About 20 firefighters responded to a report of a structure fire on S. Sixth St. Friday night.
The fire department says the address on the 700-block was a two-story wood-frame house, but they found the fire was in a detached garage. The garage was already heavily involved when firefighters arrived. They knocked the fire out quickly, but the garage, including the owner’s vehicle inside, was a total loss. - PUB DATE: 4/9/2022 7:30:14 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
PHOTOS: Where were you on the night of March 25, 1962?
If you were in the city of Manitowoc on that cold spring morning, you most likely remember what Fire Chief James Danielson called “The biggest and most spectacular fire ever in Manitowoc.”
It was just around midnight when a fireman looked out a window of the old Franklin Street station and saw flames coming from Elevator B, formerly owned by the Northern Grain Company, which was four blocks away. - PUB DATE: 4/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Herald Times Reporter - Metered Site
The West Bend Firefighters provided a Facebook post Thursday to “shine a spotlight” on Fire Station 2, 901 N. River Road.
There have been recent studies that have suggested demolishing Fire Station 2 and its future status remains uncertain, but this post suggests a decision for its future is coming soon. - PUB DATE: 4/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Washington County Daily News
The new leader of the City of Madison Fire Department spoke to city residents about his priorities and goals Thursday.
Chief Chris Carbon is a Madison-native and talked about his love for serving the people of this city.
“When we take off the badges, and we put the red trucks away, and we boil things down, we are truly an organization of people to serve people people,” Carbon said. - PUB DATE: 4/7/2022 7:42:24 PM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC15 Madison
A 14-year-old boy is accused of arson after allegedly setting a wall sign on fire Tuesday afternoon at Madison Memorial High School, police report.
Madison Police Department officers arrived at the high school around 1:25 p.m. for the case.
Video footage allegedly showed the boy using a lighter to set a plastic placard attached to a classroom door on fire. - PUB DATE: 4/6/2022 4:19:27 PM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison
Firefighters found two people dead after responding to a suspicious fire on Rangeline Road in the town of Day, near Stratford.
The Stratford Fire Department responded shortly after 6 a.m. Wednesday to a report of a fire at a home in the 205000 block of Rangeline Road, according to the Marathon County Sheriff's Office. - PUB DATE: 4/6/2022 10:08:31 AM - SOURCE: Wausau Daily Herald
PHOTOS: A car crashed into a Hartland salon Tuesday morning, April 5 around 10:25 a.m.
According to the fire department, the driver was initially trapped inside the car with unknown injuries – but was able to get out on their own. The driver's injuries were unclear; they declined transport to the hospital. - PUB DATE: 4/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
Voters approved a $1.6 million referendum that would allow the village to increase its tax levy by $1.6 million to hire 16 new public safety employees, firefighters and police officers, next year.
On Tuesday night, the public safety referendum was favored 2,370 to 2,199, according to completed, but unofficial, vote tallies. - PUB DATE: 4/5/2022 7:45:00 PM - SOURCE: The Journal Times - Metered Site
Recently diagnosed with cancer, a Grand Chute firefighter is in the fight of his life. His fire service family and community doing all they can to support him and his young family.
Twenty-seven year old Brad Siewert and his wife, Hailie, welcomed son, Ivan, two months ago. But, it was the news they received a month before their son was born that changed their lives. - PUB DATE: 4/5/2022 1:59:28 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
After about four years of planning, firefighters at Station 1 will move into their new living quarters on Friday. The $2.7 million addition and renovation will provide a safer, better workspace for firefighters and a better response time to emergencies.
The small, almost apartment-sized kitchen that had served the station will be replaced by a new institutional-style kitchen with a large island, window and storage space to house enough supplies to take care of a group of hungry firefighters. - PUB DATE: 4/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Rapids Tribune - Metered SIte
A hazardous materials crew responded to an apartment building in Monona Monday evening after first responders found a body inside, officials said.
In a news release, the city’s police department said first responders were called to an apartment in the 300 block of Owen Road for a report of a dead person inside an apartment. - PUB DATE: 4/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
No injuries have been reported in a Portage County house fire Monday night.
The fire happened on Jordan Rd in the Town of Hull around 11:30 p.m. Monday.
Officials with the Portage County Sheriff’s Office said the house is destroyed. Several crews responded to the fire including Wisconsin Public Service. - PUB DATE: 4/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
One person is dead after a house fire Monday morning.
At 10:06 a.m. Monday, a caller reported a house fire in Saratoga, according to the Wood County Sheriff's Office. When firefighters arrived on scene, they found a single-family house on fire.
Fire crews found a victim inside the home as they attempted to control the fire, according to the Sheriff's Office. - PUB DATE: 4/4/2022 2:34:02 PM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune
La Crosse Fire Chief Ken Gilliam is getting ready for his next assignment–in sunny Arizona.
Gilliam, who will be on La Crosse Talk PM at 5 p.m. Wednesday, told WIZM that he’ll become the chief of the Avondale, Ari., fire department in the Phoenix area next month.
He said the step up to a larger department is bittersweet, because he feels much has been accomplished during his five years in La Crosse. - PUB DATE: 4/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WIZM-AM 1410 La Crosse
Two chicks and a cat were rescued after a fire broke out in a Janesville home’s basement Sunday morning.
According to the Janesville Fire Department, first responders were dispatched to Jefferson Avenue at around 9:30 a.m. for report of a possible basement fire.
Once on scene, firefighters located the fire, and though a houseline was stretched, the fire was taken under control with a water can and did not expand to other parts of the house. - PUB DATE: 4/3/2022 10:00:13 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison
A fire broke out in a Kohl’s Department Store in Janesville on Friday, causing an evacuation.
According to the Janesville Police Department, the fire started in the bedding section of the store, which is located on 2500 Milton Avenue.
After investigating the incident, the JPD believe that the fire was intentional. - PUB DATE: 4/2/2022 12:16:57 PM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison
Aportion of a Union Pacific train northbound through Kenosha County caught fire and had to be stopped in the Village of Somers to extinguish the blaze Saturday morning.
Firefighters and emergency personnel responded to the incident around 10:40 a.m. as reports of a fire in the train’s caboose were radioed from the train operator in the Village of Pleasant Prairie. - PUB DATE: 4/2/2022 11:30:00 AM - SOURCE: Lake Geneva News
It would be misleading to say that Waupun is looking forward to an emergency, but many are eager to join the Integrated Emergency Management Course (IEMC) scheduled for April 25 through April 28.
The event will give emergency personnel a chance to enact a crisis as a dry run to something that all hope will never happen. - PUB DATE: 4/2/2022 9:30:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin News - Metered Site
Madison’s fire chief hung up his helmet Friday as he retired after more than 32 years of service.
Chief Steven Davis was Madison’s eleventh career fire chief and said firefighting has been a true calling for him, according to a blog post by the City of Madison Fire Department.
“It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do,” Davis said. - PUB DATE: 4/1/2022 2:17:44 PM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison
Fallen heroes from the Fox Valley are being honored in a special way.
On Thursday, the Appleton Fire Department announced that they have updated their line-of-duty death display, located at Fire Station #1.
The display contains four plaques and a banner featuring members of the department who have passed while in the line of duty. - PUB DATE: 4/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
