A Milwaukee firefighter was injured while battling a blaze near 20th and Purdue Streets Wednesday evening. The fire was reported around 5:30 p.m. The exact injuries the firefighter sustained were not disclosed but they were taken to Froedtert Hospital. The floor was confined to the second floor of the building. - PUB DATE: 5/30/2018 5:46:29 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
Firefighting is a family tradition for Captain Kevin Foster, the newest full-time employee of the Delton Fire Department. His great-grandfather, Ember Adams, served as a firefighter for the Delton Fire Department for 50 years. He was one of the Delton Fire Department founders in 1932, and served as fire chief, Foster said. - PUB DATE: 5/30/2018 3:09:18 PM - SOURCE: wisc news
Fitchburg is taking the next step toward improving fire and emergency medical response to the eastern side the city, breaking ground on a new fire station Friday. A groundbreaking for the new East Fire Station at 2950 South Syene Road is set for 3 p.m. Friday. It will replace Fire Station No. 2 at 5791 Lacy Road. - PUB DATE: 5/30/2018 2:38:20 PM - SOURCE: Madison
VIDEO: As we enter peak tornado season in Wisconsin Eau Claire County is releasing a new emergency alert system that is making use of social media and apps. Emergency management is encouraging people to sign up for its new mass notification system. Emergency Management Coordinator Tyler Esh explained, “This allows anybody who signs up for the system to receive alerts via email, phone calls, text messages about impending severe weather. - PUB DATE: 5/30/2018 2:27:32 PM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News
Division Chief Troy Haase recently attained the distinction as a Certified Fire Investigator IAAI-CFI from the International Association of Arson Investigators. The IAAI-CFI qualification is a standard evaluation of a fire investigator’s training and expertise. Investigators must complete an extensive application requiring documentation, earn sufficient points for their achievements in education, training and experience, and pass a comprehensive examination. - PUB DATE: 5/30/2018 1:59:57 PM - SOURCE: Fond du Lac Reporter
Ten people with the Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department completed 40 hours of training in the Ropes Rescue I course for technical rescue. The firefighters completed training on towers at the installation's Air Assault Course on the cantonment area. The course is the first of many for the firefighters in technical rescue training, said assistant fire chief Jeremy Olivier. - PUB DATE: 5/30/2018 6:29:50 AM - SOURCE: Tomah Journal
An early morning fire has damaged a home in Altoona. More than a dozen firefighters responded to the scene at 311 Saxonwood Road just before 4 a.m. Wednesday morning. When they arrived, they saw smoke and flames coming from the roof of the home. The Eau Claire Fire Department says everyone inside the home made it out safely, and the fire was quickly put out. - PUB DATE: 5/30/2018 5:52:38 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News
Fortunately, the house at 404 N. Memorial Drive was unoccupied when it caught fire on Tuesday afternoon. Racine Fire Department Battalion Chief Willie Hargrove said city fire crews were dispatched to the scene after multiple 911 calls about the fire at about 5:33 p.m. Tuesday. Initial reports indicated that the house was “fully engulfed” and that people may be trapped inside proved to be unfounded. - PUB DATE: 5/29/2018 8:13:07 PM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times
On Wednesday, Firefighter/Paramedic James Acker was promoted to the position of assistant fire chief with the Watertown Fire Department. Acker will serve in the capacity as the department's EMS director, taking over for fire Chief Kraig Biefeld. Acker is a 14-year veteran with the department and served as union president for 11 years. - PUB DATE: 5/29/2018 10:47:22 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times
Improper disposal of smoking materials is being blamed for a fire on the balcony of an apartment in Kaukauna. Firefighters were called to the Trail Park Apartments, 715 Saunders Rd., around 5 a.m. this morning. When crews arrived they found that a board connecting the balcony to the building was burning. - PUB DATE: 5/29/2018 7:35:48 AM - SOURCE: WNFL SPORT REDIO
A three-alarm fire is now out at Beloit Box Board. Crews extinguished the fire around 1 a.m. Tuesday. The fire was first reported around 10 p.m. Monday at Beloit Box Board at 801 Second Street. The city of Beloit says one employee was inside the building at the time, but that person got out safely without being hurt. - PUB DATE: 5/28/2018 10:05:40 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV 27 ABC
Crews responded Thursday night to a Plum City-area barn fire that left one man injured and several cattle dead. The fire was reported at 8:45 p.m. May 24 at N3939 150th St. in the town of Union, where about 50 cattle were reportedly inside the structure. A 24-year-old man, believed to be a farmhand, was hospitalized at Mayo Clinic Health System-Red Wing. - PUB DATE: 5/25/2018 7:27:30 AM - SOURCE: Rivertowns
Kenosha firefighters were called to an apartment fire late Thursday night at 7312 60th Ave. Initial reports of an active fire included scanner traffic of individuals on a balcony apparently having trouble escaping. There were no further detail as of press time Thursday evening. Units responded with several firefighting trucks, including a ladder truck, which was not deployed. - PUB DATE: 5/25/2018 2:46:32 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News
The Holmen Area Fire District Association Board is questioning whether its management model adequately serves the Holmen Area Fire Department and the communities it serves. The fire association board is made up of representatives from the village of Holmen and the towns of Onalaska and Holland and serves as the governing body for the fire department’s operations. - PUB DATE: 5/25/2018 1:41:33 AM - SOURCE: Onalaska Holmen Courier Life
Gundersen Tri-State Ambulance and the La Crosse Fire Department have agreed to a partnership that is expected to help solve the local paramedic shortage that mirrors the same problem nationwide. The agreement, announced at a joint press conference Thursday at Tri-State headquarters in La Crosse and projected to take effect this summer, will allow fire department paramedics to apply for open paramedic positions at Tri-State, as well as fill paramedic shifts at the ambulance service as needed, Gundersen and city officials said. - PUB DATE: 5/24/2018 3:50:26 PM - SOURCE: Lacrosse Tribune
VIDEO: West Allis firefighters battled a garage fire at a home near 67th and Beloit on Thursday afternoon, May 24. A Facebook post on the West Allis Fire Department Facebook page say the fire broke out around 1 p.m. Units arrived on scene within 3 minutes and found a detached garage fully involved with fire. - PUB DATE: 5/24/2018 3:47:01 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
VIDEO: A fire broke out at a Franklin senior living community, killing an elderly woman and injuring three firefighters. It happened near 35th and College Thursday morning, May 24. A combination of Thursday's heat, with the amount of smoke first responders were met with, made the fire particularly tough to battle. - PUB DATE: 5/24/2018 12:59:50 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
A Delafield man in February repeatedly dumped his burnt marijuana ashes on some cardboard boxes, which ultimately caused them to ignite and burn his father's Summit home to the ground, according to a criminal complaint. As a result, Joseph Fischer has been charged with misdemeanor negligent handling of burning material. - PUB DATE: 5/24/2018 8:29:37 AM - SOURCE: Livinglakecountry
Several people were injured early Thursday morning in a duplex fire in Green Lake, with fire departments from four communities called in to fight the blaze. The fire happened at about 3:30 a.m. at 471 Meadowlark Lane, Green Lake police said. Occupants from one side of the duplex got out and the other unit was not occupied at the time of the fire. - PUB DATE: 5/24/2018 8:28:20 AM - SOURCE: Madison.com-Wisconsin State Journal-Capital Times
VIDEO: Milwaukee now has two streetcars being tested on the tracks. Three more will arrive as they’re completed at the factory in Brookville, Pennsylvania. As crews continue the on-street testing in Brew City, there’s also preparation happening behind the scenes. Milwaukee’s Heavy Urban Rescue Team is preparing for what could go wrong with The Hop. - PUB DATE: 5/23/2018 10:11:48 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
