The Beaver Dam Fire Department recently received a grant from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. The agency is getting $10,000 from the Forest Fire Protection grant program which is available to state fire departments and county fire associations.
The money, along with funds from the Beaver Dam Community Fire and Rescue Association, will help the Beaver Dam Fire Department replace its 2003-year model UTV and skid unit. - PUB DATE: 10/31/2022 10:30:00 PM - SOURCE: WBEV-FM 95.3 Beaver Dam
Door County now has almost twice as many chances to help save the lives of people experiencing a cardiac episode because of the Door County Fire Chiefs Association's Defibs4DoorCounty fundraising campaign.
The campaign, which started in February and ran through Labor Day, raised $79,898 and combined those funds with a $75,000 challenge grant from an anonymous donor for a total of nearly $155,000. - PUB DATE: 10/31/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Green Bay Gazette - Metered Site
A man and a boy died at the scene of an early morning apartment fire Sunday in Kenosha, according to authorities.
Kenosha Police and Fire department personnel responded to the fire just after 1 a.m. that was discovered in a building in the 4900 block of 36th Avenue, according to a release from the Kenosha Police Department. - PUB DATE: 10/30/2022 1:30:00 PM - SOURCE: The Journal Times Online
Two individuals were taken to a local hospital after a duplex fire in Beloit Friday night.
The City of Beloit Fire Department responded to a duplex fire on the 700 block of Moore Street around 7:15 p.m. and additional fire departments from the surrounding area assisted.
Fire officials reported one resident and a responding firefighter were taken to a local hospital. - PUB DATE: 10/30/2022 11:40:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison
The Western Youth Fire Fighter Training Program runs into it's second year. In a joint program between the Onalaska Fire Department and Western Technical College, high school students from around the Coulee Region got hands on training Saturday morning. A class of 13 students spent time getting familiar with firefighting equipment. - PUB DATE: 10/29/2022 10:07:00 PM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse
Multiple agencies battled a large fire at a house in Lake Delton on Saturday night.
According to a news release from Lake Delton Police Chief Daniel Hardman, the fire at 940 Parkway Drive happened just after 9:00 p.m.
Crews arrived to find the house fully engulfed with flames.
Hardman says everyone was out of the house by the time crews arrived on scene. - PUB DATE: 10/29/2022 8:57:00 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison
The Ettrick Fire Department hosts a number of fundraisers throughout the year. Recently, they received a couple of large donations that helped them purchase hydraulic jaws of life equipment. The jaws of life are used to pry apart vehicles after a car accident in order to reach the passengers inside.
Ettrick Fire Chief Dennis Bishop said his crew has already used the new tool at a time when every second counted. - PUB DATE: 10/29/2022 1:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse
This election, the Village of Holmen and Town of Holland are asking residents to approve a public safety referendum to fund police and fire-EMS.
In this segment of “How it Works,” News 8 Now’s Ken Kosirowski explores the budgetary constraints that make municipalities turn to the ballot to maintain critical services. - PUB DATE: 10/28/2022 1:46:02 AM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse
State Representative Katrina Shankland (D-Stevens Point) joined members of the Portage County EMS Association last night at the association’s annual awards banquet in Plover. She was honored with the President Award in recognition of her bipartisan efforts to introduce and pass 2021 Wisconsin Act 115 into law. - PUB DATE: 10/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Politics
A ‘large’ warehouse fire in downtown Manitowoc affected traffic early Wednesday morning, and the Manitowoc Fire Rescue Department is thanking all those who assisted.
In a Facebook post by the Manitowoc Fire Rescue Department, it states, “Fires of this size max out a department’s resources quickly and assistance from our neighbors is greatly appreciated. - PUB DATE: 10/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
A fire Wednesday night, Oct. 26, caused $40,000 in damage at a home on Queens Street, according to Sun Prairie Fire Chief Chris Garrison.
At 4:07 p.m., Garrison said, Sun Prairie Fire, Police, and EMS responded to the report of a structure fire on the 200 block of Queens Street.
Garrison said the home's residents arrived home, opened the door, realized the house was filled with smoke, and called 911. - PUB DATE: 10/27/2022 3:45:00 PM - SOURCE: Cambridge News & Deerfield Independent
Three people in Wisconsin were taken into custody after a woman allegedly set her ex-boyfriend’s vehicle on fire, which led to a confrontation.
According to a release, around 3:30 a.m. on October 23, Madison Police Department responded to the 400 block of Parkwood Lane for a report of a vehicle on fire. - PUB DATE: 10/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
A two-vehicle crash sent two people to local hospitals, after a pickup truck and a minivan collided in Outagamie County.
According to a release from the Outagamie County Sheriff’s Office, the incident happened around 7:40 a.m. on Wednesday at the intersection of WIS 54 and French Road in the Town of Osborn. - PUB DATE: 10/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
VIDEO: Crews battled a fire at a large commercial building used for storage in Manitowoc.
The scene is located at 102 Revere Drive. Part of S 21st Street is blocked near the fire.
No one was inside the building when the fire broke out.
At about 3:17 a.m., dispatchers received a 911 call reporting fire at the building. - PUB DATE: 10/26/2022 3:42:17 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
The six people found dead after an apartment fire in a southern Wisconsin village last week had been shot in an apparent case of murder-suicide, according to police.
The bodies of a couple and their four children were found early Friday after firefighters were called to their burning apartment in Hartland. - PUB DATE: 10/26/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Greater Milwaukee Today
A flammable ink product was found leaking from a truck trailer Monday evening on Interstate 41 just south of Fond du Lac, according to city of Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue.
Law enforcement noticed a semi truck trailer leaking a liquid from underneath the cargo doors as the semi was traveling around 8:30 p. - PUB DATE: 10/25/2022 8:29:54 AM - SOURCE: Fond Du Lac Reporter
Officials in Oregon are providing new details into their response to a home explosion last Friday, and how much damage is left behind.
Fire Chief Glenn Linzmeier said, in a release, 16 fire departments and four EMS agencies came to assist in a duplex explosion that damaged three homes but hurt no one. - PUB DATE: 10/24/2022 10:54:00 PM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse
VIDEO: A daring rescue off a cliff at Peninsula State Park in Door County this weekend saved a woman’s life.
She was in stable condition Monday after the difficult task of getting her safely off the cliff.
Multiple agencies responded to make this rescue mission a success.
Video shared by the Gibraltar Fire Department is just a glimpse of the treacherous rescue at the park in Door County after a 32-year-old woman fell from a parking lot on top of Eagle Bluff, landing on a ledge about 50 feet below. - PUB DATE: 10/24/2022 8:35:33 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
VIDEO: Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski joined Wisconsin’s Afternoon News and said calls to crashes involving reckless driving are taking a toll on his firefighters. Lipski also noted the impact on regular people as well.
“Many times, the ones in real trouble were not the ones driving recklessly,” he said. - PUB DATE: 10/24/2022 7:37:51 PM - SOURCE: WTMJ-AM 620 Milwaukee
The six people found dead after an apartment fire in the village of Hartland Friday likely died in a murder-suicide incident.
Hartland Police Chief Torin Misko said during a press conference Monday evening that all victims had one gunshot wound. He said Connor McKisick, who was a father and stepfather to the four kids, had a self-inflicted gunshot wound. - PUB DATE: 10/24/2022 4:52:32 PM - SOURCE: Wausau Daily Herald
