Superior officials say they’d like the state to upgrade their hazmat team designation in order to access funding and resources to respond to hazardous materials in the wake of explosions and fires at the Husky Energy oil refinery. In the last decade, Wisconsin conducted a review of the state’s hazardous materials response, which created a tiered system of teams with various levels of capabilities. - PUB DATE: 5/11/2018 3:31:09 AM - SOURCE: Daily Telegram-Superior
VIDEO: The day after records were released regarding complaints against former Mosinee Fire Chief Doug Jennings and former Deputy Chief Emily Dobeck, one person who wrote a complaint to the mayor is speaking out. "I just felt in my heart I had to do something about it," said the source, who asked to remain anonymous because she's completing her fire training at a different department. - PUB DATE: 5/10/2018 9:12:44 PM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9
A man was arrested for arson near the east side of Madison early Wednesday morning. Two parked trucks were set on fire in front of a house on Jacobson Avenue just after 4:30 a.m., according to the Madison Police Department. The 51-year-old homeowner discovered accelerants had been poured near the front of his house. - PUB DATE: 5/10/2018 4:43:17 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison
A Waterloo woman has been arrested for allegedly setting fire to a recreational vehicle parked behind her home last week. Sharice Demetria Schoonover, 25, of 325 Reber Ave., was arrested Tuesday for first-degree arson. Her bond was set at $25,000. Police said the fire followed an ongoing dispute with roommate Damarius O’Neal. - PUB DATE: 5/10/2018 3:15:40 PM - SOURCE: Lacrosse Tribune
As the top fundraiser for the Riverside Elementary School’s Walk-a-Thon, Abigail Hanke, a third-grader, earned a ride to school on one of Fond du Lac’s fire trucks. Abigail was picked up at her home where she boarded the fire truck and saw firsthand all the technology that firemen use when responding to an emergency, and could feel how it is to ride in a truck this size. - PUB DATE: 5/10/2018 1:26:56 PM - SOURCE: Fond du Lac Reporter
University of Wisconsin-Madison officials declined to release an administrative review that led them to shift the management of a Lake Mendota rescue service scrutinized after the death of a windsurfer in a collision with a rescue boat a year ago. The UW-Madison Police Department announced Wednesday that it had taken over operation of UWPD Lake Rescue and Safety. - PUB DATE: 5/10/2018 5:43:05 AM - SOURCE: Madison.com-Wisconsin State Journal-Capital Times
Around 30 people were displaced after a fire broke out in an apartment building in Milwaukee Wednesday night. Authorities say it happened near 39th and Hopkins. Firefighters say the fire was located on the first floor of the building. Crews initially were told several people were trapped inside, but after searching the building, one person was found inside and was able to walk out without assistance. - PUB DATE: 5/10/2018 5:28:46 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
VIDEO: The Stratford Area Fire Department honored and celebrated Chief Bill Griesbach, who retired Wednesday after 32 years with the department. "When Stratford Fire Department became Stratford Area Fire Department, that was 32 years ago. When they started is when I started," said Bill Griesbach, the retiring fire chief. - PUB DATE: 5/9/2018 10:44:21 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
VIDEO: Records released to News 9 Wednesday provide a potential backstory to the abrupt resignations of Mosinee Fire Chief Doug Jennings and Deputy Chief Emily Dobeck. They both stepped down back in January, and were connected professionally before entering their roles in Mosinee. Newly released documents obtained through an open records request contain a personal statement, as well as letters to the mayor of Mosinee regarding complaints about Jennings and Dobeck. - PUB DATE: 5/9/2018 4:52:04 PM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9-Wausau
VIDEO: The engine rumbled to life. A propeller spun with a rush of noise, and Mike Callahan gently guided his small single-engine plane, a Cessna Skywagon 185, toward a runway at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. He checked his instruments a final time on the plane's faded yellow dashboard and radioed the control tower. - PUB DATE: 5/9/2018 9:05:58 AM - SOURCE: Marshfield News-Herald
VIDEO: A two-car garage burned to the ground Tuesday in southwestern Marathon County and investigators have not been able to determine a cause. "It was fully engulfed when we got there," said Stratford Fire Chief Bill Griesbach. Fire crews responded just before 11:20 a.m. to the fire on Kuehlman Lane in the Town of Green Valley, southeast of Stratford. - PUB DATE: 5/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7
A Chippewa County dispatcher has won an award for telecommunicator of the year. Wade Davis was given the award by Wisconsin Public Safety Communications. Davis was honored at the Chippewa County Board meeting on Tuesday, and the board gave him a standing ovation. Chippewa County Sheriff Jim Kowalczyk said Davis is a hard worker and liked by everyone in the department. - PUB DATE: 5/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Leader-Telegram
VIDEO: The bodies found last week in a burned home west of Neenah have been identified as 36-year-old Jeremy Wallenfang, of Neenah, and 27-year-old Ashley Mielke, of Appleton. The cause of death has yet to be determined because both bodies were "significantly degraded" by the fire, the Winnebago County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday. - PUB DATE: 5/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Post Cresent
VIDEO: A woman who survived a weekend motorcycle crash that killed her boyfriend, is questioning first responders' actions. Crash passenger Ayana Johnson suffered a broken leg after flying off her boyfriend Edgar Ramirez's crashed motorcycle Saturday afternoon at 11th Street and Madison Street on Milwaukee's south side. - PUB DATE: 5/8/2018 5:31:35 PM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee
The Beaver Dam Common Council on Monday approved a conceptual design for a new 82-unit apartment complex that has drawn concerns from the fire chief over its lack of sprinkler systems and access points, allowing the project to move forward. The new complex would be near Spring Street, north of the Spring Lake apartment complex near Kohl’s and between two older subdivisions. - PUB DATE: 5/8/2018 10:29:10 AM - SOURCE: Madison.com-Wisconsin State Journal-Capital Times
The Madison Fire Department is investigating an apartment fire in the 200 block of North Street where two people were rescued from roof areas, officials said. The Madison Police Department said around midnight Tuesday, officers and firefighters responded to a fire at an eight-unit residential building operated by the nonprofit organization Porchlight. - PUB DATE: 5/8/2018 6:43:59 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
VIDEO: The Town of Greenville announced today their request to help in financing the construction and equipping of a new fire and safety building. The current building they use right now was build in 1968 and it is not meeting the needs of the service people that work there. One big issue is safety concerns. - PUB DATE: 5/7/2018 8:10:40 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay
People in south Superior are concerned about whether it’s safe to plant vegetables or work with soil after a series of explosions and fires at the Husky Energy oil refinery. University of Wisconsin-Extension officials are looking to calm people’s fears by seeking out soil tests. Some have questioned whether people may be at risk due to last week’s fires, including Steven Sternberg, an associate professor of chemical engineering at the University of Minnesota Duluth. - PUB DATE: 5/7/2018 1:03:29 PM - SOURCE: Rice Lake Chronotype
A love of baseball led 19-year-old Dan Ferrise to join the Okauchee Fire Department. A love of firefighting kept him there for more than three decades. Ferrise is retiring May 19 as president of the department. He joined the department in 1982 so he could play ball on the department ream with his father, Frank, who had joined OFD in the late 1970s. - PUB DATE: 5/7/2018 10:23:19 AM - SOURCE: Livinglakecountry
VIDEO: In some of the most serious crashes, victims are trapped inside vehicles, and it's up to first responders to get them out safely; however, a lot more than expertise goes into tackling these tough situations. On Sunday, May 6, various scenarios were simulated as part of 5 Alarm Fire and Safety Equipment's annual "Jaws of Life" training school. - PUB DATE: 5/6/2018 3:49:16 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
