You may have seen them: on Thursday and Friday, a procession of firefighters braved rain in their annual Fill the Boot fundraiser, to help combat Muscular Dystrophy. More than 20 members of the Fond du Lac Fire Department Local 400 fanned out across downtown to collect donations from passing cars and pedestrians. - PUB DATE: 8/16/2016 7:50:46 AM - SOURCE: Fond du Lac Reporter
PHOTO: An early-morning fire damaged two homes in Milwaukee's Uptown neighborhood on the northwest side. It's unclear whether the fire, reported at around 4 a.m. Tuesday at 50th and Wright, is related to the recent spate of violence in the adjacent Sherman Park neighborhood. An official with the fire department said flames were shooting from a vacant home when they arrived. - PUB DATE: 8/16/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee
An overnight fire destroyed a shed and about 1,000 bales of hay. Firefighters from five area departments responded to the fire, which was still smoldering after sunrise Monday. It was called in about midnight, and town of Gillett firefighters arrived to find it fully engulfed, Chief Dale Reichwald said. - PUB DATE: 8/15/2016 7:45:45 AM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette
The recent use of a drone by the Barron County Sheriff to aid in locating the body of Dennis Meyer, the suspect in the recent murder-suicide in the Town of Round Lake, is the first time such an unmanned aircraft has been employed in a Sawyer County search. Sawyer County Search and Rescue member Mel VanWey owns drones and was asked to use his during the nighttime search for Meyer, but he declined because his drones do not have a thermal imaging camera and are unable to fly in the rain. - PUB DATE: 8/15/2016 7:06:23 AM - SOURCE: Sawyer County Record
Residents from three apartments were displaced after a kitchen fire broke out Sunday night, according to a release from the Madison Fire Department. Firefighters were called at 10:18 p.m. to River’s Edge Apartments at 1766 Fordem Avenue on a report of an alarm activation. Neighbors also reported seeing fire on the top floor of the building. - PUB DATE: 8/15/2016 6:06:49 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison
VIDEO: A standoff between police and an angry crowd turned violent Saturday night in the hours after a Milwaukee police officer shot and killed an armed suspect during a foot chase on the city's north side. After an hours-long confrontation with officers, police reported at 10:15 p.m. that a gas station at N. - PUB DATE: 8/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
VIDEO: The Eau Claire Fire Department is investigating a fire that happened at the National Presto Industries factory Sunday afternoon. Crews were called to the building on North Hastings Way at about 2 p.m. They say employees were already evacuated by the time they arrived. Authorities could see smoke coming out of several vents and at the roof-line, but they say flames were pretty much contained to one of the machines used for manufacturing. - PUB DATE: 8/14/2016 7:54:29 PM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire
VIDEO: Anyone who has wondered what it’s like to be a police officer or firefighter can get some insight this weekend at Fox Valley Technical College. The college is hosting Public Safety Day at the training facility at W6400 County Rd. BB near Appleton. The family-friendly event is Saturday, Aug. 13, 10 a. - PUB DATE: 8/12/2016 4:42:21 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
In response to rising call volume and an increasing city population, the Watertown Fire Department is requesting funds to be allocated in the 2017 budget to fill personnel vacancies and construct a new station.
Fire Chief Greg Michalek said over the past five years call volume has increased 33 percent. - PUB DATE: 8/12/2016 4:31:52 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times
City officials are considering spending an estimated $40,000 to $70,000 for a comprehensive study on the city's fire services. The decision to request proposals and cost estimates from independent consultants comes on the heels of a study recently completed by the Sheboygan firefighters union, which concluded staffing reductions at city fire departments have left areas of the city without satisfactory fire protection. - PUB DATE: 8/11/2016 6:36:37 PM - SOURCE: Sheboygan Press
VIDEO: Elk Creek was a raging torrent on Thursday morning, catching almost everyone Gilmanton off-guard. Angelique Breitung and her boyfriend Eli Bloom initially came down to help Eli’s brother Matt. Breitung said, early on, conditions seemed manageable. "We were coming down to just help with the lawnmowers,” she said to WEAU 13 News on Thursday. - PUB DATE: 8/11/2016 5:04:49 PM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News
In the next month, construction of a new fire station will begin – the second of three facility projects happening in Kaukauna. "It's going to be a fun project, a beautiful structure," said Kaukauna Mayor Gene Rosin. "I've seen the design and the layout and the drawings, and it will really complement downtown really nicely. - PUB DATE: 8/11/2016 1:03:00 PM - SOURCE: Appleton Post-Gazette & Post Crescent.com
Employees were evacuated from Full Compass during the investigation of a gas leak Thursday morning, according to the Madison Fire Department. Firefighters were called at 9:56 a.m. to the business at 9710 Silicon Prairie Parkway. An official said 200 people were evacuated from the building, and eight of them complained of feeling sick. - PUB DATE: 8/11/2016 8:35:05 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison
Firefighters at Station No. 3 in Madison were mingling after dinner Tuesday when a woman walked up to say that she saw a Cooper's hawk fly into a station window and fall to the ground. - PUB DATE: 8/11/2016 6:01:28 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison
VIDEO: Three people escape a house fire in Two Rivers. The fire chief says his crews contained the fire to the attic, but there’s still some heavy damage to the home. Two Rivers Fire Chief Scott Schneider says the call came in just after 11:00 p.m. Wednesday night to a house in the 2600 13th Street on the city’s south side. - PUB DATE: 8/11/2016 3:59:16 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
One person is dead after an apparent drowning at Washington Park in Milwaukee. The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office told WISN 12 News it was called to the park's pool near 40th and Galena streets. Officials with the Milwaukee Police Department, Milwaukee Fire Department and Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office responded to the scene just before 11:00 p. - PUB DATE: 8/11/2016 2:42:32 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee
Sheboygan fire crews are investigating today after an overnight fire damaged a home. Dispatchers got a call around 3:10 am on Tuesday of a fire at a home on the 1600 block of North 4th Street. Fire crews arrived to find a significant fire on the back side of the home. The resident who made the call told firefighters he was the only person inside, and crews moved in to put out the flames. - PUB DATE: 8/10/2016 8:37:00 AM - SOURCE: WXER-FM 104.5 & 96.1 The Point
Former Wisconsin Badger JJ Watt tried firefighter training with his dad at their hometown fire department for the Gatorade Beat the Heat education campaign. Inmate accused of trying to arrange hit is headed to trial
JJ Watt’s father, retired firefighter John Watt, joined him at the Pewaukee Fire Department and tried the physical and technical training firefighters conduct, according to a release. - PUB DATE: 8/10/2016 5:41:05 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison
Four fire departments battled a blaze Tuesday that destroyed a barn in rural Pardeeville. The Pardeeville Fire Department was called about 12:30 p.m. to 9580 Comstock Road, where firefighters found a barn storing hay bales engulfed in flames. The family at the farm reported the fire started when they had gone inside for lunch. - PUB DATE: 8/10/2016 1:52:48 AM - SOURCE: Portage Daily Register
VIDEO: Local fire departments in the area are partnering up with WIS SAFE, also known as the Wisconsin Smoke and Fire Education Program and the North Central American Red Cross to install smoke detectors in homes that don't have them. Currently they're targeting homes which are high risk, such as those with the elderly, disabled, low income, and middle school aged children. - PUB DATE: 8/9/2016 5:21:16 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
