Anew report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum lays out that more collaboration of fire and EMS services in the La Crosse area could cut costs while improving service quality.
Commissioned by La Crosse County a little over a year ago, the report examines what the best solution to a growing number of challenges area emergency service providers are facing might be. - PUB DATE: 12/17/2020 11:37:37 AM - SOURCE: Lacrosse Tribune
The building that was home to Rockheads Comics and Games was damaged by fire Wednesday afternoon.
A former fire station at 2328 Roosevelt Road in Uptown was home to the decades-old shop, which closed earlier this year. Neighbors said the building had been vacant and, according to property records, there were no apartments on the second floor. - PUB DATE: 12/17/2020 1:07:40 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News
Aplan delivered Wednesday to Gov. Tony Evers outlines dozens of actions to address hazardous “forever chemicals,” including testing of all municipal water systems, phasing out fluorinated firefighting foam and creating a strategy for communicating the risks.
Developed over the past year in response to an executive order, the PFAS Action Plan builds on work already begun by the DNR and other agencies to track, contain and clean up existing contamination and limit future exposures. - PUB DATE: 12/16/2020 3:27:49 PM - SOURCE: WISC News - Metered Site
Ashes are all that is left of a Rock County home after it was ravaged by fire Tuesday afternoon.
The Orfordville Fire Department and 11 other departments responded to 1430 S Murphy Road in the Plymouth township at 12:05 p.m.
The homeowners, Mike and Teri Havercroft, tell NBC15 they smelled smoke and immediately ran outside with their dogs. - PUB DATE: 12/16/2020 11:49:44 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison
The Madison Fire Department will stand alongside other healthcare workers as one of the first groups to receive Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, according to officials.
Che Stedman, the assistant chief of medical affairs, said its department of nearly 400 members qualifies as an EMT or paramedic, putting the group in Phase 1A of vaccine distribution. - PUB DATE: 12/15/2020 11:55:37 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison
Fire officials say no one was inside a Suamico fire station when a vehicle hit it Tuesday evening.
According to the Suamico Fire Department, firefighters who were at a nearby training facility quickly responded to the station, located on Riverside Drive, when it was hit at 7:30 p.m.
Officials say the male driver, who they say is not a firefighter, was treated at the scene before being released to the Brown County Sheriff’s Office. - PUB DATE: 12/15/2020 7:46:47 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
An 85-year-old man was found dead Monday evening following a blaze that destroyed a Town of Harris home.
According to the Marquette Co. Sheriff’s Office, the first report of the fire came with a 911 call around 5:10 p.m. Flames had completely engulfed the house, at W5268 Elk Rd., by the time firefighters and other emergency personnel arrived on the scene. - PUB DATE: 12/15/2020 9:41:48 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
Twelve deaths were added today to the total of those who have died due to COVID-19, according to the latest numbers from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
Deaths for each day are reported by DHS HERE.
DHS also reported 77 people were newly-hospitalized.
As of Sunday afternoon, 1,425 COVID-19 patients were being treated in Wisconsin hospitals, up-41 from the day prior. - PUB DATE: 12/15/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison
Five family members are displaced Monday afternoon after fire started in their kitchen.
The Watertown Fire Department received a call around 2:30 p.m. from the City of Watertown Dispatch Center about a building fire at 1153 Boughton Street. According to a news release, the occupants of Building 6 called 911 for a kitchen fire. - PUB DATE: 12/14/2020 5:36:31 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison
The Madison Fire Department responded to a structure fire on Madison’s west side Sunday morning, according to a firefighter at the scene.
The homeowner, Donna Gray, said she and her husband were relaxing by the fireplace this morning when she started to smell smoke. After realizing it wasn’t coming from the fireplace, her husband searched the house but couldn’t find where it was coming from. - PUB DATE: 12/13/2020 1:53:09 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison
Abel Sauceda was a young man on a mission Saturday morning. And he was outfitted and ready to go to work.
Sporting a police officer costume, Abel, 5, of Pleasant Prairie, hooked up with Pleasant Prairie Police Officer Zach Dutter and took to the aisles of the Kenosha Meijer store to scout out items from his Christmas wish list. - PUB DATE: 12/13/2020 1:03:02 PM - SOURCE: Kenosha News
One person is dead in a house fire in Medford early Saturday morning.
At 1:20 a.m., the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office received a call that a house was on fire at the 1100 Block of South 8th Street in Medford.
Officers on scene found an attached garage on fire and the house filled with smoke, according to a release from the Medford Police Department. - PUB DATE: 12/12/2020 5:46:33 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
Fire caused minor damage to an Oconto tavern Friday night.
Approximately 10 people inside at the time evacuated, said Oconto Fire Rescue Chief Josh Bostedt. No one was injured.
OFRD was called at 8:49 p.m. to the Shiloh Lounge, 124 Chicago St., for smoke in the building and basement, but firefighters learned en route that flames could be seen. - PUB DATE: 12/12/2020 1:50:16 PM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette
An evening news broadcast in March sparked an idea for Kolby Kolbet: Could a space-age looking helmet used in Europe play a role in reducing coronavirus risk while transporting patients in the U.S.?
Months and many hours of testing later, the Sea-Long helmet worn by COVID-19-positive patients is now part of medical transport company Life Link III’s standard operating procedure when transporting those requiring oxygen. - PUB DATE: 12/11/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: West Central Tribune - Metered Site
The Fire Stations in both Whitefish Bay and Shorewood that started last year are now complete.
The Shorewood Station remodel started in December 2019, according to North Shore Fire/RescueChief Robert Whitaker. The Whitefish Bay Station remodel started in June 2019.
Whitefish Bay station was built in 1953 and had limited updates, other than the kitchen, since then. - PUB DATE: 12/11/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Whitefish Bay Patch
The Milton Joint Fire Commission will begin negotiations with the City of Janesville to merge the municipalities’ fire departments.
The board voted Wednesday night to authorize fire chief Ernie Rhodes to work out details with Mark Freitag and other Janesville city leaders for a potential contract.
The fire commission debated whether to move forward with the full consolidation, but they acknowledged they can’t know all of the details about what the merger would look like until they see the potential contract with Janesville. - PUB DATE: 12/10/2020 1:42:52 PM - SOURCE: WCLO-AM 1230
More patients means more work for support staff, including EMS workers.
With all of the gear they have for protection there is still a risk for first responders.
A new shield created by EMS equipment company FERNO looks to change that.
“They go on the cot, it’s just a velcro strap, that straps behind the cot here, and it just straps on to the cot like this, you can put your patient on the cot then all you have to do is fold this down,” demonstrates Lexi Schwartz, Marshfield Medical Center EMS Coordinator. - PUB DATE: 12/9/2020 10:29:59 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
Green Bay Firefighter/EMT Thomas Donnan will be deploying to the Middle East this month.
Master Sergeant Donnan will be acting as Assistant Chief of Operations for the Air Force Fire Department at his deployment location. Donnan will be deployed to the Middle East until Sep. 2021. Donnan is not the only Green Bay area first responder who was deployed overseas. - PUB DATE: 12/9/2020 3:55:55 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
An early morning fire caused thousands of dollars in damage to an Appleton home Wednesday.
Crews found flames coming from the basement of the home on the 300 block of S. Midpark Drive around 1:30 a.m. At first, the Appleton Fire Department said a person was thought to have been trapped inside, but found everyone was out of the house when they got there. - PUB DATE: 12/9/2020 2:13:51 PM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay
Firefighters from more than a dozen fire departments helped the Pewaukee Fire Department battle an early morning fire at Michael's House of Prime on Wednesday.
The call came in for a structure fire at the popular Pewaukee restaurant, N278 W2316 Prospect Ave., at about 4:01 a.m., according to a news release from the Waukesha County Sheriff's Department. - PUB DATE: 12/9/2020 7:57:58 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
