the fire department was left without a leader.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2023 12:08:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau

PHOTOS: Wausau police officers and firefighters busted out the grills to give away free lunches as a way of saying 'thank you'. The two departments partnered up for the city's 8th annual Community Thank You Cookout' on the 400 block Tuesday in downtown Wausau. Wausau's patrol captain says events like these give staff of both departments a chance to connect with the community and show them who they are behind those badges and helmets.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau

Milwaukee firefighters have found another way to help the community, using their green thumbs to grow fresh food year round. It's part of a pilot program called "Gardens for First Responders," but fire crews aren't the only ones getting their hands in the soil. "I knew that our community needed growth; I knew we had food deserts," said Andre Lee Ellis with Community Agricultural Growing Experiences.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

VIDEO: An apartment fire in Whitewater sent one person to the hospital. The fire, at 137 W Center St., began around 2:20 p.m. Saturday. It began on the roof of the building and was contained there, Whitewater Fire Department explained. A witness said he was walking his dog when the fire broke out. “Next thing you know, it’s truck after truck after truck, ambulance safety team and response team, EMS, all that left and right, and I mean just filled the surrounding blocks,” Matthew Richardson said.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2023 11:23:00 PM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison

A local Fond du Lac restaurant sustained damage in a fire Friday, August 11, 2023. About 6:25 PM, the Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue Department was dispatched to Boda’s Restaurant at 277 south Pioneer Road for a report of smoke alarms going off and smoke in the basement. Upon arrival fire crews encountered light smoke and found there had been a fire located in the mechanical room in the basement.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2023 7:56:20 AM - SOURCE: KFIZ-AM 1450 Fond du Lac