VIDEO: The La Crosse Fire Department Station One celebrated Assistant Fire Chief, Warren Thomas' retirement on Thursday. Thomas is retiring after serving the area for 30 years. Chief Thomas says that the La Crosse Fire Department has become his second family and that he's grateful to have served the La Crosse community over the years. - PUB DATE: 1/5/2017 12:38:39 PM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse
Investigators with the La Crosse Fire Department are looking into a house fire early Thursday morning. The call came in at around 3:30 a.m. about a fire in the attic of a home on the 400 block of 12th Street North. Firefighters tell News 8 three people and two pets made it out of the house safely. The building owner and the Red Cross were at the scene to help displaced residents. - PUB DATE: 1/5/2017 4:40:51 AM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse
De Pere firefighters are no “cow”ards. On Dec. 27, the department was called to help free cattle from an overturned truck. This morning, the department posted photos of the roundup on Facebook. Click here to view the full set of photos. The post reads: “Cows rescued from trailer! Contrary to popular belief firefighters don’t just save cats from trees. - PUB DATE: 1/5/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2
VIDEO: Jason Kellner is scratching his head and thanking his lucky stars. He was on the interstate Wednesday night when the inside console in his car started smoldering and then it burst into flames. "I opened it up and saw a small flame," Jason Kellner told CBS 58 News. "I tried to pat it out with my jacked, it turned into a bigger flame. - PUB DATE: 1/4/2017 9:37:13 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
VIDEO: Milwaukee firefighters responded to a fire at the Omega restaurant near 27th and Morgan on the city's south side on Wednesday afternoon, January 4th. The fire was put out -- and the restaurant was closed for the night. The cause of the fire is under investigation. - PUB DATE: 1/4/2017 3:39:15 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
La Crosse Fire Chief Gregg Cleveland has announced plans to retire after more than a decade with the city of La Crosse. Cleveland, who has logged more than three decades as a firefighter and chief, will step down in June, according to a statement released Tuesday by Mayor Tim Kabat. Kabat praised Cleveland for his work in getting national accreditation for the fire department, overseeing the merger of building inspections and code enforcement into the department, and helping the department become one of the first in the state to carry an opioid overdose antidote. - PUB DATE: 1/4/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: LaCrosse Tribune
VIDEO: Police have obtained a warrant for the records of a phone number they hope will lead to whoever placed a phony 911 call to a Milwaukee fire station so burglars could make their move. The heist happened in the wee hours last September. A caller dialed 911 to report his son was unconscious and he couldn't wake him. - PUB DATE: 1/4/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12
The city has rejected plans to hire a consultant to review staffing shortages and other needs at the local fire department. Members of the Common Council, in a 10-to-5 vote, defeated on Tuesday a resolution that would have allowed the city to hire Missouri-based consulting firm Fitch & Associates, which some city officials had hoped would help them vet fire department funding requests. - PUB DATE: 1/4/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sheboygan Press
Crews responded Tuesday afternoon to reports of a vehicle that was on fire and rolling toward a steakhouse on Madison’s west side, according to a release. The Dane County 911 Center received at least nine calls around 1:30 p.m. reporting a vehicle that was on fire and parked between the AT&T store and Longhorn Steakhouse on Gammon Road, officials said. - PUB DATE: 1/4/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV News 3
La Crosse's fire chief says finding a location for a new station on the south side is a priority for the new year. Chief Gregg Cleveland says money has already been set aside as part of the city's capital improvement budget to buy land for a new station. The city hasn't built a new fire station since 1967, and an assessment done last year found response times at the southern edge of the city to be lacking. - PUB DATE: 1/4/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: news8000
The Wood County Fire Chief’s Association reports area fire departments responded to eight fires from Nov. 26 to Jan. 2. The time frame coincides with area fire department's Keep the Wreath Green campaign. Fire departments in Wood County, along with other departments place a wreath with green colored bulbs on their building and for each fire they respond to a green bulb is replaced with a red bulb. - PUB DATE: 1/3/2017 9:45:01 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
A woman and three dogs escaped without injury from a fire in an Oneida County Tuesday morning. Firefighters were called at about 8:30 to Poplar Drive, just off Highway 17 north of Rhinelander. The fire started in the living room and left heat and smoke damage to the home. Firefighters aren't sure what caused the fire, but they say it's nothing suspicious. - PUB DATE: 1/3/2017 9:37:07 AM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau
VIDEO: Fire destroyed a bowling alley in Waukesha late Sunday night. Emergency crews were called to Fracaro’s Lanes shortly after 9:00 p.m. The family-owned business is located on the corner of Whiterock Avenue and Moreland Boulevard. The business started as a tavern in 1933, according to its website. - PUB DATE: 1/1/2017 11:07:53 PM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee
VIDEO: Firefighters on Sunday night, January 1st were on the scene of a house fire near 28th and Meinecke. Officials with the American Red Cross said they were assisting 12 people after this fire. We're told everyone was able to get out safely -- and no injuries were reported. FOX6 News was told there were pets inside this home -- and we watched as officials took a pet snake from the house. - PUB DATE: 1/1/2017 7:38:05 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
VIDEO: A small garage fire erupted outside a Wausau home around 1:30 p.m. Sunday. It happened in an alley between Fairmount and Emerson Streets. According to Lt. Ted Tautges with the Wausau Fire Department, a firefighter sustained minor injuries when responding to the fire. No one else was hurt. Tautges said a neighboring home also was damaged. - PUB DATE: 1/1/2017 2:39:30 PM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9-Wausau
VIDEO: New Year's Eve is a time to reflect back on the past year. A group of volunteers in Fond du Lac wanted to give thanks to those who made a difference in so many lives in 2016. Preparing to welcome in the new year offered a bit of a twist at Ledgeview Lanes in Fond du Lac. The food being put together here wasn't for customers but for the community's first responders. - PUB DATE: 12/31/2016 3:22:59 PM - SOURCE: WLUK TV Fox 11
Five people became sick Saturday from vapors that were briefly released at a west Madison car shop, a Madison fire official said. Dane County dispatch said crews responded to a report of people sickened by chemicals at 11:22 a.m. at Don Miller on Odana Road. Madison Fire Department spokesman Eric Dahl said some liquids had been mixed together in the shop area, which caused fumes that made some people ill. - PUB DATE: 12/31/2016 2:54:52 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison
A Madison firefighter is retiring after 28 years on the job and being part of six generations of his family to serve the Madison Fire Department. Marc Behrend’s family has served the Madison Fire Department since 1867, back when it was a volunteer fire department. “I’m one of the lucky ones. I got to do a job I enjoyed doing,” Behrend said. - PUB DATE: 12/30/2016 8:59:46 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison
VIDEO: Newly obtained court documents reveal the body of a man found in a Rusk County fire was Jeffrey Putbrese, a confidential informant. According to court records, on December 7th, someone called 911 to report a fire at a former mink ranch on Zebro Road in Rusk County. Court documents show firefighters found a body in the debris of a burned building. - PUB DATE: 12/29/2016 10:37:26 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV 27 ABC
Everyone makes his or her own path in life. Jelani Bunn and Melvin Casiano are no different. Both young men and their 14 classmates decided the path they were on wasn’t working. To build a brighter future for themselves, they elected to enroll at the Blackwell Job Corps Center in eastern Forest County. - PUB DATE: 12/29/2016 6:45:44 PM - SOURCE: florence-forestnews
