The Village of Hartland is mourning six people who died Friday morning after an apartment building was intentionally set on fire.
The Hartland police chief said it's now a criminal investigation. The six killed in Friday's apartment fire that took place in Hartland were identified as being from the same family. - PUB DATE: 10/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
Three businesses were left damaged Sunday after a fire in downtown Brodhead.
Crews were sent to the 1000 block of 1st Center Avenue at around 3:25 p.m. after multiple callers reported a fire. Police said that there were people living above one of the businesses, but they were able to get out safely. - PUB DATE: 10/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
A Sunday fire at Mr. G's Supper Club in Sturgeon Bay caused Wisconsin Highway 57, from between Loritz and Jorns roads, to be closed for about five hours, according to the Door County Sheriff's Office.
The fire was reported to the Door Country Dispatch Center shortly before 12:15 p.m., Sergeant Thomas Lemke said. - PUB DATE: 10/23/2022 8:06:43 PM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette - Metered Site
According to a press release from Chippewa Falls Fire Chief Lee Douglas, the fire occurred in the upstairs apartments in the rear Every Buddy's Bar and Grill.
Officials said just after 1 p.m., flames and heavy smoke were reported coming from the apartments. The fire was contained in under an hour, but displaced four tenants, who are being assisted by the American Red Cross. - PUB DATE: 10/23/2022 4:40:00 AM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire
Door County firefighters rescued a woman who had fallen down a cliff at Peninsula State Park on Saturday, Oct 22.
A Facebook post from Gibraltar Fire and Rescue detailed what happened. When the firefighters arrived on the scene, they realized additional resources were needed to extract the woman from her location successfully. - PUB DATE: 10/22/2022 5:00:00 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
Emergency crews are on the scene of a home explosion in the village of Oregon.
Dane County Dispatch told our sister station 27 News crews responded to the 800 block of Oregon Parks Avenue. Oregon Fire Chief Glen Linzmeier said they responded after public works employees notified them of an explosion around 8:30 a. - PUB DATE: 10/21/2022 7:18:00 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 9 Madison
Around $15,000 worth of damage was caused after a fire started in an Allouez resident’s kitchen.
According to a release from the Green Bay Metro Fire Department, crews were sent to the 2000 block of Woodrow Way for a report of a kitchen fire.
After arriving on the scene, firefighters from Station 8 were able to contain the fire in under five minutes. - PUB DATE: 10/21/2022 2:58:34 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV & WJMN-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
PHOTO/VIDEO: A press conference is being held regarding a fire in Hartland on Friday morning in a four-family apartment building that has been confirmed to kill seven individuals.
Responders, including 15 fire departments and nine police departments responded, attempted to save individuals.
Officials at the scene confirmed seven fatalities and said that the fire is an active criminal investigation. - PUB DATE: 10/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
Fire departments throughout Wisconsin will soon have the chance to safely dispose of firefighting foam containing toxic "forever chemicals" free of charge.
The Department of Natural Resources announced the beginning of its foam collection program, which received $1 million in funding from the current state budget. - PUB DATE: 10/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wausau Daily Herald - Metered Site
When it comes to fighting wildfires, every minute matters. This year, a team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison launched a system that can help detect them and alert NASA in just a matter of seconds. “This particular system that works with these satellites, our system is the only one that I know of in the United States that’s operating right now,” said Liam Gumley, UW Distinguished Scientist. - PUB DATE: 10/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
If it’s approved by voters, Moraine Park Technical College’s $55-million-dollar referendum could bring a new fire training facility to Dodge County. College President Bonnie Baerwald detailed the project during a recent appearance in WBEV’s Community Comment.
“It will be about a 14,000-square foot addition…it would give us the opportunity to train not only firefighters but EMS/paramedics and a brand new fire/medic program that we are looking to roll out next fall,” says Baerwald. - PUB DATE: 10/20/2022 10:10:00 PM - SOURCE: WBEV-FM 95.3 Beaver Dam
Pierce Manufacturing, Inc. announced Wednesday its zero-emissions pumper has won the "Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin" competition for 2022.
The Pierce Volterra Electric Fire Truck received tens of thousands of votes. Pierce, an Oshkosh Corporation company based in Appleton, was among 16 finalists in this year's competition. - PUB DATE: 10/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee
Sheriff's investigators in Wisconsin are willing to forgo any possible underage drinking violations in order to get more information about a bonfire explosion that injured more than a dozen people, including some critically, officials said Tuesday.
The Shawano County Sheriff's Office says as many as 40 current and former Pulaski High School students were at the bonfire Friday night in the Town of Maple Grove, which is about 25 miles (40. - PUB DATE: 10/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCCO-TV CBS 4 Minneapolis
After a three year hiring freeze, the Madison Fire Department is accepting applications for full-time firefighters and EMTs, no longer requiring applicants to have U.S. Citizenship. According to a news release by the City of Madison Fire Department, "in spirit of inclusion and accessibility," this year's process will incorporate new approaches throughout the hiring process to minimize barriers that previously limited people from applying, like time constraints, and also adapting to a "changing economic and technological landscape since the Covid-19 pandemic. - PUB DATE: 10/19/2022 4:30:00 PM - SOURCE: Madison.com
Training is expanding for firefighters in Central Wisconsin.
Mid-State Technical College partnered with the Adams Fire District to establish a new fire training center in Adams.
The ten year long agreement will also fund the installation of new equipment, including a splash pad for ladder training, and burn towers. - PUB DATE: 10/19/2022 5:40:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau
A new device is being used by local first responders to help save lives, and it's name is LUCAS.
The LUCAS device is a machine that delivers chest compressions so that paramedics can perform other life-saving tasks. Smaller departments rely on LUCAS since they are struggling with staff shortages, and it allows one paramedic to do the job of two. - PUB DATE: 10/19/2022 2:02:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau
Three duck hunters assisted in rescuing two 23-year-olds who were clinging to their capsized boat on the Wisconsin River near Bukolt Park in Stevens Point on Tuesday morning.
At 5:55 a.m. Portage County Communications center received a dispatch call of a capsized boat in the Wisconsin River near Bukolt Park. - PUB DATE: 10/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSAU-AM 520 Wausau
VIDEO: The neighbors of a man who was asleep when his house started on fire on Tuesday was rescued by two neighbors who entered the home and alerted the resident that the house was on fire.
According to a press release from the Beaver Dam Fire Department, dispatch received the report of a fire at 414 E. - PUB DATE: 10/18/2022 3:30:00 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
A fire in Sheboygan County caused moderate damage to a two-story home on Monday evening.
Around 7:30 p.m., the Sheboygan County Emergency Communications Center received a 911 call from a homeowner on the W3000 block of County Road V in the town of Lima.
The homeowner explained to dispatch of a chimney fire. - PUB DATE: 10/18/2022 4:16:05 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV & WJMN-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
The Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department was reaccredited for a third time by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International.
Taking place every five years, the accreditation process looks at the department and its programs as a whole but it also requires documentation and sitting before the accreditation board. - PUB DATE: 10/18/2022 12:23:00 AM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 La Crosse
