With the help of local businesses and organizations, the Cedarburg Fire Department was able to create a workout room for its volunteers.
This is the first-ever workout space for the Fire Department, which is located at Station 1.
The project was spearheaded by CFD firefighter/ AEMT Jason Peterson, who believed it was important for the Fire Department to have a place for volunteers to work out. - PUB DATE: 6/1/2023 1:30:00 PM - SOURCE: Ozaukee County News Graphic - Metered Site
A garage fire that spread to a house on Lost Dauphin Rd. in De Pere caused an estimated $200,000 in damage Wednesday night.
The fire department was called at about 8:15 p.m. to the 1200-block, where they found a garage engulfed and partially collapsed. The fire had extended to the east side of the one-story house, and smoke was coming through the attic space. - PUB DATE: 6/1/2023 1:24:00 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
A three-alarm fire at Milwaukee Recycles prompted evacuation of the Menomonee River Valley site Wednesday afternoon, May 31.
The Milwaukee Fire Department was first dispatched to the plant on Mount Vernon Avenue at 1:48 p.m. MFD Chief Aaron Lipski said the facility has a "long, storied history" of fires. - PUB DATE: 5/31/2023 5:31:58 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
Authorities say a Grand Chute home is destroyed after a fire.
The fire started on the outside of the house on the 4300-block of Gillett St. around 7:15 Tuesday night. The flames traveled up the side to the roof and attic.
It took firefighters about 45 minutes to put the fire out and several more hours to take care of all the hot spots inside. - PUB DATE: 5/31/2023 1:06:00 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
VIDEO: West Allis firefighters are battling a fire at the Morgan Grove Apartments near S. 108th Street and Morgan Avenue.
The fire broke out before 5 a.m. Wednesday. Flames could be seen pouring out of the roof of one building. "Then I kind of just walked down the hall, and I walked past the door, and I saw through the window and the fire was still rising above the building," said Jamel Mosley, neighbor. - PUB DATE: 5/31/2023 8:11:44 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
Firefighters responded to multiple flare-ups over the holiday weekend following last week's fire at the Columbia County Recycling and Solid Waste Center near Portage, the city's fire chief said Tuesday.
Portage Fire Chief Troy Haase told News 3 Now his department was called to the recycling center three times over the long weekend -- once Sunday morning and twice on Monday -- due to flare-ups. - PUB DATE: 5/30/2023 9:15:00 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 Milwaukee
North Shore firefighters battled a garage fire that spread to the attached house on N. Lydell Avenue in Whitefish Bay early Tuesday, May 30.
The initial call for the fire came in around 12:45 a.m. Tuesday. When crews arrived on the scene, they found fire coming from the garage and spreading to the first floor kitchen and second floor soffit. - PUB DATE: 5/30/2023 8:13:22 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
Crews responded to a fire at the Columbia Co. recycling center Monday morning, according to county dispatchers.
NBC15 previously reported a fire at the same location on Hwy. 16 on May 14 and May 26.
According to officials, the Portage Fire Department was dispatched to the Pardeeville-based recycling center just after 11:30 a. - PUB DATE: 5/29/2023 9:03:00 PM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison
Eau Claire's police and fire commission has named Matt Jaggar the city’s new fire chief.
Jaggar said he is grateful, thankful and excited for the opportunity.
He succeeds previous chief Chris Bell—who retired last month.
Service can be a calling.
"It is held by my beliefs. In that, we should pay things forward and we should leave things better than they were previously," Jaggar said. - PUB DATE: 5/26/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse
VIDEO/PHOTOS: It was an action-packed graduation ceremony in Green Bay for 17 firefighters.
The Green Bay Metro Fire Department held its Fire Academy Graduation demonstration on the NWTC campus Thursday. In March, 17 recruits began an 11-week course on fire and EMS skills, specific to the department and the city of Green Bay. - PUB DATE: 5/25/2023 4:58:38 AM - SOURCE: WLUK-TV FOX 11 Green Bay
PHOTOS: Officials with the Portage Fire Department say a massive fire at a recycling center has been 90% contained, but crews will continue to work at the scene on Thursday.
In an update on Facebook Thursday morning, the Portage Fire Department said crews worked through the night to control the fire before they were sent home at 4 a. - PUB DATE: 5/24/2023 10:19:00 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS/MyNetworkTV 3 Madison
VIDEO/PHOTO: If you saw smoke on the horizon near the Central Wisconsin Airport Tuesday, no need to panic.
It was all part of a training exercise to refresh the airport staff on emergency skills.
"We have an FAA approved mobile simulator that goes all around the country and it has this live fire that is propane derived so when the fire trucks show up, they spray their water and they're able to practice as if it was in a real life scenario," said Louis Kurtz, owner of ARFF Specialists, who lead the training. - PUB DATE: 5/24/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau
As of Monday evening, fire officials said a massive fire in the Town of Polk is 85 to 90% contained.
Assistant Fire Chief Brad Schaefer with the Slinger Fire Department said the containment comes after more than 150 firefighters from 45 departments battled the flames for upwards of 24 hours. “We have full-time paid, on-call and volunteer fire departments that are all here working seamlessly together. - PUB DATE: 5/23/2023 12:38:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison
VIDEOS: Firefighters were called to a large fire at Oak Creek Wood Products, located along I-41 in the Town of Polk, south of Slinger on Sunday evening, May 21.
Firefighters were called out around 7:30 p.m. Upon the first deputy’s arrival, a piece of equipment and a mulch pile were found to be actively on fire and spreading quickly in the rear of the business. - PUB DATE: 5/21/2023 11:25:51 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
VIDEO: Some of our local first responders are receiving new support in the form of some ‘puppy love.’
Meet labradoodle brothers Arlo and Stanley, soon to be therapy dogs.
Arlo is Hobart/Lawrence Police Department’s new therapy dog. School Resource Officer Sarah Manning said Arlo will join her at Hemlock Creek Elementary School and out on patrol, but his role will be very different from other K-9's in the department. - PUB DATE: 5/19/2023 10:01:00 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
The Madison Fire Department’s paramedic service is celebrating 50 years of aiding people across the city and pioneering medical work in the field.
“We were the third in the country, and we started at eight weeks of Education or now out to almost a year. It takes time to become a Paramount. So things have progressed,” said former medical director Dr. - PUB DATE: 5/19/2023 5:30:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison
A motorcycle crash happened near 12th and State streets happened at about 7 a.m. Thursday.
The Milwaukee Fire Department told WISN 12 News the motorcycle collided with an ambulance en route to Sinai Medical Center just feet from the hospital. Paramedics were inside the ambulance during the crash treating a critical patient. - PUB DATE: 5/19/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee
The Police and Fire Commission is announcing that a selection has been made for the next Fire Chief of Eau Claire Fire Department.
According to a media release from the City of Eau Claire, the Commission selected Deputy Chief Matthew Jaggar of the Eau Claire Fire Department to become the City’s 22nd Fire Chief. - PUB DATE: 5/18/2023 2:26:33 PM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV NBC 13 Eau Claire
Marshall Volunteer Fire Department
The Marshall Volunteer Fire Department serves the Village of Marshall, Town of York and the Town of Medina. The department was established in 1907.
Frame construction, heated by wood-burning stoves, and lighted by kerosene lamps and other types of open flame, these building and living concepts of the early 20th century were often ravaged by fire. - PUB DATE: 5/18/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: HNG News
The record snowfall recorded in some parts of Northern Wisconsin has melted away, and a lot of spring plants are getting a late start and with a week of warm temperatures, low humidity and increased winds this can cause a problem.
98% percent of wildfires are caused by people that means fires can be prevented. - PUB DATE: 5/18/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander
