Two Brown County Sheriff’s Deputies are being hailed as heroes for pulling a man out of a SUV after it erupted in flames in a crash.
Investigators say the driver deputies saved early Wednesday morning was drunk, and Action 2 News has obtained dash cam video of the moments officers jumped into action to save the man’s life. - PUB DATE: 11/11/2020 2:45:00 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
It's been 11 months since a building on Martin Luther King and Wright Street was heavily damaged by an arson fire. There's now a reward of up to $5,000 for information about two suspects.
The building housed a Metro PCS store and a hair salon.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Milwaukee Field Office and the Milwaukee, Wisconsin Police Department released video showing the suspects they're looking for. - PUB DATE: 11/10/2020 1:19:35 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
When few others had an interest in restoring the historic Victorian building at the corner of Main Street and Buntrock Avenue in Thiensville, Barka and Jesse Daily stepped forward with a vision and a fierce work ethic.
With her history growing up in Kathmandu, his engineering background and their shared love of cooking, the couple started the cheel restaurant featuring food from the Himalayas to the Rockies and grew it into a destination for people throughout southeastern Wisconsin. - PUB DATE: 11/10/2020 5:37:22 AM - SOURCE: Greater Milwaukee Today
Since the start of the pandemic, the Superior Fire Department has tallied three firefighters testing positive for COVID-19 and none have experienced significant health issues as a result.
Chief Scott Gordon says those cases were contained and not spread to other members of the department.
“We now know we cannot keep COVID-19 out of our department now we come at it from a different way how can we keep COVID-19 from shutting down our department,” says Gordon. - PUB DATE: 11/10/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX 21 Online
One person is dead after a house fire in Janesville overnight.
The Janesville Fire Department says they were called to 1062 South Pearl Street in Janesville just after midnight Monday morning. Once they got there, firefighters reported a heavy fire with the person who lives there being unaccounted for. - PUB DATE: 11/9/2020 6:06:23 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison
A man pulled a gun on two Milwaukee firefighters near 50th and Fiebrantz around 9:10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7.
Milwaukee police say the two firefighters were seated in their fire engine waiting on traffic to pass when a man pulled beside them, pointed a gun at them, then immediately drove away.
There are no current suspects. - PUB DATE: 11/8/2020 7:37:58 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
Firefighters rescued a kayaker stranded in the Fox River Friday afternoon.
First responders were called around noon Friday to the Fox River for a report that a kayaker had become separated from his boat and was hanging on to a buoy in the river near the Memorial Drive bridge, according to a news release from the Appleton Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 11/7/2020 1:06:39 AM - SOURCE: Appleton Post-Gazette & Post Crescent.com
On the job, firefighters never know what they’re going to walk into, but Engine 10’s training and instincts saved a life.
“Every day is different,” Lt. Will Yackel said. “It’s never the same two days in a row.”
Madison firefighter James Kidd said he’s never responded to a call like the one Saturday night. - PUB DATE: 11/6/2020 3:53:10 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
A new lifesaving device is being put into action in Iron Ridge thanks to the generosity of a local company.
Iron Ridge Fire Chief Jason Boeck said that first responders will begin training on the LUCAS 3 chest compression system next week. The device was donated by the Hanni family, owners of PS Seasoning, in memory of Ken Hanni who died last fall. - PUB DATE: 11/6/2020 2:39:56 PM - SOURCE: WISC News
One person is dead following an apartment fire in Beloit early Friday morning.
According to the Beloit Fire Dept., firefighters responded shortly before 3 a.m. to the home, in the 300 block of West Grand Ave. As crews arrived, they could see heavy smoke and flames coming from the second floor.
Warned that someone may still be inside the apartment, they started searching and found the victim’s body, the fire dept. - PUB DATE: 11/6/2020 11:07:16 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison
The Madison Fire Department is looking into the cause of a boat fire on the city’s east side Thursday morning.
An incident report said dispatchers received several reports of a fire in the parking lot on the 1800 block of East Washington Avenue shortly before 5 a.m.
A crew responded and found a fully involved cabin cruiser boat. - PUB DATE: 11/6/2020 5:46:45 AM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison
Several people suffered burns in a fire at a duplex on Green Bay’s northwest side.
At about 1:37 a.m., Green Bay Metro Fire was called to 1330 N. Locust for a report of smoke and flames coming from a bedroom on the left side of the multi-family building.
“The fire was put out pretty quickly. It did not extend into the attic or anywhere else into the complex,” says Battalion Chief David Kolz. - PUB DATE: 11/6/2020 5:19:03 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
Two communities said "yes" but a third voted "no" in a series of referendums to fund expansion of a fire department serving this part of Walworth County.
Voters in the town of Geneva rejected the proposal, while others in the town of Sugar Creek and city of Elkhorn agreed to fund a $1.6 million-a-year expansion of the Elkhorn Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 11/6/2020 1:04:00 AM - SOURCE: Lake Geneva News
As the pandemic lingers, Fond du Lac Fire Rescue finds itself responding to an unusually high number of fire and emergency calls. And it appears the pandemic is the reason for the uptick.
When the pandemic started, Fond du Lac Fire Rescue began implementing measures to protect its staff as well as the community it serves. - PUB DATE: 11/5/2020 2:53:21 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
The voters have spoken in Grand Chute and they overwhelmingly approved the addition of nine more firefighter/paramedics for the town’s fire department. The staffing referendum passed with nearly 70% approval.
Grand Chute has grown dramatically in the past decade with the addition of residences and business, in the town, leading to an increase in calls for public safety like the fire department. - PUB DATE: 11/4/2020 2:41:17 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
A deal to share ambulance service among six neighboring rural communities has won voter approval in referendums held Tuesday in multiple towns and villages.
The plan to jointly contract a private ambulance company to share two new full-time firefighters was approved by voters in the towns and villages of Walworth and Sharon and the village of Darien. - PUB DATE: 11/4/2020 1:06:05 PM - SOURCE: Lake Geneva News
A barn fire in Brown County killed several cattle Tuesday night as emergency crews responded from nearly two dozen agencies.
Fire crews responded around 8:45 p.m. to the fire near Fernando Drive, according to the Hobart Fire Department.
Officials said the dairy barn was being used to house young livestock. - PUB DATE: 11/4/2020 9:17:30 AM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette
The city of Madison Fire Department extinguished a fire at a multi-unit residential building Tuesday night on Ski Court in the town of Madison.
According to a release, MFD was called to a fire around 10:42 p.m. after a neighbor noticed flames in the direction of the building and called 911.
Engine 3 arrived first to the scene and saw a large fire climbing up the back corner of the two story building from a second story balcony toward the attic. - PUB DATE: 11/4/2020 7:41:15 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison
The Racine Fire Department was dispatched just before Nov. 3 at 8 p.m. to 3801 S. Memorial Drive for a report of a fire at an industrial building, according to a RFD press release.
Fire crews arrived to find stacks of bundled cardboard on fire in the parking lot. Firefighters from two engine companies and a truck company worked to separate the bundles of cardboard to get at the seat of the fire. - PUB DATE: 11/4/2020 5:50:00 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times
Voters in the city of Beaver Dam approved a referendum to raise the tax levy and fund six new positions in the fire department on Tuesday.
Voters approved of the referendum by 5,127 "yes" votes to 2,591 “no” votes, or 66.43 percent approval to 33.57 percent disapproval.
The revenue from the referendum will cover six full-time firefighter/paramedic staff members in the department. - PUB DATE: 11/3/2020 11:24:32 PM - SOURCE: WISC News
