VIDEO: An 18-year-old homeless man will spend five years in prison for trying to burn a restaurant down while holding children prisoner there. Jesus A. Castilloveitia-Quinton will spend another 19 years on extended supervision following his prison term, Brown County Circuit Judge Kendall Kelley ordered Tuesday. - PUB DATE: 5/3/2017 7:09:53 AM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette
VIDEO: In the wake of a shooting in Dallas that left a paramedic in critical condition, first responders from the Wausau Fire Department said the incident reminds them of the potential danger they face on every call. Engineer Kurt Riel said even though the incident happened 1,000 miles away, it still hits home for the 20-year veteran of the department. - PUB DATE: 5/3/2017 6:01:30 AM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire
Beaver Dam Police and Fire Commission gave Fire Chief Alan Mannel permission to move ahead with preliminary planning for a second fire station and staffing.
“I think things will change about 100 times,” Mannel said.
In order to possibly cover a second fire station, Mannel wants to hire nine more firefighters. - PUB DATE: 5/2/2017 7:26:57 PM - SOURCE: wisc news
Instead of allowing the bank to foreclose on her home, a Portage County woman is accused of trying to burn it to the ground. 53-year-old Barbara Maslowski-Day is charged with felony arson in connection with the fire from 2011. A criminal complaint says fire investigators found an accelerant near the source of the fire. - PUB DATE: 5/2/2017 7:42:58 AM - SOURCE: WDEZ-FM 101.9
A Janesville man is dead and a Whitewater woman in critical but stable condition after a two-car, head-on traffic crash Monday on Highway 59, near East Gould Road in the town of Lima, according to a Rock County Sheriff’s Office news release. The 59-year-old man was driving east on Highway 59 at 5:43 p. - PUB DATE: 5/2/2017 5:05:09 AM - SOURCE: Walworth County Today
The bodies of two people were found Monday inside a house that was destroyed by a fire late Sunday night, officials said. Firefighters were called at 11:31 p.m. Sunday to a house on Highway 82 east of Elroy. Deputies said a family member of the two people who lived in the home attempted unsuccessfully to get them out. - PUB DATE: 5/1/2017 5:54:46 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison
A fire that broke out Sunday, April 30 in the basement of a mixed-use building was quickly contained by the Wauwatosa Fire Department. At 10:21 a.m. firefighters responded to a call reporting a fire had broke out in the building at 7463 Harwood Ave. in Wauwatosa. According to a news release from the Wauwatosa Fire Department, the exact cause of the fire is undetermined but is suspected to be related to a light fixture in the basement laundry room. - PUB DATE: 5/1/2017 1:03:45 PM - SOURCE: WauwatosaNOW
VIDEO: Each year on May 4th many around celebrate International Firefighters' Day by thanking those who help to protect our communities. Monday morning on Sunrise 7, we celebrated a little bit early. S.A.F.E.R Fire Department in Rib Mountain invited us into their station for a 'morning in the life' segment. - PUB DATE: 5/1/2017 7:50:51 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
The Janesville Fire Department has upgraded its technology and equipment to better help overweight patients and reduce the risk of injury to emergency responders. The Janesville Gazette reports that Janesville ambulances are equipped with power-assisted stretchers that lower and lift. They can be attached to devices in ambulance beds that make helping patients into the vehicles less strenuous. - PUB DATE: 5/1/2017 6:39:25 AM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse
VIDEO: A Milwaukee Fire Captain is behind bars after being charged with beating, strangling and stalking his girlfriend. The girlfriend told police she is afraid her boyfriend will kill her after Leon Butts allegedly beat her and said he'd bury her by a shed. Milwaukee Fire Department confirms Leon Butts was a captain. - PUB DATE: 5/1/2017 1:47:48 AM - SOURCE: Telemundo Milwaukee,WI
VIDEO: The Eau Claire fire department also responded to a home fire this morning just before 5 a-m. It happened on Hartzell lane on the city's north side. When crews arrived, they found heavy smoke and fire coming from the windows, and doors of the front of the building. Fire damage was contained to one apartment, but there was smoke and water damage to all 4 units. - PUB DATE: 4/30/2017 11:32:06 PM - SOURCE: WLAX & WEUX-TV Fox 25 & 48
Fire Chief Brad Bowen, one of the architects of the Western Lakes Fire District, readily admits that he eats, breathes and lives fire and emergency medical service in Lake Country. At 31, Bowen is the region’s youngest fire chief and is in charge of its largest department, based on number of emergency calls and square miles of service area. - PUB DATE: 4/30/2017 2:38:25 PM - SOURCE: Lake Country News
An autopsy completed Wednesday came back inconclusive in identifying human remains found inside a shed that caught fire Monday morning, Jefferson County officials said.
Human remains were found inside a shed that caught fire in the town of Ixonia, but officials are working on additional DNA testing to identify the body, according to a release. - PUB DATE: 4/28/2017 9:20:03 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison
Gateway Technical College hopes to start using the Village of Waterford’s indoor fire training center in the fall for its Fire Medic program if the Gateway board approves a lease with the village.
Gateway and the village are currently drawing up a lease for the college to use the training center, a repurposed fire station at 122 N. - PUB DATE: 4/28/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times
The Osceola Village Board approved the purchase of the former Fullerton Lumber property last week, with the intent of repurposing the site as a fire hall. With the full support of all members of the board, the five members attending a special board meeting on April 17 unanimously approved the purchase of the former Fullerton Lumber property. - PUB DATE: 4/28/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Osceola Sun
Milton and Milton Township Fire Department interim chief Chris Lukas at last week’s joint fire commission meeting provided an introductory overview of a transitional project plan. In the past six months, the department’s transition team, which includes RW Management Group consultants, fire department members (including deputy chiefs) and Janesville Fire Department members, has met several times. - PUB DATE: 4/27/2017 11:06:17 AM - SOURCE: Milton Courier
The Madison City Council will have to decide whether or not to reimburse Chief Mike Koval over $21,000 in legal fees fees without direction from the Police and Fire Commission. The city Finance Committee recommended paying fees Koval incurred while defending himself against a series of complaints. But alders questioned the PFC’s language in its decision to not penalize Koval. - PUB DATE: 4/27/2017 3:13:16 AM - SOURCE: Madison.com-Wisconsin State Journal-Capital Times
Altoona’s first full-time fire chief was just sworn in Wednesday morning, and the city’s police chief already has a nickname for the two emergency services leaders. “I already refer to us as the dynamic duo,” police Chief Jesse James said after Mark Renderman officially began his duties as fire chief. - PUB DATE: 4/27/2017 2:14:53 AM - SOURCE: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram
VIDEO: An off-duty Milwaukee firefighter heading home from work helped saved the life of a young woman threatening to jump off the Hoan bridge. Deputy chief John Litchford was heading south down the Hoan bridge Tuesday night when he saw the young woman outside of her car on at the highest point of the bridge. - PUB DATE: 4/26/2017 4:45:25 PM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee
VIDEO: Authorities investigate a mysterious fire in a Jefferson County town. When it is over, investigators discover human remains -- in fact, what could be the remains of two human bodies. A pole barn went up in flames around 6:00 a.m. on Monday, April 24th. Home video captured the fire and response. - PUB DATE: 4/26/2017 2:15:57 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
