The Janesville Fire Department responded to a residential fire Wednesday that sent someone to the hospital.
The department posted on Facebook the fire took place at the second-floor apartment of a multi-family home on Prairie Ave. Firefighters quickly entered the upper apartment, finding and extinguishing a fire that had "engulfed the kitchen. - PUB DATE: 1/12/2023 7:57:00 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison
Multiple crews responded to a fire on the 3300 block of Mid Valley Drive on Thursday morning that caused smoke to cover a section of I-41 south.
Local 5 was on the scene and confirmed that the fire was at the Macht Village Offices, the primary location of Macht Village Programs.
Macht Village Programs assists children and young adults with severe emotional and behavioral problems. - PUB DATE: 1/12/2023 5:58:01 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
The City of Beloit Fire Department reorganized their leadership levels and hired three new battalion chiefs to oversee their own divisions.
From firefighters all the way up the leadership ladder to fire chief, every department is made up of different people with different titles and responsibilities. - PUB DATE: 1/12/2023 5:15:07 PM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison
West Salem firefighters are trading fire hoses for cocktail shakers– and they’re doing it to benefit the kids.
The volunteer fire staff worked behind the Westview Inn bar between 4:30 and 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Every tip they earned went to West Salem School District’s “Random Acts of Kindness” account, which helps support kids from kindergarten to senior year. - PUB DATE: 1/12/2023 3:26:02 AM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse
Altoona and Eau Claire already share ambulance services. Now. a merger between the Eau Claire Fire Department and the Altoona Fire Department may be in the works, and that would mean changes for both departments.
With both cities growing at high rates, the Eau Claire Fire Department and the Altoona Fire Department could soon merge together. - PUB DATE: 1/12/2023 3:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC18 Eau Claire
VIDEO: Firefighters are battling a fire at a business that helps children and young people with emotional and behavioral problems.
The scene is located at Macht Village Programs in the 3300 block of Mid Valley Drive in Lawrence.
A large amount of smoke could be seen from I-41 in Brown County. Drivers called to report the fire. - PUB DATE: 1/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
The Delton Fire Department awarded an elementary school student for creating a plan that helped her family escape a fire.
Lake Delton Elementary School 5k student Charlie Stupinean received the fire department’s first ever Junior Firefighter Award after a fire safety school project saved her and her family from their house fire a week later. - PUB DATE: 1/11/2023 3:49:19 PM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison
Fire destroyed two storied Superior warehouses one bitterly cold day, Jan. 6, 2022 . No one was injured, but Superior Mayor Jim Paine called it “a terrible tragedy for the city.” In this month's podcast, Telegram reporter Maria Lockwood is once again joined by local historian and retired librarian Teddie Meronek as they discuss the history of the Osborne Warehouse and the Twohy Mercantile Building, also know as the Bayside Warehouse, which were built in the 1890s. - PUB DATE: 1/11/2023 1:00:00 PM - SOURCE: Superior Telegram
Tomah Fire Department crews always keep a snow shovel handy.
"We carry shovels in all our trucks," department chief Tim Adler said. "I carry a shovel in my own personal response vehicle."
The shovels are needed to clear fire hydrants. Last month's snowstorm illustrated the challenge firefighters face when response time often includes digging their way to a buried hydrant. - PUB DATE: 1/11/2023 11:30:00 AM - SOURCE: La Crosse Tribune
VIDEO: The city of Marshfield may see a referendum to help fund public safety.
This comes after the police department saw $160,000 cut from its budget, with the fire department needing to add service fees to help with the deficit.
The proposed referendum asks for $1.1 million from taxpayers, to pay for another nine firefighter paramedics and one police officer. - PUB DATE: 1/11/2023 12:14:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau
Firefighters remain at the scene of a massive fire at a Whitewater garbage and recycling collection site, the fire department reported in an update. Teams are expected to remain there, clearing debris and guarding hotspots for the next several days.
In its Tuesday morning statement, the fire department estimated the blaze, which sent smoke and flames towering over the John’s Disposal Services building, did millions of dollars in damage. - PUB DATE: 1/10/2023 12:27:57 PM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison
One person is dead after a fire at a home in Turtle Lake Monday evening.
A 56-year-old man, the owner of the home, and a family pet were found dead after a fire on the 1200 block of 2nd Street in Turtle Lake.
Turtle Lake Fire District said they were called to the structure fire at 5:57 p.m. Monday. - PUB DATE: 1/10/2023 8:29:14 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV NBC 13 Eau Claire
The Green Bay Metro Fire Department is currently working on overhaul operations after fighting a fire in the City of Green Bay.
According to Batallion Chief Mike Vanden Avond, firefighters were called to the 1200 block of Day Street for a report of smoke and flames showing from a residence.
Upon arrival, the units confirmed smoke and quickly extinguished the fire within ten minutes of arriving on the scene. - PUB DATE: 1/10/2023 6:10:16 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
A bus carrying Milwaukee School of Engineering's wrestling team burst into flames Saturday night.
The MSOE team was returning from a tournament in Itasca, Minnesota, when near Rice Lake, Wisconsin, they first heard a tire pop and then noticed a fire. "The maybe 20 seconds it took us to pull over, the flame was about as high as the window was at that time," assistant wrestling coach Sam Rathburn said. - PUB DATE: 1/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee
Milwaukee County saw more than 5,000 overdoses in 2022 and nearly 500 of those were fatal, according to the city’s overdose dashboard.
That’s why the Greenfield Health Department is working to expand access to Narcan in the area. It’s a part of an ongoing initiative save lives amid the overdose epidemic locally and nationwide. - PUB DATE: 1/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News 1
Barbers put down their haircutting tools to learn CPR as part of an effort to bring valuable health information to the community.
A CPR class was given at Gee's Clippers in Milwaukee's Bronzeville neighborhood as part of a collaboration between the barbershop, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin and the Milwaukee Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 1/9/2023 7:49:41 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
The Pittsville Fire Department is joining seven other area departments to help them do their jobs fasts, and the key to their new system, is already in your driveway.
For years, fire departments in rural communities have struggled getting to homes with long driveways, due to their hoses not being long enough, wasting precious time in an emergency situation. - PUB DATE: 1/9/2023 2:11:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau
PHOTOS: Several departments responded to a fire at the trash yard John’s Disposal Services in Whitewater Sunday night. According to a news release from the City of Whitewater, crews responded to John’s Disposal Services at 107 County Highway U a few minutes before 10 p.m. Sunday. Crews found one building fully engulfed in flames. - PUB DATE: 1/9/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee
A scary situation Saturday night, when a coach bus carrying members of the Milwaukee School of Engineering's wrestling team became engulfed in flames in Barron County.
Parents of a sophomore on the team told CBS 58's Ellie Nakamoto-White that the group was heading back to Milwaukee after wrestling in the Northwoods Dual tournament in northern Minnesota. - PUB DATE: 1/9/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
Firefighters by nature of the job are giving to their communities.
Between the long shifts, time away from family and putting out fires, firefighters give of themselves to the communities they serve.
For Brian Rummelhart, a recently retired firefighter, service through his job was not enough.
Outside of his profession, over the past 31 years Rummelhart has committed to serving the Kenosha community by assisting the Kenosha Firefighter CARE group, mentoring students at Hillcrest School, delivering Meals on Wheels, competing in charity runs and even appearing as Spiderman for birthday parties and other events free of charge. - PUB DATE: 1/8/2023 7:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News
