VIDEO: This weekend, Sun Prairie Fire & Rescue is set to join a powerful event to remember September 11 and the sacrifices of first responders.
The 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb will be at Lambeau Field in Green Bay Saturday. Participants are invited to walk the equivalent of the 110 stories of the World Trade Center, a way to honor more than 300 firefighters who died in the line of duty. - PUB DATE: 9/7/2023 12:55:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison
PHOTO: Wisconsin’s Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) stopped by the Southern Door Volunteer Fire Department station on Wednesday to recognize the importance of volunteer fire services.
During the visit, DSPS Secretary-designee Dan Hereth presented Chief Rich Olson of the fully-volunteer fire department with a check worth nearly $23,000. - PUB DATE: 9/6/2023 7:50:27 PM - SOURCE: WNFL-AM 1440 Green Bay
A resort in Door County will be closed for the foreseeable future after a fire.
According to our Green Bay affiliate, the fire started around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon at Rowley’s Bay Resort in Ellison Bay.
All fire departments from Door County were called out there.
A local fire chief said it was a challenging fire to fight because the building has so many additions, which means additional layers. - PUB DATE: 9/6/2023 5:45:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau
PHOTO: A firefighter and a civilian were injured in an apartment fire in Green Bay on Tuesday night, according to Green Bay Metro Fire Department Chief Matthew Knott.
Knott tells NBC 26 the firefighter was treated and released for smoke inhalation.
Knott said the fire was at a 24-unit apartment building on 1830 August St. - PUB DATE: 9/6/2023 1:43:00 AM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay
VIDEO: A wildland fire burned nine acres of prairie grass fields and pines in Waupaca County.
The Waupaca Area Fire District was dispatched to the fire just after 2 p.m. on Labor Day on State Highway 22, south of West Road in the town of Dayton.
Firefighters from multiple departments, along with the DNR, were on scene for more than five hours, suppressing the fire until it was contained. - PUB DATE: 9/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLUK-TV FOX 11 Green Bay
PHOTOS: The Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue Department responded to a house fire overnight, Monday, September 4, 2023 in the 200 block of north Military Avenue.
Just after 1:30 AM, Jeff and Stephanie Albers awoke to the sound of their house’s smoke alarm going off. Running downstairs they saw the breezeway separating their house and garage fully engulfed in flames. - PUB DATE: 9/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFIZ-AM 1450 Fond du Lac
VIDEO: The Village of Grafton Fire Department says a dog alerted its family of a garage fire, allowing the family to get out unharmed.
The fire department said it was called to the corner of 16th Avenue and Falls Road around 5:16 a.m. on Saturday.
The initial engine company arrived five minutes later, and the garage was engulfed in flames. - PUB DATE: 9/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee
Two cats were rescued from a house fire that was put out in Eau Claire on Sunday.
According to Eau Claire Fire Department Battalion Chief Jamie Burkhardt, ECFD received a call at approximately 2:23 p.m. on Sunday of smoke coming from the garage attached to a house on Raedel Road, near 14th Street in Eau Claire. - PUB DATE: 9/3/2023 10:45:00 PM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire
PHOTOS: Members of the Beaver Dam Fire Department spent a few days in last week’s sweltering heat working on heavy lifting training. Fire Chief Michael Wesle says the Beaver Dam Raceway recently hosted a monster truck show that included a few school buses. He says they got in contact with the folks that run the Raceway to take advantage of this rare opportunity. - PUB DATE: 9/1/2023 7:20:00 AM - SOURCE: WBEV-FM 95.3 Beaver Dam
The City of Wausau and Wausau’s Police and Fire Commission have announced the appointment of Jeremy Kopp as Wausau’s next Fire Chief.
Kopp has been serving as a firefighter for 28 years since he joined to the Weston Fire Department at 18 years old. From there, he went on to join the Wausau Fire Department in 2004. - PUB DATE: 8/31/2023 11:27:00 PM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau
The Green Bay Metro and Appleton Fire Departments were on the receiving end of $2,000 each in grant money to assist in the purchase of new lifesaving equipment.
On Thursday, the charitable foundations of Wisconsin Public Service (WPS) and We Energies unveiled critical safety tools for use by the stations’ firefighters as part of the Rewarding Responders Grant Program. - PUB DATE: 8/31/2023 6:15:00 PM - SOURCE: WNFL-AM 1440 Green Bay
VIDEO/PHOTOS: Beaver Dam firefighters found themselves in a mess after a semi fire Wednesday morning, literally.
The Beaver Dam Fire Department responded to the northbound off ramp at Highway 151 and Madison Street after a fire in the trailer of the semi, which was hauling solid waste at the time.
To put out the fire, though, they needed to dump out all that waste onto the highway, leaving a trail of trash behind the semi. - PUB DATE: 8/31/2023 12:56:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison
South Area Fire and Emergency Rescue was awarded a $2,000 grant from the Wisconsin Public Service Foundation on Wednesday to purchase new gas detectors.
Deputy Fire Chief Eric Lang calls the devices essential equipment for his crews. “Carbon monoxide kills people every year. We have to know what those levels are. - PUB DATE: 8/30/2023 3:52:01 PM - SOURCE: WOZZ-FM 94.7 Mosinee
VIDEO: The Madison Fire Department is investigating the cause of an apartment fire early Wednesday morning.
MFD says crews reported to a structure fire on the 2400 block of Brentwood Parkway just after 1 a.m. When they arrived, they confirmed that flames could be seen on the roof.
According to MFD, the responding crews fought the fire outside first and then inside. - PUB DATE: 8/30/2023 1:55:00 PM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison
Milton and Edgerton’s newly combined Lakeside Fire Department is finding common ground for a new, central fire station.
It would be built in a fast-growing community that’s wedged right between Milton and Edgerton: Newville.
On Tuesday, officials from Milton, Edgerton and nine towns in northern Rock County got a first look at a hired consultant’s new designs for not one—but three new fire stations that Lakeside Fire-Rescue seeks to build over the next three years. - PUB DATE: 8/30/2023 1:29:37 AM - SOURCE: WCLO-AM 1230 Janesville
VIDEO: The Lincoln County Emergency Medical Service (EMS) is getting updated equipment. That’s thanks to a $421,000 donation from the Bierman Family Foundation to upgrade aging ambulance equipment. The Merrill Fire Department is contracted to provide services two thirds of the county while Aspirus Tomahawk Hospital provides for the remainder. - PUB DATE: 8/30/2023 12:22:00 AM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau
PHOTOS: One of the 12 buildings at the Trinity Freistadt Historical Site in Mequon burned down early Monday morning.
Shortly after 1 a.m., 10 fire departments responded to a report of a fire at the roughly 150year-old Mueller Shed located along North Church Place. No other buildings on the site were damaged. - PUB DATE: 8/29/2023 1:30:00 PM - SOURCE: Milwaukee News And Event
The Beaver Dam Fire Department recently hosted a number of area agencies for a confined space rescue training. Fire Chief Michael Wesle explains its importance.
“A confined space rescue is an event that doesn’t happen a lot but its very risky…normally when there’s an incident in a confined space there’s a reason for it…from time to time you might have a medical emergency or accident…but often times it’s because the atmosphere that the individual is in has something wrong with it,” says Wesle. - PUB DATE: 8/29/2023 7:10:00 AM - SOURCE: WBEV-FM 95.3 Beaver Dam
PHOTOS: Nearly a dozen departments responded to a fire at a two-story home in New Berlin on Monday, Aug. 28.
Just before 6:15 a.m., the New Berlin Fire Department was called to the home on Highland Drive -- located off Racine Avenue just north of I-43.
Officials say two adults, two children and two dogs safely escaped the burning home and were able to call 911. - PUB DATE: 8/28/2023 6:41:48 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
A late Sunday afternoon duplex fire in Appleton caused an estimated $15,000 in damages.
According to the Appleton Fire Department, on August 27 around 4:40 p.m., crews were sent to a reported fire in the 600 block of North Morrison Street. The initial call reportedly said there was smoke coming from the roof vents. - PUB DATE: 8/28/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
