Firefighters on Wednesday morning, December 21st were called out to the scene of a fire at Baptista’s Bakery on Oakwood Park Drive in Franklin. The call came in shortly after 1 a.m. Officials say the blaze appears to have started in an oven. It caused approximately $10,000 to the machine and contents. - PUB DATE: 12/21/2016 6:47:03 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
A fire Tuesday, Dec. 20 in the Town of Sun Prairie injured a Town of Sun Prairie deputy and resulted in $45,000 in damage. Sun Prairie Fire Chief Chris Garrison said at 2:35 p.m. the Sun Prairie Fire Department responded to a report of a structure fire in a storage building on Highway N. Incoming units reported smoke visible from all four sides of the building and flames showing from the roof. - PUB DATE: 12/21/2016 3:11:43 AM - SOURCE: Sun Prairie Star
An Eau Claire Police Department tweet said that at about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday police and Eau Claire firefighters responded to a house fire at 1804 Eighth St. on the city’s west side. An adult woman died in the fire, which is under investigation, the tweet said. - PUB DATE: 12/21/2016 2:38:19 AM - SOURCE: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram
The city is adding on to its municipal building at Drexel Town Square with an Emergency Operations Center on the second floor. While the rooms exist and were constructed when the municipal center was built, they are not complete. Tom Rosandich, Oak Creek fire chief and emergency management director, said work will begin this month to complete the EOC. - PUB DATE: 12/21/2016 1:58:45 AM - SOURCE: My South Now
VIDEO: They come to put out fires and inspect gas leaks -- but Captain Thomas Brunner wants to make sure his firefighters can save a life whether there's a fire or not. At Janesville Fire Department where he works, there are numerous firefighters who are also paramedics. Now, the department is providing special Advanced Life Support (ALS) kits to equip those who are trained to respond to medical emergencies - whether they're in an ambulance or a firetruck. - PUB DATE: 12/20/2016 8:53:50 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison
VIDEO: At least six homeowners in northern Chippewa County were forced out of their home after a home exploded near New Auburn. Shortly after 9:00 Monday night crews responded to a home near Long Lake. The New Auburn Fire Department said it was a brand new home, still under construction and a few months until being ready to live in. - PUB DATE: 12/20/2016 12:42:56 AM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire
VIDEO: The death toll rose to 12 Monday after a tractor trailer barreled into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin, Germany. The White House says the crash appears to be a terrorist attack. NBC26 spoke with Fond du Lac Fire Chief Peter O'Leary who is vacationing in Germany. He says he spent the day at Frankfurt's Christmas market and planned to return to do more shopping, but after hearing the news of what happened, he's decided against it. - PUB DATE: 12/19/2016 8:59:37 PM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay
Fond du Lac County will begin searching for a new director of communications and emergency management in the new year now that James McNabb has retired. Bobbie Hickens has been appointed as interim director until an appointment can be made with approval from the Fond du Lac County Board of Supervisors, said County Executive Allen Buechel. - PUB DATE: 12/19/2016 6:56:27 PM - SOURCE: Fond du Lac Reporter
VIDEO: Lt. David Siegel, a Green Bay Metro Firefighter, recently wrote a book about the history of the department. "Forces of Change" examines the landmark and seminal events that led to the creation and development of the early Green Bay Fire Department. This exhaustively researched book chronicles the time from establishment of organized firefighting in 1836, to creation of a stable fire department, through the merger of the cross-river sister-city fire departments of Green Bay and Fort Howard in 1895. - PUB DATE: 12/19/2016 5:40:59 PM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay
Three people suffered minor injuries in a house fire in Mount Pleasant early on Monday, December 19th. Firefighters were dispatched to the home on Lawndale around 2:15 a.m. — and arrived to find the house fully engulfed. Everyone inside the home managed to get out of the building. South Shore Fire Department provided emergency medical care to the three occupants. - PUB DATE: 12/19/2016 5:19:31 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
Officials in the town of Darien staked out their positions on the future of the joint EMS department it shares with the village of Darien during a town board meeting Tuesday night. The two municipalities share fire and EMS services, but town board member Jim Terpstra said the way things are split is unfair to the town. - PUB DATE: 12/19/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Gazette Extra
VIDEO: Fire crews are on the scene of a fire in the southern part of Door County. It’s on Rocky Road, at the intersection with County Line Road, between Dykesville and Brussels. Firefighters were first called around 10:00 Sunday night. Red Cross volunteers on the scene say the fire started in a house and spread to three attached apartments. - PUB DATE: 12/18/2016 11:06:57 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
VIDEO: A Fall Creek man was stuck inside a silo for nearly 5 hours Sunday after part of the structure collapsed while he was inside. Crews were called to 1907 N 130th Street in Fall Creek Sunday evening. Officials say a man and his wife were stuck inside their silo. Firefighters say the man went into the silo around 4 P. - PUB DATE: 12/18/2016 10:58:41 PM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News
The Pulaski Tri-County Fire Department was called out for an early morning fire that killed dozens of animals. Fire chief James Styczynski tells Local Five the fire was called in around 5:30 Sunday morning at a farmette in the Town of Chase. The fire was in a pole shed containing equipment and animals. - PUB DATE: 12/18/2016 11:21:43 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay
Firefighters on Friday morning, December 16th responded to the scene of a house fire near 18th and Wright in Milwaukee. Fire officials say the blaze appears to have started in the basement of a vacant home. No injuries were sustained as a result of the fire. No additional details have been released — including the cause of the fire or the amount of damage sustained. - PUB DATE: 12/16/2016 8:32:55 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
In these freezing temperatures many people use their fireplaces to keep warm. However, if people don't clean their fireplaces, it could start a fire.
On Thursday, firefighters weren't just battling fires, they were also battling frigid temperatures. "He had wood burning in two chimneys with metal flues and it just got too hot, probably burnt some creosote on the inside and then started up the outside of the chimney,” said Ledgeview Fire Chief, Tom Guns. - PUB DATE: 12/15/2016 7:37:16 PM - SOURCE: WLUK TV Fox 11
With more than 88,000 acres of managed forestland in Wood County, logging accidents are always possible. When it comes to logging, it isn't "if" there will be an accident, it's "when," said Dana Hinkley, who owns Logger Rescue Training in Berlin, New Hampshire. Hinkley oversaw training Wednesday of more than 25 men, some loggers and some firefighters, who gathered at the Pittsville Fire Department to learn what to do when a logging accident happens. - PUB DATE: 12/15/2016 6:38:01 PM - SOURCE: Marshfield News-Herald
With the flip of a switch, Sheboygan County's dispatch center recently came to life, signalling the conclusion of a multi-year goal to bring online a digital system capable of handling all of the area's emergency needs. The $12 million project brings together two former analog dispatch centers, one in the city and one in the county, to provide an efficient response to 911 calls using technology updated for the digital age. - PUB DATE: 12/15/2016 5:02:50 PM - SOURCE: Sheboygan Press
When officials in this Jefferson County city saw that many ambulance, fire and police calls were going to assisted living facilities, they took action. In September 2015, they adopted a temporary moratorium on new facilities or expansions, which remains in effect. The City Council is expected soon to consider an ordinance to establish $1,000 fines for preventable calls to assisted living centers. - PUB DATE: 12/15/2016 4:14:07 AM - SOURCE: Chippewa Herald
Fire damaged a house in Milwaukee early Thursday morning. The fire was reported around 4:40 a.m. on Mother Daniels Way -- one block from the intersection of 35th Street and Hampton Avenue. Emergency crews responding to the fire had to deal with a temperature of 1 degree and a wind chill of -17 degrees. - PUB DATE: 12/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12
