PHOTOS: Cleanup is underway after a garbage truck caught fire because of a mechanical issue in Brown County on Tuesday.
According to the Suamico Fire Department, the incident happened shortly after 9:15 a.m. at the intersection of Siesta Lane and Overlook Court in Suamico.The driver of the garbage truck had noticed smoke and flames coming from the truck and safely exited the vehicle. - PUB DATE: 7/20/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
VIDEO: For 23 years, Lt. Brent Jones has grown accustomed to using his voice as a firefighter in Milwaukee and on honor guards across the country. He’s now using his voice to speak up on secondary trauma he’s experienced on and off the job, after almost silencing his own voice.
"I had my gun to my head three times, finger on the trigger ready to pull it," said Jones. - PUB DATE: 7/20/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
On Saturday, July 22nd, a very unique experience will be happening in Waushara County. According to the American Tribute Ride (ATR) Committee a convoy of approximately 200 motorcycles and other vehicles will leave at 11 a.m. the Wisconsin Fire & EMS Memorial, making their way to Rudolph Fire Station for a lunch stop. - PUB DATE: 7/20/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Waushara Argus
VIDEO: Young burn survivors have a safe place to connect with each other and heal, both physically and emotionally.
The Professional Firefighters of Wisconsin Charitable Foundation hosts the annual summer camp for burn injured youth every year at Camp Timber-less, just outside of East Troy.
The free, week-long camp is fully back in person and helps campers navigate life beyond their injuries. - PUB DATE: 7/19/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison
VIDEO:Investigators believe the deadly crash on the Beltline Tuesday and a nearby fire that is being investigated as an arson are related, the Madison Police Dept. reported, adding Madison Fire Dept. has reached the same conclusion.
According to an MPD update, a 71-year-old motorcycle rider died when he crashed into another vehicle while driving the wrong way on the Beltline, near the Seminole Hwy. - PUB DATE: 7/19/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison
VIDEO:A 62-year-old Milwaukee woman is accused of setting a fire inside a home near 29th and Bobolink which led to a man's death on Tuesday, July 11. The accused is Merchelle Adams – and she faces the following criminal counts:
First-degree reckless homicide,
Arson of building.
According to the criminal complaint, Milwaukee firefighters were dispatched to a home near 29th and Bobolink on July 11 for a fire. - PUB DATE: 7/19/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
Nobody was injured in a fire at a business on Madison's southwest side Tuesday morning, Fire Department officials said.
Crews were called to the 4200 block of West Beltline Highway, located just off of the Beltline near Seminole Highway, at around 6:30 a.m. Dane County dispatchers said flames and smoke could be seen from outside the building. - PUB DATE: 7/18/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS/MyNetworkTV 3 Madison
VIDEO/PHOTOS: It's officially been one year since the 988 lifeline was launched in Wisconsin.
988 replaced the 10-digit National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Since the launch, the number of Wisconsinites using the hotline increased significantly.
Wisconsin has seen the second-highest increase in call volume nationwide since the launch of the new number, according to Wisconsin Department of Health Services Crisis Service Coordinator Caroline Crehan Neumann. - PUB DATE: 7/18/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLUK-TV FOX 11 Green Bay
No one is reported to be hurt after a car hit a home and a gas meter in La Crosse, causing a fire.
According to information from the La Crosse Fire Department, on July 17, 2023, around 12:50 p.m. the La Crosse Fire Department responded to a report of a vehicle hitting a home and hitting the gas meter on the south side of the city. - PUB DATE: 7/17/2023 11:50:00 PM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV NBC/CW+ 13 Eau Claire
A little Pomeranian is back home and enjoying all the love his family can give him after a big fright on Saturday night.
The tiny dog named Bear crawled under the couch that evening right as a motorized footrest was activated and began closing, the Madison Fire Dept. explained. The whirring motors started winding the fluffy pup’s fur and reeling him toward the hinges and gears. - PUB DATE: 7/17/2023 10:58:00 PM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC/CW 15 Madison
Fond du Lac firefighters are reminding the public to call 911 if they have a fire in their home no matter how small after an apartment building fire.
Firefighters say around 2 a.m. Monday, they received a call on a non-emergency phone line to look at a bathroom exhaust fan in an apartment at 234 S. National Avenue. - PUB DATE: 7/17/2023 1:44:00 PM - SOURCE: WLUK-TV FOX 11 Green Bay
The Milwaukee Fire Department is one of the many agencies preparing for the 2024 Republican National Convention.
With it being about a year away, preparations are well underway.
The MFD repair shop is a busy place on any given day. Add in a national convention, and things have become busier.
The department has its own committee to prepare for the RNC. - PUB DATE: 7/17/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News 1 - Metered Site
VIDEO: Drought conditions in southern Wisconsin this spring and summer have helped to fuel numerous wildfires, including one that burned around 3,000 acres of land at Fort McCoy in April and another that torched hundreds of acres near Coloma earlier this month.
Not only have firefighters been busier than normal due to the amount of fires, they're also battling more fires later in the year than is typical for Wisconsin. - PUB DATE: 7/16/2023 8:30:00 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS/MyNetworkTV 3 Madison
PHOTO: La Crosse’s first new fire station since 1967 opened its doors to the public Thursday. Fire Station No. 2 on La Crosse Street hosted an open house, about a month after officially opening.
The new building replaces a fire house on Monitor Street, which had been used since 1957.
It will be the new department headquarters, which had been at Station No. - PUB DATE: 7/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WIZM-AM 1410/FM 92.3 La Crosse
The Wausau Fire Department has been honored with the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® EMS Gold Award and Target Heart Attack Honor Roll.
The award is given for its commitment to offering rapid and research-based care to people experiencing the most severe form of heart attacks and strokes, leading to lives being saved. - PUB DATE: 7/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSAU-AM 520 Wausau
VIDEO: A firefighter took a fall but is going to be OK during a response to a house fire near 29th and Scott in Milwaukee Thursday morning.
According to Milwaukee Fire Dept. officials at the scene, it was a "close call" but that the firefighter will be OK.
They responded around 9:30 a.m. Thursday to find a large fire in a two-and-a-half-story building. - PUB DATE: 7/13/2023 2:24:00 PM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee
VIDEO: The Oshkosh Fire Department announced a creative approach to recruiting this week.
Thanks to an anonymous and generous donation, the department is teaming up with Fox Valley Technical College and Firefighter’s ABC’s to offer a grant program to attract underrepresented groups to pursue a career in firefighting and emergency medical services. - PUB DATE: 7/13/2023 12:05:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
VIDEO/PHOTOS: : A spokesperson from the Dane County Sheriff's Office told 27 News one person has died and a fire investigation is underway in a Cottage Grove.
The death was separate from the fire.
The fire started around 8:40 a.m. Wednesday at a home at 4663 Baxter Road.
Lt. Jason Kudrna with the Cottage Grove Fire Department confirmed Wednesday evening the house is a total loss. - PUB DATE: 7/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison
VIDEO/PHOTOS: As crews continue to battle the Pallet Fire, departments in the area are highlighting the difference between fighting a wildfire compared to a structure fire. Dozens of fire crews across the state have been on the scene of a large wildfire in Waushara County since Monday.
Most departments in the Fox Valley aren't specifically trained in wildfire firefighting. - PUB DATE: 7/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLUK-TV FOX 11 Green Bay
One person was found dead at the scene of a fire near 29th and Bobolink Tuesday night, July 11. It happened around 9 p.m.
Fire officials said firefighters found heavy fire on the second floor of the two-story home. When they were searching the second floor, they found a 60-year-old Milwaukee man dead. - PUB DATE: 7/12/2023 1:44:25 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
