A barn fire in Watertown reportedly caused more than $200,000 in damages Tuesday morning.
A news release said Jefferson County dispatchers received a report of black smoke and flames coming from a barn on N8350 High Road shortly after 8 a.m. Officials said the property owners reported the fire after a witness notified them. - PUB DATE: 10/20/2020 3:46:45 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
Two vehicles sustained fire damage after heavy winds blew burning leaves into the street Saturday.
Officials were sent to the area of Traceway Drive and Post Road at about 12:45 p.m. regarding thick smoke that filled the street.
Police closed the street while firefighters accessed a nearby hydrant. - PUB DATE: 10/19/2020 8:34:41 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
The City of Beloit and Town of Beloit have reached an agreement for Beloit Fire Department Chief Daniel Pease to also serve as chief for the Town of Beloit Fire Department, marking a historic move of shared services between the two municipalities.
The Beloit City Council and Town of Beloit Board of Supervisors both met separately in closed session on Monday night to approve sharing Pease as chief for both departments. - PUB DATE: 10/19/2020 8:34:27 PM - SOURCE: Beloit Daily News
Emergency crews responded Monday to a fire at a metal recycling facility on Madison’s east side after a flammable liquid was ignited by a spark inside an automobile shredder.
Madison firefighters responded to Alter Metal Recycling in the 4400 block of Sycamore Ave. around 1:40 p.m.
When crews arrived, they found flames engulfing a metal compactor that was located at the top of a large industrial conveyor belt. - PUB DATE: 10/19/2020 4:56:37 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
Woodland Fire Department will cease serving the area after 150 years due in part to a lack of volunteers.
“It is the membership,” Woodland Fire Department Chief Tony Roethle said. “People are busy these days and with young married couples both work and they share child care duties as they should.”
Roethle said he found many people showing interest in joining were not able to make the time commitment. - PUB DATE: 10/19/2020 4:29:04 PM - SOURCE: Wisc News - Metered Site
After ushering in an era of shared services and more collaboration with suburban fire departments, retiring Milwaukee Fire Chief Mark Rohlfing sees consolidation as “the next logical step" for firefighting in the area.
Under his stewardship, nine Milwaukee County fire departments reached a shared services agreement pledging that the closest unit, regardless of municipal boundaries, will respond to emergency calls. - PUB DATE: 10/19/2020 4:36:16 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Facing a nearly $5 million projected shortfall, city leaders in Racine knew they had to make budget changes for 2021. While tightening the belt, Racine Mayor Cory Mason says his proposal still provides a key point of focus: improving racial disparities.
In a year that's seen budgets topple, between the coronavirus pandemic, declining revenues and more, Mayor Mason said he's still focused on long-term goals. - PUB DATE: 10/18/2020 9:32:40 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV Fox 6 Milwaukee
The City of Portage finalized the decision for the city’s next fire chief on Thursday after an “extensive selection process” with the Police and Fire Commission.
The city and the commission announced Portage native Troy Haase will succeed current fire chief Clayton Simonson. Simonson announced earlier this year that he was retiring in January. - PUB DATE: 10/15/2020 4:29:16 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison
The Milwaukee Fire Department plans to close a south side fire station in 2021, a reflection of the tough financial spot the city is in.
The decision follows the closure of six stations as part of the 2018 budget.
At this point, the "leading candidate" to be shuttered is Station 17 at 4653 S. 13th Street, Fire Chief Mark Rohlfing said. - PUB DATE: 10/15/2020 3:58:55 PM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Every year thousands of farmers and commercial grain handlers risk their lives by entering grain bins to remove clumped or rotted grain.
As rural communities have come to know all too well, an accident in a grain bin can quickly turn deadly.
In just seconds, adults can sink to their waist in flowing grain, rendering them completely trapped without the proper rescue devices. - PUB DATE: 10/14/2020 9:43:12 PM - SOURCE: Wisconsin State Farmer
It’s a facility health officials hoped would never have to be utilized, but a field hospital in Milwaukee opened up on Wednesday, Oct. 14 in an effort to lessen the load on hospitals across the state.
The facilities manager said on a call on Wednesday, while she’s impressed with the hard work it took to get the building ready, she hoped that she’d never actually had to open it. - PUB DATE: 10/14/2020 8:42:56 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
A Town of Holland family is devastated by a Saturday afternoon fire that destroyed their home. But now the family and their neighbors are looking for answers as to why it took so long for firefighters to arrive and how they quickly ran out of water.
At 3:22 p.m Saturday, firefighters were paged to a home on County Road XX for a report of a house fire. - PUB DATE: 10/13/2020 6:23:58 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse
One person was treated for burns after a fire at a home and detached garage in Manitowoc Tuesday morning.
At about 7:36 a.m., Manitowoc Firefighters were called to the 1300 block of S. 17th St. A caller reported flames and an “explosion.”
Crews arrived on scene to find a detached garage in flames and fire coming from the rear of the home. - PUB DATE: 10/13/2020 12:35:48 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
The Wausau Fire Department went ahead with its pink T-shirt sale Monday for breast cancer awareness month, with a few modifications for the coronavirus pandemic.
This year, the T-shirt is actually going to be a long sleeve.
The department asked that people stay in their vehicles when they buy the shirts
We’re about 75% sold out by now, so we a lot of our members wear the shirts and bring them home for their families. - PUB DATE: 10/12/2020 8:56:10 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
A family was able to safely escape a home fire in Germantown Monday morning, Oct. 12.
Authorities were called to Revere Lane just after 5:30 a.m. Firefighters rescued two cats from the home.
The cause remains under investigation, but officials say it appears the fire started on the deck or near foundation of the house. - PUB DATE: 10/12/2020 1:12:11 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
Potter Fire Department was called to Phil’s Pumping and Fab. for a barn on fire, Chilton Fire Department was called to assist along with all the other Departments.
According to the Chilton Fire Department, at around 4 p.m., firefighters responded to a barn fire at Phil’s Pumping company.
Upon arrival, crews say the main barn used to store parts for their operation was fully engulfed in flames. - PUB DATE: 10/11/2020 10:12:53 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
A 36-year-old man was transported to a hospital in critical condition following a lake rescue in the area of the dam between Fowler Lake and Lac LaBelle in Oconomowoc around 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10.
The Western Lakes Fire District responded for a possible drowning in the 500 block of Lake Road at 9:18 p. - PUB DATE: 10/11/2020 9:37:37 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
While battling an intentionally set fire Friday afternoon inside a city-owned abandoned building at 1801 Mead St., one Racine firefighter fell through rotten floorboards but reported they were uninjured, according to a report from the Racine Fire Department.
In a release, the Racine Fire Department said “Owners of vacant properties are reminded to take appropriate safeguards to prevent trespassers from entering. - PUB DATE: 10/10/2020 6:43:58 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times
This is Fire Prevention Week, and that usually means firefighters are in the middle of a big campaign in schools and day cares to teach fire safety to young kids. That’s not possible this year with most schools going virtual, so firefighters are getting creative.
The Green Bay Metro Fire Department is still trying to interact with kids and teach fire safety but -- just like everything else in 2020 -- it’s being done over a computer. - PUB DATE: 10/8/2020 3:37:23 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
For more than half a century Richard Hale served Mauston residents as a member and leader of the fire department.
When Hale passed away on June 26, 2019, the city lost one of its longest serving and impactful public servants and community leaders. In conjunction with National Fire Prevention Week Oct. - PUB DATE: 10/8/2020 11:16:36 AM - SOURCE: WISC News - Metered Site
