The City of La Crosse claims products containing PFAS chemicals caused contamination of public and private wells in a lawsuit filed against nearly two dozen chemical companies on Thursday.
The suit filed by Milwaukee-based law firm Crueger Dickinson and firm Napoli Shkolnik in La Crosse County Circuit Court alleges that cities like La Crosse used aqueous firefighting foams (AFFF) that contained perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) for decades without any knowledge of the harmful effects the chemicals pose to public health. - PUB DATE: 3/4/2021 3:07:43 PM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Public Radio
A $75,000 donation from an anonymous donor helped the Twin Lakes Fire Department and Rescue Squad purchase 22 new self-contained breathing apparatus packs.
Fire Chief Stan Clause said the donation was made in honor of former department member Johan Kjellander, who died in March 2020.
Kjellander was a member of the department for 65 years, where he served as a rescue squad captain. - PUB DATE: 3/4/2021 1:45:30 PM - SOURCE: Kenosha News - Metered Site
The Neillsville Fire Department responded to a chimney fire this morning.
According to Neillsville’s Fire Chief, they received a call about a chimney fire around 5:29am at W5299 Bob White Road in the Township of Weston. The fire was contained to the chimney and there was no structural damage to the home. - PUB DATE: 3/4/2021 12:29:05 PM - SOURCE: WCCN-FM 107.5
We’re not supposed to forget our heroes. But 25 years ago, the heroes themselves, the ones that helped save the city of Weyauwega, they couldn’t wait to forget.
A train derailment, 469,000 gallons of burning propane, and 14 days wondering if this day would be their last; they didn’t want to be heroes anymore. - PUB DATE: 3/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News
It's a good thing, and maybe even a refreshing change, when one arm of local government reaches out to praise another.
That's what happened Wednesday, March 3, all in the name of fire safety.
"Let's make something positive. Let's make something that will actually have an impact on prevention."
Acting Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski held a news conference to publicly thank a group of volunteers led by Alderwoman JoCasta Zamarripa. - PUB DATE: 3/3/2021 6:46:42 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
Western Technical College has lots of space at its Sparta campus and is taking steps to utilize it.
The college announced that work on a $4.7 million remodeling and expansion of the Public Safety Training Facility will begin later this spring.
The project will accommodate the move of Western’s Emergency Medical Service training program from downtown La Crosse to the Sparta campus located in the Monroe County town of Angelo. - PUB DATE: 3/3/2021 5:34:42 PM - SOURCE: Lacrosse Tribune
The Racine Fire Department responded to a duplex fire near Pierce and Russet just before 5 a.m. Wednesday, March 3.
Fire officials say all 12 occupants escape the two units prior to the arrival of firefighters.
Officials say those first on scene discovered a small fire near the front entrance.
Racine fire officials say the fire was fought by 20 firefighters, staffing three fire engines, one truck, one quint, and one ambulance, along with one command officers and two fire investigators. - PUB DATE: 3/3/2021 2:15:52 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
Firefighters rescued four people from a burning building Wednesday morning.
Fire crews responded around 5 a.m. to an apartment fire at 501. S. Fisk Street with reports that four people were trapped inside on the third floor, according to the Green Bay Metro Fire Department.
Firefighters saw smoke and found the trapped people at a window. - PUB DATE: 3/3/2021 6:15:44 AM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette
When the delivery of a new quint aerial unit happens sometime next year, the village’s Fire Department will be able to stay on track with the shuffling of its fleet. Consider it addition by subtraction.
The department took another step toward that end Monday night when the Village Board unanimously approved the purchase of the engine from Reliant Fire Apparatus of Slinger for a total price tag of $1,084,955. - PUB DATE: 3/2/2021 1:09:50 PM - SOURCE: Kenosha News - Metered Site
Architecture and design firm Eppstein Uhen Architects (EUA), which is based in Wisconsin’s largest city, has completed an adaptive reuse project in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward. The old building, which was built in 1847, has been converted by EUA to be a clinical location called the Ascension Medical Group–Historic Third Ward Clinic Project. - PUB DATE: 3/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: HCO News
A fire damages a home in Stevens Point.
Authorities say it started on the second floor and everyone inside safely evacuated.
Investigators are still working to determine a cause. A house fire in Stevens Point is closing down WIS 66 at Michigan Ave, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. - PUB DATE: 3/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau
In the not-too-distant future, there will be some shifting among the Fire Department fleet.
The department is expected to have a new rescue engine in its possession within the next week, and the Village Board on Monday night will act on the approval of a contract to bring a new quint/aerial engine into the fold. - PUB DATE: 3/1/2021 1:04:18 PM - SOURCE: Kenosha News - Metered Site
PHOTOS: While warmer temperatures melt snow across southeastern Wisconsin, it could make for dangerous conditions on the ice.
That's why local fire departments on Saturday, Feb. 27 trained in Kasnasville for ice rescues.
As lakes begin to thaw, a reality sinks in: Ice rescues could start happening more often. - PUB DATE: 2/27/2021 5:59:20 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV Fox 6 Milwaukee
A house fire Friday afternoon in Chippewa Falls caused about $100,000 in damages, according to Chippewa Falls Battalion Chief Jason Thom.
The fire at 359 Maynard St. was reported at 1:05 p.m. The Fire Department reported to the structure fire, where they found furniture on the front porch was well-involved in fire, and it was spreading into the residence, Thom said in a press release. - PUB DATE: 2/27/2021 3:58:44 PM - SOURCE: Leader-Telegram
The heat from a fire caused a loaded gun to discharge, critically wounding a firefighter who was working to douse flames in northwestern Wisconsin, fire officials said.
Justin Fredrickson, 35, is out of the intensive care unit and recovering, the Cornell Area Fire Department said in an update Friday on Facebook. - PUB DATE: 2/27/2021 8:39:28 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV Fox 6 Milwaukee
The Appleton Fire Department report that crews were successful in controlling a fire that had ignited at the Copper Leaf Hotel in Appleton on Saturday morning.
According to the station, at around 4 a.m., crews responded to a Fire Alarm at the Copper Leaf Hotel in Appleton.
Officials say the initial report indicated to firefighters that the Fire Alarm was detecting presence of smoke in the basement of the building. - PUB DATE: 2/27/2021 5:35:40 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
A fire Friday in the town of Rice Lake resulted in about $135,000 worth of damage to a 30-by-100-foot quonset-style structure.
According to a Rice Lake Fire Department news release:
Firefighters were dispatched at approximately 12:05 p.m. to a structure fire located at 1858 19th St., the property of Darren Rohde. - PUB DATE: 2/27/2021 5:07:26 AM - SOURCE: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram
The State of Wisconsin is resuming enforcing a code provision requiring fire sprinkler systems in certain multi-family homes, a policy that may help stop a plague of home fires in the Milwaukee area this winter.
Multi-family homes taller than 60 feet, or six stories, and with three or more attached dwelling units will need to have an automatic fire sprinkler system installed. - PUB DATE: 2/26/2021 5:55:10 PM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee
The Cornell Area Fire Department is rallying behind one of their own after a firefighter was shot by a gun that discharged due to heat from a fire, ending up in the hospital.
"He went from work and he was on a hose line spraying water. This was probably at least an hour into the fire when he was struck by a bullet that was shot out of a gun inside the house," said Fire Chief Dennis Klass, of the Cornell Area Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 2/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire
The Oshkosh Fire Department received a rating of one by the Insurance Service Organization (ISO) for the first time ever.
According to officials, the ISO rates over 40,000 fire departments across the nation based on a scale from one to ten. One is the best possible score and in 2020 only 388 departments nationwide received a rating of one. - PUB DATE: 2/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
