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
A shed housing machinery and hay was destroyed by fire early Tuesday morning in the town of Roxbury, with nobody injured in the fire. The fire was reported at about 1:25 a.m. on a farm at 7772 Inama Road, the Dane County Sheriff's Office said. Firefighters responded from seven area departments, including Sauk City, Sauk Prairie, Prairie du Sac, Dane-Vienna, Black Earth, Mazomanie and Lodi. - PUB DATE: 8/9/2016 7:15:24 AM - SOURCE: Madison.com-Wisconsin State Journal-Capital Times
VIDEO: Crews say one person was taken to the hospital after a major house fire near Fall Creek. Firefighters were called to Dewitz Road, in the Town of Washington, before 3 p.m. on Monday. When they arrived, crews say the house was fully engulfed. The home is a total loss. Mark Porter, with Township Fire, said a lawnmower caught on fire. - PUB DATE: 8/8/2016 5:43:25 PM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News
A 38-year-old Wausau man was arrested Monday in an arson fire at the Cabaret Bar, Wausau police said. Tony Patterson Jr. turned himself in without incident, a lieutenant said. Patterson is one of two men that police identified last week as “persons of interest” in the fire. The other was a 32-year-old Wausau man. - PUB DATE: 8/8/2016 3:11:17 PM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9-Wausau
VIDEO: When the 911 system failed Sunday, Wood County authorities turned to other platforms to keep the public informed. Todd Eckes is the Wisconsin Rapids Captain of Operations Fire Marshall, and he said when situations like what happened over the weekend occur, he turns to a messaging systems called, Nixle to keep the public informed. - PUB DATE: 8/8/2016 11:50:49 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
A dispute between the village of Lake Hallie and four towns over how the Chippewa Fire District is funded is winding toward a conclusion. Besides Lake Hallie, the fire district includes the towns of Hallie, Howard, Lafayette and Wheaton. “The parties reached a settlement at the medication on July 19, 2016. - PUB DATE: 8/8/2016 4:15:37 AM - SOURCE: Chippewa Herald
More than two dozen people were taken to a hospital Saturday night when carbon monoxide poisoning forced the evacuation of a wedding reception on Madison’s East Side, according to the Madison Fire Department. Emergency personnel were called to the indoor soccer club Salon Centinela, 5018 Blazing Star Drive, after someone fainted during a wedding reception there, said Madison Fire Department spokeswoman Cynthia Schuster. - PUB DATE: 8/8/2016 3:24:02 AM - SOURCE: Madison.com-Wisconsin State Journal-Capital Times
A lumber components store in Mount Horeb suffered as much as $1 in damage after a fire Saturday, the Mount Horeb Fire Chief said. The Mount Horeb Fire Department responded to a structure fire at Brunsell Lumber and Millwork, 1204 E. Lincoln St., just after 4:20 p.m., Craig Brinkmann said. Responding firefighters encountered heavy black smoke throughout the building. - PUB DATE: 8/8/2016 3:11:22 AM - SOURCE: Madison.com-Wisconsin State Journal-Capital Times
Experts from across the country charted the future of firefighting at a landmark national conference held in Racine County last month.
The Racine Fire Department in July hosted the Wingspread VI Conference, the sixth national gathering to prepare fire departments for challenges they might face in the next decade. - PUB DATE: 8/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Journal Times
VIDEO: About 15 acres of grass and straw are damaged after a fire Sunday afternoon in Marathon County. The fire was reported around 3:50 p.m. Sunday to an address on the 3600 block of County Rd. Y in the Town of Harrison. Birnamwood Fire Chief Randy Berger told NewsChannel 7 that the fire was getting close to a house and barn. - PUB DATE: 8/7/2016 2:34:20 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
PHOTO: A barn containing hay and straw caught fire Saturday afternoon in the town of Cross Plains, and collapsed despite the firefighting efforts of seven area departments. In a news release, the Dane County Sheriff's Office said deputies, along with firefighters from Cross Plains, Madison, Mazomanie, Middleton, Arena, Verona and Waunakee, responded to the blaze at 3822 Garfoot Road around 4:52 p. - PUB DATE: 8/7/2016 1:45:12 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison
Oshkosh emergency crews responded at 6:40 a.m. to a fire at the Magnet Billiards & Bar, 519 N. Main St. There were three fire trucks in the back parking lot at Division and Church Streets, two fire trucks in the front of the building on Main Street, two ambulances and police officers at the scene as of 8:15 a. - PUB DATE: 8/5/2016 7:47:08 AM - SOURCE: Oshkosh Northwestern
PHOTO: The Racine Fire Department and the Racine County Water Rescue Response Team, comprised of area law enforcement members and firefighters, have been participating in dive training sessions this week to gain certification in specific areas of dive rescues. The training began Monday and continues through today near the Fifth Street Boat Launch. - PUB DATE: 8/5/2016 2:21:25 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times
The Onalaska Town Board decided to take a wait-and-see plan of action regarding a $100-impact fee proposal for the Holmen Area Fire Department’s capital fund. The board decided at its meeting Tuesday to table an agenda item that would authorize a board representative to negotiate the fee schedule for the proposal. - PUB DATE: 8/5/2016 2:12:42 AM - SOURCE: Onalaska Holmen Courier Life
VIDEO: The responsibility for picking up discarded drug needles in La Crosse now lies with the Fire Department, but health agencies are discussing the possibility of a shift. The AIDS Resource Center has a needle exchange program, which works as a harm reduction strategy to prevent disease. Although most of the needles the center gives out make it back, not all are properly disposed-and some are left outside. - PUB DATE: 8/4/2016 5:11:55 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse
Two tenants could be displaced after a small duplex fire near Memorial Drive on Thursday morning, Deputy Fire Chief Bill Ruchti said. Something was left cooking on the stove at the upstairs residence at 815 Harding St. before 11 a.m., causing the fire. Firefighters used an extinguisher to put out the flames within about 15 minutes, Ruchti said. - PUB DATE: 8/4/2016 9:49:03 AM - SOURCE: Janesville Gazette
Three people escaped a house fire unharmed late last night in Milwaukee. The fire was reported to the Milwaukee Fire Department around 11:55 PM in a two-story wood frame house at N 21st Street and W Concordia Avenue. According to fire officials, the fire was located on the second floor of the home. - PUB DATE: 8/4/2016 7:11:15 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
