The city's fire chief is set to retire next month according to a resolution heading before the Finance & Personnel Committee in April.
According to the resolution, Fire Chief Ken Gilliam informed the Police and Fire Commission that he intends to retire on Friday, April 15.
The resolution was short-circuited by Mayor Mitch Reynolds to authorize the La Crosse Common Council to appoint an interim chief effective the day after Gilliam's retirement. - PUB DATE: 3/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: La Crosse Tribune - Metered Site
PHOTOS: A semi-trailer closed parts of I-90 in southern Wisconsin after it caught fire and exposed an overpass to ‘significant’ heat damage.
According to the Beloit Fire Department, on March 22 around 3:45 a.m. crews responded to a semi that was on fire on I-90 southbound. The highway at the time was backed up. - PUB DATE: 3/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
Intense body cam footage captured the moments one of two deputies fell through the ice on a lake in Barron County Sunday.
Two deputies with the Barron County Sheriff's Department were attempting a rescue after reports that a snowmobiler, now identified as 38-year-old Matt Ludvik of Menomonie, had fallen through the ice on Prairie Lake. - PUB DATE: 3/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire
PHOTO: Fire crews in Columbia County fought a barn fire near Pardeeville Wednesday night.
Dispatchers at the Columbia County Sheriff's Office say the fire started at a property near Vaughn Road and Larson Road around 7:45 p.m.
- PUB DATE: 3/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison
On Saturday multiple area emergency response agencies — including Kansasville Fire & Rescue, Town of Paris Fire & Rescue, Rochester Volunteer Fire Co., Wind Lake Volunteer Fire Co. and the Racine Fire Bells — conducted a live-fire training.
The building burned down here has a Kansasville address, 975 224th Ave. - PUB DATE: 3/23/2022 3:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Journal Times
No injuries are reported after a fire west of Cadott started while making maple syrup.
Just after 3:00 p.m., people driving nearby on highway 29 spotted the flames and called 911 to report it. According to the Chippewa Fire District, the homeowner on 45th avenue in the Town of Lafayette was distilling maple syrup. - PUB DATE: 3/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV NBC/CW+ Eau Claire
VIDEO: The Cambridge Volunteer Fire Department announced the passing of Second Assistant Chief Randy North on Facebook on Saturday.
The Cambridge community celebrated North with one final drive through town. He was transported from the medical examiner to the funeral home, going on a route around the fire department and through downtown Cambridge. - PUB DATE: 3/22/2022 9:31:18 PM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison
There is an urgent need for public safety workers in rural Wisconsin, according to state officials. Many rural rescue operations in Wisconsin are on the brink of shutting down due to a lack of staff and funding to keep going.
It's the shortage is a problem that leaves our most vulnerable without enough emergency medical staff to help them when they need it most. - PUB DATE: 3/22/2022 6:45:51 PM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay
Officials are working to determine the cause of a fire after it blazed through a Dane County residence Monday night.
The Dane County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded around 7:40 p.m. to the fire on Appleby Circle in the Village of Mazomanie.
Firefighters stated no one was home at the time of the fire in the single-occupancy home. - PUB DATE: 3/22/2022 6:36:28 PM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison
VIDEO/PHOTOS: No injuries were reported Tuesday morning after a tractor-trailer erupted into flames along southbound I-39/90, outside of Beloit, the city’s fire department reported.
In a Facebook post, the fire department shared photographs showing the still burning skeleton of the semi as firefighters continued getting it under control. - PUB DATE: 3/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC/CW+ 15 Madison
One person died when an Ashland home went up in flames Monday night.
According to the Ashland Fire Chief, crews got the call about the single-family house fire near 14th St. W. and Beaser Avenue around 10:27 p.m. Monday.
Firefighters arrived five minutes later and had the fire, which was contained to one room, extinguished by 10:42 p. - PUB DATE: 3/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
High school students in the Dells area will have fire training and certification available to them starting this fall.
The Wisconsin Dells School District, in conjunction with Delton Fire Department and Kilbourn Fire Department, is offering a specialized introductory fire fighting course every other Wednesday, starting in the 2022-23 school year at Wisconsin Dells High School. - PUB DATE: 3/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Dells Events
State Highway 146 has reopened south of Cambria in Columbia County after an earlier grass fire, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
The road was closed just after 4 p.m. and fully reopened just after 6:30 p.m., WisDOT said.
A Columbia County dispatcher said the closure was between County Highways A and G. - PUB DATE: 3/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
An electrical fire in a Sheboygan residence caused an estimated $35,000 in damages, and left one without a home.
According to the Sheboygan Fire Department, on March 21 around 3 a.m., crews responded to a reported fire in the 1800 block of Saemann Avenue. Crews found a small haze of smoke on the second floor and the attic when they arrived. - PUB DATE: 3/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
The Cambridge Volunteer Fire Department is mourning the death of Second Assistant Chief Randy North.
In a Facebook post Saturday the fire department announced North’s death, saying the crew is “beyond saddened.”
According to the fire department, North served with CFD for 24 years. He was also a driver for the Cambridge Area Emergency Medical Service and involved with the Jefferson County Firefighters and Chief’s Associations. - PUB DATE: 3/20/2022 10:05:25 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC/CW+ 15 Madison
Carbon monoxide levels in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee dorm where a gas leak sent 17 people to the hospital hit dangerously high levels, a police report obtained by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel shows.
The Milwaukee Fire Department registered readings in excess of 190 parts per million upon arriving at the Cambridge Commons dorm after arriving on scene at about 10:20 p. - PUB DATE: 3/19/2022 5:27:32 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Metered Site
Chris P. Carbon was selected as the next Madison Fire Chief, according to release from the City of Madison Board of Police and Fire Commissioners (PFC) this Friday.
According to the PFC, Carbon is a lifelong Madisonian, having attended Madison West High School, as well as graduating from the UW-Madison with a Bachelor of Science degree. - PUB DATE: 3/18/2022 2:46:00 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison
A heat lamp sparked a fire in Casco Thursday, according to officials.
At 1 p.m., the Luxemburg Community Fire Department responded to a fire at a home at County Road E in the Town of Casco. It required mutual aid.
Firefighters arrived to find flames and smoke coming from a two-story farmhouse.
The homeowner escaped without injury. - PUB DATE: 3/18/2022 10:09:30 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
A vehicle broke through the ice on Lake Winnebago in Fond du Lac Thursday evening, and crews are warning people that the ice is not safe at this time.
At 6:57 p.m., Fond du Lac Fire Rescue, police and deputies responded to Lakeside Park for a report of a vehicle through the ice. It was near the Garden Drive landing area, about a quarter mile from shoreline. - PUB DATE: 3/18/2022 7:13:25 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
In Wisconsin, where people frequent outdoor recreation such as hiking, kayaking, horseback riding, snowmobiling, biking or all-terrain vehicle riding, such activities don’t always come without injury.
The Caledonia Fire Department has had incidents where people have injured themselves while off the main roads, but the department wasn’t as fully equipped as it could’ve been to best serve these people. - PUB DATE: 3/18/2022 4:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Journal Times - Metered Site
