While the sun was shining down and drying out roads and fields, the National Guard returned to the interstate to stack sandbags and attempt to hold back the rising Baraboo River. The ramps from Highway 33 to Interstate 90/94 were closed Thursday while trucks from the National Guard dropped off pallets of sandbags. - PUB DATE: 9/6/2018 6:15:52 PM - SOURCE: wisc news
VIDEO: Warning signs being installed by the Milwaukee Fire Department on vacant homes in the city are causing a bit of a dispute. They are being put up to help reduce risk in a fire, but that is not the way some city leaders see them. The placards are being nailed on some of Milwaukee's most run-down, abandoned homes. - PUB DATE: 9/6/2018 4:45:29 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
The Poynette Fire Commission convened Aug. 21, and voted to potentially set the course for a new direction of the EMS department. The vote to explore coverage options with Divine Savior, hiring full-time EMS staff, or perhaps a mix of either, is aimed at solving a long-standing, severe shortage of weekday daytime coverage. - PUB DATE: 9/6/2018 1:41:17 AM - SOURCE: Poynette Press
As storms continued to roll through the area Wednesday, damage spread into the Portage area. One Portage family was outside their East Carroll Street home Wednesday afternoon inspecting damage from a massive tree that fell in their backyard. It crushed a shed and branches punched holes in the tops of the house and the garage. - PUB DATE: 9/5/2018 6:06:16 PM - SOURCE: wisc news
Wesley United Methodist Church was a "landmark" in Marshfield for over a century. But now, a fence surrounds it and part of the structure is rubble, with nearly the entire roof and center of the building gutted by a fire Sunday afternoon. The building is sagging and much of the east end of the church is destroyed. - PUB DATE: 9/5/2018 3:41:20 PM - SOURCE: Marshfield News-Herald
At the Milton City Council meeting, during public comments, Town of Milton and Joint Fire Commission chairman Bryan Meyer expressed concern about where the discussion about the fire department might lead. He noted the town and city have an intergovernmental agreement and joint ownership of the fire department. - PUB DATE: 9/5/2018 1:01:41 PM - SOURCE: Milton Courier
North Shore Fire/Rescue officials on Tuesday evening, Sept. 4 battled a two-alarm fire at a home in Whitefish Bay. It happened around 6:15 p.m. near Hampton and Newhall. Fire officials said arriving firefighters found heavy smoke and fire in the attic. It was difficult to extinguish because it would flare up again once they knocked it down. - PUB DATE: 9/5/2018 3:29:25 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
Leaders in Waupun are lining up their wishes in the 2019 budget process. At the city’s special Common Council meeting on Tuesday, the various department heads gave presentations about their goals and initiatives for 2019 as they work to translate them into numbers. The numbers are not actually out yet. - PUB DATE: 9/4/2018 7:38:34 PM - SOURCE: wisc news
PHOTO: The lights of a local baseball field helped a helicopter pilot land safely in the city of Eastman on Monday night, according to the town's fire chief. Chief Tim Sprosty said residents in the village could hear a helicopter circling low over the village before 10 p.m. Monday. Local firefighters reached out to try and find out whether there was an issue with the aircraft and discovered the pilot and two passengers could not see through dense fog. - PUB DATE: 9/4/2018 6:22:29 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison
VIDEO: Milwaukee firefighters were dispatched to the scene of a fire on a roof of a building on the city's south side. Officials with the Milwaukee Fire Department said a building at 2nd and Orchard was having roof work done by a contractor. A fire ignited. The cause of the fire is listed as accidental. - PUB DATE: 9/4/2018 1:56:23 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
VIDEO: North Shore firefighters rescued a woman Sunday evening who fell halfway down a Lake Michigan bluff. The 58-year-old woman slipped down a steep, unpaved trail near Big Bay Park in Whitefish Bay, firefighters said. According to the fire department, she suffered minor injuries and was unable to walk back up the path herself. - PUB DATE: 9/4/2018 10:04:11 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee
Mother Nature added insult to injury late Monday, Sept. 3 when she opened the flood gates again dumping an additional 2 to 4 inches of rain across an already rain-saturated Coulee Region. The down pour started at approximately 10:30 p.m. and continued into the early morning hours of Tuesday, Sept. 4. - PUB DATE: 9/4/2018 3:50:25 AM - SOURCE: Lacrosse Tribune
VIDEO: A community is heartbroken after the Wesley United Methodist Church in Marshfield was destroyed by a fire on Sunday. Investigators from the State Fire Marhsal's office along with investigators from Marshfield Fire and Rescue and the Wood County Fire Investigation Task Force are on scene. Investigators said they were called to the scene around 2 p. - PUB DATE: 9/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7
PHOTO: The sound of scissors and clippers replaced the sound of sirens inside the Brillion Fire Department Monday night. The department organized a fundraiser in honor of neighboring Reedsville volunteer firefighter, Jacob Glasow. Glasow was diagnosed with ALS, better known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. The Brillion Fire Department left boots at several businesses with the goal of raising money for Glasow and his family. - PUB DATE: 9/3/2018 8:39:53 PM - SOURCE: WLUK TV Fox 11
A house fire early Monday morning on the city’s west side caused an estimated $40,000 in damage, and two occupants were treated for injuries, the Racine Fire Department reported. The fire at 5226 Marboro Drive was called in at 12:05 a.m., for smoke coming from the basement. Upon arrival, firefighters quickly contained the fire to one corner of the basement. - PUB DATE: 9/3/2018 12:40:46 PM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times
The Viola Fire Station served as a place of refuge for residents devastated by recent flooding. Volunteers served meals, provided cleaning supplies, and offered those affected a place to rest. Neighboring fire departments, the Salvation Army, and the American Red Cross provided assistance and resources. - PUB DATE: 9/3/2018 11:43:53 AM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse
Representatives on the Holmen Area Fire District Association Board experienced “sticker shock” when they received a preliminary budget for the operation of the Holmen Area Fire Department next year.
Referring to the nearly $1 million budget as an advisory draft, Assistant Chief/Chief Buck Manley presented the operating and capital budget numbers at the fire board Aug. - PUB DATE: 8/31/2018 1:51:00 AM - SOURCE: Coulee News
After their largest flood in the town's recent history, La Farge is left picking up the pieces.
"We thought we had time, but we didn't because the water rose so rapidly here," Assistant Fire Chief Troy Deaver said.
Officials said the Kickapoo river crested at 19.42 feet.
"It got into our electrical infrastructure, transfer switch generators," Village President Greg Lawton said. - PUB DATE: 8/30/2018 9:35:07 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV 27 ABC
New equipment is coming to Wrightstown for firefighters.
It's part of efforts by Wisconsin Public Serivce to recognize emergency response agencies this week.
Firefighters were surprised with the donation of equipment to help rescue people trapped in vehicles.
An assistant fire chief says time matters and the new equipment will help. - PUB DATE: 8/30/2018 5:41:00 PM - SOURCE: WLUK TV Fox 11
One person is in the hospital after a house fire in Buffalo County on Tuesday.
According to the Buffalo County Sheriff's Office, the fire was called in around 10:50 p.m. Tuesday at a home on Highway 25 in the town of Nelson.
When firefighters arrived, the entire house was on fire. Deputies found a male with significant burns near the entry to the house. - PUB DATE: 8/30/2018 4:00:54 PM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse
