Brussels-Union-Gardner Fire Department’s North Station should be fully operational by Labor Day weekend. The addition at the station in Gardner will include two truck bays, fire hose drying area, and areas for lockers, equipment storage, and maintenance. BUG Fire Chief Curt Vandertie says his crews are excited to have a little more elbow room when they report for work. - PUB DATE: 8/28/2017 5:41:29 PM - SOURCE: Door County Daily News
VIDEO: No injuries were reported after the roof of a Merrill bar collapsed during a fire, trapping a firefighter inside, according to the Merrill Fire Department.
Merrill Fire Department said the first dispatch call in regards to a structure fire at Victory Lane Sports Bar came in at 8:28 a.m. on Saturday. - PUB DATE: 8/28/2017 9:05:33 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9-Wausau
A woman and three children suffered minor injuries after their SUV crashed into a laundromat, according to a release from the Madison Fire Department. Firefighters were called at 8:06 a.m. to a laundromat in the 4600 block of Verona Road on a report of an SUV that crashed through the storefront. The SUV was inside the laundromat when firefighters arrived, the release said. - PUB DATE: 8/28/2017 9:03:45 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison
VIDEO: The search for a man whose boat capsized on the Chippewa River has been called off for the night. Rescue crews from multiple agencies in the area are searching for a man whose boat capsized on the Chippewa River. According to the Chippewa Falls Fire Department a call came in around 1:40 Sunday afternoon for a capsized boat near the Wissota Hydro Dam. - PUB DATE: 8/28/2017 5:21:15 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News
VIDEO: A vehicle is completely destroyed after catching fire on I-94 in Farmington. It happened around 7 p.m. Saturday on I-94 eastbound near mile marker 268. Firefighters found the SUV fully engulfed in flames when they arrived to the scene. Two people inside the vehicle managed to escape unharmed. - PUB DATE: 8/27/2017 6:17:16 PM - SOURCE: Today's TMJ4
Fire broke out on the balcony of a third-floor condominium in HarborPark Saturday afternoon, causing the evacuation of the building and displacing several residents overnight.
The Kenosha Fire Department was alerted to the fire at 420 57th St. at about 5:25 p.m. The fire appeared to have started on the balcony of a third-floor, corner-unit condominium. - PUB DATE: 8/27/2017 9:28:50 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News
Guests and staff evacuated a restaurant on Madison's West Side Thursday night after a fire started on the kitchen's stove top, the Madison Fire Department said. The fire at the Denny's, 433 South Gammon Road, started around 6 p.m., Fire Department spokeswoman Cynthia Schuster said in a statement, and the firefighters arrived to see black smoke coming from the rooftop exhaust. - PUB DATE: 8/25/2017 3:11:54 AM - SOURCE: Madison.com-Wisconsin State Journal-Capital Times
In case of emergency, the city and Milwaukee County Emergency Management will have a new partner: Kwik Trip. The city is entering into a memorandum of understanding with Milwaukee County Emergency Management and Kwik Trip for the latter to supply assistance, if needed, during certain emergencies. Oak Creek Fire Chief Tom Rosandich said the city was asked to come forward as a model for the county knowing Oak Creek has multiple Kwik Trip locations locally. - PUB DATE: 8/25/2017 1:56:59 AM - SOURCE: My South Now
VIDEO: Cars flew down Interstate 39/90 without a problem Thursday afternoon, but fire departments along the highway are concerned about getting to the scene of a crash when traffic backs up in the construction zone. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is expanding about 45 miles of I-39/90 from the Illinois state line to the Beltline in Madison. - PUB DATE: 8/24/2017 5:08:59 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison
VIDEO: Firefighters will be sleeping a little easier at Wausau's firehouse thanks to a donation from the Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin. Wausau Fire Chief Deputy Josh Klug said the support of the community is overwhelming. “Anytime your community does that, you're pretty fortunate and pretty blessed,” Klug said. - PUB DATE: 8/24/2017 1:38:49 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
A man was taken to a hospital Wednesday after a cooking fire in his apartment, according to a release from the Madison Fire Department. Firefighters were called at 7:41 p.m. Wednesday to an apartment in the 1100 block of High Point Road on a report of a fire. Fire officials said the man began heating olive oil to make dinner when he stepped out of the kitchen for a minute or two. - PUB DATE: 8/24/2017 7:50:22 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison
The Fountain City Community Fire Association cleared apparent final hurdles in taking ownership of property where it eventually intends to build a new fire station. The city council approved transferring deed to surveyed property lines that include an acre of land and bathhouse facility located off State Highway 35 where a community swimming pool used to sit on the city’s south side. - PUB DATE: 8/24/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Winona Daily News
VIDEO: A crash that injured two people Wednesday afternoon spilled gasoline into the intersection of Riverview Expressway and West Grand Avenue. A man driving north in an SUV on the Riverview Expressway attempted to make a left turn on a green light onto West Grand Avenue, Wisconsin Rapids Police Lt. - PUB DATE: 8/23/2017 3:05:12 PM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune
Janesville firefighters put out a house fire on Old Kennedy Road in Milton on Wednesday afternoon. A man who said he lives in the house at 4446 Old Kennedy Road said he and four dogs got out and away from the fire safely. Barbara Lein, who also lives in the home, said she returned with her daughter and saw the fire. - PUB DATE: 8/23/2017 2:39:48 PM - SOURCE: Walworth County Today
Assistant fire Chief Kraig Biefeld will once again assume the role of interim fire chief after being selected by the city's Police and Fire Commission in its meeting Monday night. Biefeld will undertake the duties and responsibilities of former fire Chief Greg Michalek while the commission continues its search for a new chief. - PUB DATE: 8/23/2017 4:27:16 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times
VIDEO: A Waukesha teen is behind bars after police say she lashed out at her mother's ex-boyfriend. Police say the girl confessed to making a molotov cocktail and hurling it onto the man's front porch. Black scorch marks darken the siding of a Waukesha home. Investigators say 17-year-old Natasha Garczynski spent more than a decade plotting her revenge against her mother's ex-boyfriend. - PUB DATE: 8/22/2017 8:40:32 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
Three Door County Board committees spent several hours last week discussing adding a command level to the county's Emergency Services Department medical responders operation. The department serves two functions: It is tasked with providing medical response and developing plans for dealing with emergencies that are not necessarily medically related. - PUB DATE: 8/22/2017 3:25:23 PM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette
The need for full time firefighters is high at the La Crosse Fire Department after a year of heavy turnover. The loss of several members of the department has left voids in certain shifts and the department is looking to recruits to step up and fill those holes. "Before we assign them to a shift and get them on some sort of 24 hour shift, we want to make sure they have the basic understanding of all the things they can run into on the street on a day to day basis," Division Chief Frank Devine, said. - PUB DATE: 8/22/2017 4:55:57 AM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse
A 4-year-old Racine boy drowned on Monday afternoon in Browns Lake, Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling confirmed. The child went missing at about 5:10 p.m. according to emergency radio transmissions, and was located at about 5:40 p.m. The child was rushed by Burlington Rescue crews to Aurora Memorial Hospital of Burlington, dispatch reports indicated. - PUB DATE: 8/22/2017 2:16:07 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times
Homeowners who were evacuated after a gas leak in the 4300 block of Crawford Drive in Madison were allowed back into their homes about five hours after the leak was detected. The Madison Fire Department says Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) found high readings outside of 4353 Crawford Drive around 8:30 a. - PUB DATE: 8/21/2017 9:22:19 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV 27 ABC
