Racine firefighters responded to an early morning fire near State and Superior Saturday, July 25 around 4:15 a.m. According to the Racine Fire Department, fire crews found a small fire involving a space heater and nearby combustibles. According to officials, upon arrival, smoke was coming from the second floor.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2020 9:01:54 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

First responders providing emergency medical services routinely face high rates of depression, burnout and suicidal thoughts. The added stress of the pandemic is making it worse. Speaking at a Wisconsin EMS Association town hall meeting on Thursday, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, said she is working with a group of Democratic senators on legislation that would boost mental health services in the COVID-19 relief legislation that’s being debated in Congress.
- PUB DATE: 7/24/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Public Radio

A timely training exercise for first responders in Sheboygan as they hit the waters of Lake Michigan to refresh their lifesaving skills. While this call isn’t urgent, the situation these guys are training for can be. “It creates different currents and the lake changes fairly quickly,” Sheboygan Fire Department’s Battalion Chief Jeff Salzman said.
- PUB DATE: 7/23/2020 3:51:23 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

Will Boone is a member of the Madison Fire Department and Sable Flames, a non-profit organization within the Madison Fire Department made up of all African American firefighters. Boone typically responds to calls at Fire Station 6, but recently he’s responded to a different type of call. He created a new initiative to bring groceries to people in need in minority communities.
- PUB DATE: 7/23/2020 6:04:54 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

A kayaker from out-of-state drowned in the Wisconsin River in Oneida County on Wednesday. A report from the Sheriff's Department says it happened around 1:20pm in the waters near County Highway E just east of County Highway D in Woodruff Township. First responders got a call from a person saying they were with a male kayaker floating int he water and barely breathing.
- PUB DATE: 7/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSAU-FM 99.9

Storms left their mark in Cadott overnight, and authorities have closed off several roads to get the cleanup underway. Fire and law enforcement crews from across Chippewa County were responding to calls of damage and debris through early Wednesday morning and are expected to be at it for some time. Some roads have been blocked off, due to down power lines, including portions of HWY 27.
- PUB DATE: 7/22/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire

Crews from eight fire departments were called in to battle a blaze at a dairy cooperative that is one of Burnett County's largest employers and is a popular stop for tourists in western Wisconsin. Sheriff's officials said the fire at Burnett Dairy Cooperative was reported about 10:30 p.m. Monday, July 20.
- PUB DATE: 7/21/2020 12:47:32 PM - SOURCE: Wisconsin State Farmer

An overnight fire caused an estimated $30,000 in damage to a detached alleyway garage at 2206 Geneva St. There were no injuries in the incident. The Racine Police Department and Racine Fire Department Engine 1, Engine 2, Truck 1, Quint 3 and Med 3 responded to the scene, as well as an evidence technician, battalion chief and fire investigator.
- PUB DATE: 7/21/2020 10:49:10 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

The Beaver Dam Common Council approved moving ahead with a referendum to ask voters whether to approve funding six new firefighter/paramedic staff positions in the fire department. Fire department staff and officials have been lobbying for a referendum for months, saying that the new positions are necessary for firefighters and EMS staffers to respond safely and effectively to emergencies as the city grows and its population ages.
- PUB DATE: 7/21/2020 9:42:12 AM - SOURCE: WiscNews

Fire early Tuesday morning caused extensive damage to a house that was under renovation on Fond du Lac’s Doty Street. The fire was reported at 1:24 a.m. on the 200-block of Doty. Firefighters found heavy flames coming from the second floor of the two-story home. Extra crews were called in to help. Firefighters went into the house to look for possible victims and found the house was vacant.
- PUB DATE: 7/21/2020 4:45:40 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Five cats are dead and two residents have been displaced after a house fire in the City of Sheboygan on Monday afternoon. According to the Sheboygan Fire Department, at around 4 p.m., fire crews responded to the 1000 block of Bell Avenue for reports of dense black smoke in the area. Upon arrival, firefighters say they found heavy smoke coming from the roof of a home.
- PUB DATE: 7/20/2020 7:37:32 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

The South Beloit City Council hopes to choose a new fire chief before current Fire Chief Mike Davenport retires at the end of August. During Monday’s South Beloit City Council meeting, council members discussed advertising the new position and setting up interviews with candidates for the position. Davenport announced July 6 that he will retire as fire chief on Aug.
- PUB DATE: 7/20/2020 5:38:55 PM - SOURCE: Beloit Daily News

A toddler is hurt after falling from a hotel’s 2nd floor balcony in Fond du Lac on Sunday. Fond du Lac Fire Chief Peter O’Leary said the incident happened at 7:25 p.m. at the Comfort Inn on Holiday Lane. O’Leary said medics stabilized the 2-year-old with what “appeared to be non-life threatening injuries.
- PUB DATE: 7/19/2020 7:42:21 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

One person is dead after a single-vehicle rollover incident in the Town of Little Wolf on Sunday morning. The Waupaca County Sheriff’s Office report at around 1:30 a.m., deputies responded to County Highway B just east of Murray Road for a report of a single-vehicle rollover accident. After further investigation, deputies believe the vehicle involved was traveling westbound on County Highway B when it entered the south ditch and rolled over.
- PUB DATE: 7/19/2020 1:53:57 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

A single-family residence became fully engulfed in flames after lightning struck the home on Sunday morning in Townsend. According to Lakewood Fire Department, around 3:30 a.m., the Nicolet Fire District responded to Dencur Lane for a report of a house fully engulfed in fire. Upon arrival, fire crews confirmed the home was fully engulfed in flames and the shed next to the house was starting to catch on fire.
- PUB DATE: 7/19/2020 11:43:05 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

This year, the annual fundraising event, originally scheduled for May 17 and known as the Kenosha Kids Cancer Buzz, was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But Pleasant Prairie Firefighters Local 3785 charities and President Marc Lois took to social media with and along with firefighters and a local nurse the event was held on Facebook Live.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2020 1:04:39 PM - SOURCE: Kenosha News

A garage sustained heavy damage in a fire early Friday, according to Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue. At 4:31 a.m., firefighters were called to 253 Linden St for a report of a fire in a detached two-car garage. A police officer on patrol had spotted a “large plume of smoke” in the area and tracked it down to the address.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2020 4:48:29 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

The federal agency investigating the firebombing of a Downtown Madison government office during a Black Lives Matter protest last month has offered another reward for information in the case and released images of five more people it thinks might have been involved in the incident or who know people who were.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin State Journal

On person is dead following a head-on crash early Thursday morning. According to the Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Office, a 911 call was received at approximately 4:43 a.m. on July 16, reporting a 2-vehicle crash on Highway 35 near Bemis Street in the Town of Trempealeau. When deputies arrived, they located a crash between a truck and a car.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKBT-DT CBS 8 LaCrosse

Dennis Eisenberg was working on the eaves of his house on May 7, and felt chest pain afterward. He went to the hospital that night and spent five hours having medical tests done. However, doctors couldn’t find anything wrong and sent him home. At 1:30 a.m. the next day he was trying to go to sleep and couldn’t get comfortable.
- PUB DATE: 7/16/2020 6:40:12 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times