Grand Chute’s fire chief is retiring after more than four decades of service in public safety, including the last 15 years as fire chief.
Timothy Bantes will retire effective July 6. He also served as the Town of Grand Chute’s emergency manager during crises such as severe storms and the Fox River Mall shooting. - PUB DATE: 5/24/2022 8:50:11 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
On Tuesday May 24, 2022 at approximately 12:31 a.m. the Washington County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a residential fire in the 3400 block of North Shore Drive in the Village of Richfield. The initial caller on scene reported the rear deck of the residence was on fire and that flames and smoke were visible. - PUB DATE: 5/24/2022 2:55:34 AM - SOURCE: Washington County Insider
According to the Bloomer fire chief, a fire broke out at a farm on 130th Street just after 1: 30 p.m. Monday.
There were no injuries, but the fire destroyed a pole barn and shed. Several pieces of farm equipment and a vehicle were also destroyed as a result of of the blaze.
It took firefighters roughly an hour to get the fire under control. - PUB DATE: 5/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire
Firefighters and farmers have different jobs, but both face risks as part of their everyday duties. These shared risks are why the National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, operates the Agriculture Rescue Training program.
“The severity of incidents on farms is such that they may be low frequency, but when they happen, they are high risk,” said Casper Bendixsen, National Farm Medicine Center director. - PUB DATE: 5/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Stevens Point Journal - Metered Site
A Medford couple fought and killed a 120-pound adult female black bear that broke into their home on Friday night, injuring both of them.
The attack was reported at 11:11 p.m. Friday on Castle Road in the town of Medford, according to the Taylor County Sheriff's Office.
When deputies and emergency services got to the home, they found the injured homeowners and their children, who had been asleep at the time of the attack and were unharmed, the sheriff's office said. - PUB DATE: 5/23/2022 6:03:23 AM - SOURCE: Marshfield News-Herald
A fire on Milwaukee's north side left dozens of people without a place to sleep Saturday night, May 21. The Red Cross was able to put up some residents at their downtown office for the night before a shelter was opened Sunday.
The fire happened after the Red Cross spent the weekend installing hundreds of smoke alarms on Milwaukee's south side. - PUB DATE: 5/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
Firefighters responded to a local family restaurant shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday morning.
Crews were at Red Coal BBQ on North Clairemont Avenue for a kitchen fire. Officials with the Eau Claire Fire Department said they forcibly entered the building after heavy smoke was seen upon arrival.
They worked to extinguish the fire so it did not spread beyond the kitchen, but there was heavy smoke throughout the restaurant. - PUB DATE: 5/22/2022 5:59:00 AM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire
Fireman’s Park in Campbellsport was vandalized for a third time this year, this time in the woman’s bathroom.
But unlike the previous incidents, responsibility for the vandalism has been accepted.
A number of Parents and children confessed to local authorities regarding the vandalism.
In a social media post issued Thursday the Campbellsport Police Department said many tips were given, followed by parents bringing their children in and advising the Department that they had been involved in the vandalism. - PUB DATE: 5/20/2022 3:38:07 AM - SOURCE: KFIZ-AM 1450 Fond du Lac
Three civilian workers and three firefighters were injured in a massive explosion and fire Thursday at a construction company in Waukesha County.
The explosion and fire started shortly before 8 a.m. at Summerset Marine Construction on Chapman Lane in Eagle. No deaths were reported.
Two workers were taken to the hospital, one with serious injuries. - PUB DATE: 5/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee
The city's newest fire chief has a long history with the fire service.
Chief Todd Eckes officially took the oath of office Tuesday evening during the Wisconsin Rapids Common Council meeting. He had been interim fire chief since former Chief Scott Young's retirement in October. The Wisconsin Rapids Police and Fire Commission named him as the new fire chief on May 2. - PUB DATE: 5/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Yahoo News
A huge fire set off by an explosion is burning at a marine construction company in southeast Wisconsin.
There was no immediate word on whether anyone was injured Thursday at Summerset Marine Construction in the small Waukesha County community of Eagle, about 35 miles southwest of Milwaukee. Kettle Moraine Fire District administrative assistant Janine Conk says an explosion touched off the fire. - PUB DATE: 5/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee
VIDEO: A group of 12 balloon artists from around the United States gathered in Omro to create a life-sized fire truck out of balloons.
Artists began working on the project on Monday, where they made the truck and other minor details. On Wednesday, the group unveiled the finished product inside the Omro Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 5/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
In the last 150 years, Wisconsin has been the site of some of the most extreme fires and land-use changes in United States history.
Settlers cleared forests, erased prairies, and wetlands, and shaped the land to provide livelihoods for farmers. Over time land management practices of Native Americans were pushed aside and forgotten. - PUB DATE: 5/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
The fire service has been a part of Fire Chief J.B. Moody's entire life.
Moody, 42, grew up in Nekoosa, and his father was a volunteer firefighter and paramedic for the Nekoosa Fire Department.
"It's been something around our household forever," Moody said.
Moody had originally planned to be a flight nurse or an anesthetist, but he went into the United States Air Force and, about three years into nursing school, he was deployed overseas shortly after the Sept. - PUB DATE: 5/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Stevens Point Journal - Metered Site
Gateway Technical College is hosting a new Junior EMS/Fire Summer Camp from June 20 through 22. Gateway’s three-day schedule allows for flexibility for students. Want to know what it’s like to be a firefighter or an EMT? Embark on this new opportunity to learn and use the skills of this trade. Get the chance to interact with axes, hoses, and extrication equipment. - PUB DATE: 5/18/2022 10:22:37 AM - SOURCE: Racine County Eye
De Pere Fire Rescue quickly extinguished a house fire Tuesday.
Firefighters were dispatched to a 2.5-story, wood-frame single-family home at 437 North Superior Street around 3:45 p.m., according to Battalion chief Brett Jansen.
They found smoke venting out of the first-floor window.
De Pere Police confirmed all two residents self-evacuated. - PUB DATE: 5/17/2022 3:54:02 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says the fire danger across Wisconsin is starting to go down, but most of our counties are still listed as a “high” risk. While the ground is greening up, the danger is not gone just yet.
There was a brush fire on the Fox Valley Technical College campus Tuesday, but it was intentionally set. - PUB DATE: 5/17/2022 2:38:30 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
Milwaukee firefighters battled a two-alarm house fire near 34th and Lisbon on Monday morning, May 16. The fire ended up spreading to another home. Initially, FOX6 News learned one person was unaccounted for. Authorities said the condition of the home was not stable for them to enter when they first arrived. - PUB DATE: 5/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
The Sheboygan County Hazmat team was called to Blue Harbor Resort after an employee came across fumes coming from the pool filtration room.
The Sheboygan Fire Department says on May 16 around 12:30 p.m., crews were sent to Blue Harbor Resort for a possible Hazmat leak in the area of the pool filtration room. - PUB DATE: 5/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
VIDEO: South Area Fire District now has a hovercraft to add to its arsenal.
The cost was around $60,000, and it weighs more than 400 pounds.
It will be commonly used for rescues on bodies of water. but can operate on most surfaces.
The hovercraft is not in circulation yet because a lot of training is required before anyone can perform a rescue with it. - PUB DATE: 5/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau
