Madison police are investigating after a man set an apartment on fire with a woman and child inside. According to police, officers and the Madison Fire Department were dispatched to the Tree Lane apartments on the west side for a domestic disturbance with a fire alarm going off just after 1 a.m. on Monday.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2020 4:56:06 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

Wisconsin’s natural resources policy board is expected to vote this week on whether to allow the agency to draft rules limiting the use of firefighting foam containing hazardous fluorinated compounds known as PFAS. The board has been asked to approve parameters for an emergency rule that will determine guidelines for where and how fluorinated foam can be tested and disposed of, as well as the requirements for record keeping and notification when it’s used.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2020 4:52:02 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

Crews have rescued a group kayaking stranded on the Eau Claire River while kayaking near the town of Easton in Marathon County. A member of the South Are Fire District (SAFER) confirmed to a NewsChannel 7 crew on the scene that a rescue team with the Easton Fire Department was able to get the stranded boaters out of the water successfully.
- PUB DATE: 6/21/2020 5:47:23 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

Three people were shot and one died late Friday on the city's west side, Police Chief Andrew Smith said. A responding firefighter was later treated at the hospital for "exposure." The shooting was reported after 9 p.m. near the area of Frank B. Seymour Park, south of West Walnut Street and off of South Ashland Avenue.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2020 3:17:02 PM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Milwaukee fire crews were at the scene of a partial building collapse Friday night in the area of North 32nd Street and West Villard Avenue on the city's northwest side. Fire department officials told WISN 12 News the building is vacant and there were no injuries. We Energies was at the scene to make sure utilities are off.
- PUB DATE: 6/19/2020 7:50:40 PM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

Firefighters on Thursday night, June 18 responded to the scene of a garage fire on Harmony Drive near Charles Street in Racine. The call came in around 10 p.m. Upon arrival, firefighters found a fully involved two-car garage fire. The fire burned the roof off the garage, fully consumed two cars that were inside, caught neighboring homes on fire, and melted vinyl siding on three nearby garages.
- PUB DATE: 6/19/2020 5:28:22 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV Fox 6 Milwaukee

A Fond du Lac family is in the care of the American Red Cross after losing their home to a fire Thursday evening. Assistant Fire Chief of Training / Safety James Knowles told Local 5 the family was a mom, dad, and a young child around a year old. According to Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue, just after 4:00 p.
- PUB DATE: 6/18/2020 8:35:50 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

Fond du Lac police say a man who was pulled from the Fond du Lac River after an hour-long search has died. Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue tells Action 2 News the 37-year-old man was fishing when he saw friends on the other side of the river. He jumped in the water and swam across, and sat talking with the friends for 30 or 40 minutes before going back into the river.
- PUB DATE: 6/18/2020 5:07:03 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

A fire burned through the roof of a nursing home in Fox Crossing Thursday afternoon, forcing the evacuation of residents. Residents were safely evacuated to other facilities, including local hospitals. Fox Crossing's fire chief says they were able to act quickly. "All the residents inside were evacuated.
- PUB DATE: 6/18/2020 4:36:50 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Fond du Lac Fire Rescue put on a fireworks show Wednesday morning...kind of. They put on a safety demonstration warning about the potential dangers of consumer fireworks. Fourth of July is not going to be the same this year, and that’s what worries Fond du Lac firefighters. “The thought is that they’re gonna go out on their own to secure fireworks from these consumer fireworks stands and light them off, and light them off in unsafe areas, or areas that may not be equipped to handle that,” said Garth Schumacher, division chief of fire prevention at Fond du Lac Fire Rescue.
- PUB DATE: 6/18/2020 6:49:55 AM - SOURCE: WNFL-FM 101.9

Clinton Fire Chief Mark Ruosch has been in fire service for nearly 30 year and plans to make changes at the department to improve services and training opportunities. Rousch was named chief on March 17 by the Clinton Fire Protection District Board after nine candidates were considered for the position in December of 2019.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2020 8:48:09 PM - SOURCE: Beloit Daily News

The Suamico Fire Department is cooling the community down on this hot day with the world’s largest sprinkler. On Tuesday firefighters set up the world’s largest sprinkler in Idlewild Park in Suamico to help the residents cool down, give new recruits some training, and get to know the community. Jacob Krawze a father and participant at the event says this is the first event like this he has ever seen.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2020 4:35:32 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

The Milwaukee Professional Firefighters Association is doing what it can to honor the memory of Firefighter Darrin Jones, who passed away in his sleep on Feb. 1. Local 215 is now selling t-shirts on the union’s website. The proceeds from the sale of these shirts will be used to send Jones’ family, as well as the family of another fallen firefighter, O’Dell Minor, to The Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Colorado Springs in 2021 — to honor their memory.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2020 10:35:46 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV Fox 6 Milwaukee

An investigation has been opened into a fire at a home near Fort Atkinson Tuesday night. According to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, deputies received a call just before 6 p.m. about a possible burglary at a house on County Highway A near Highway 106 in the town of Sumner. When a deputy got to the scene, they said shots were fired from the home.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2020 11:29:47 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

A man's body was found in a burning garage Tuesday afternoon in Milwaukee. Firefighters called to the scene of the blaze in the 300 block of East Center Street found the body of a 35-year-old man inside a garage, according to Milwaukee police. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The fire was reported at 2:46 p.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2020 6:45:41 PM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

More than 20 people have been displaced by a fire at an apartment complex at 5323 Westport Road. According to Dane County Dispatch, the call came in at 7:52 a.m. Tuesday. A representative with the Waunakee Fire Department said based off of the information in the initial call, before firefighters even arrived on scene they called a box alarm.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2020 3:41:33 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison

Four adults, three children, and a dog are all safe after a fire claimed their Howard home Monday evening. According to the Village of Howard Fire Department, crews from fire departments across the Green Bay arrived at a home in the 2000 block of Shawano Avenue around 6:40 p.m. Firefighters say they found the attached garage on fire, the roof collapsed, and the fire burning across the roof of the home.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2020 12:02:58 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay

A Fond du Lac County barn is a total loss following a Monday afternoon fire. The Sheriff’s Office and Alto Fire Department were dispatched to a residence on HWY 49 shortly after 1:20 p.m. for a fully engulfed barn fire. Upon arrival crews found the fire had spread to the barn from a nearby brush pile that had been smoldering.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2020 7:48:48 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay

PHOTOS: Firefighters on Tuesday morning, June 16 responded to the scene of a fire at a vacant, boarded-up church near Buffum and Chambers in Milwaukee. The call came in around 2:40 a.m. No additional details have been released — including the cause of the fire or the amount of damage sustained.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2020 5:35:07 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV Fox 6 Milwaukee

Emergency crews are responding to a report of a fire at an apartment complex in the town of Westport. Firefighters were called about 7:50 a.m. to the complex in the 5300 block of Westport Road according to Dane County dispatch. A mutual aid call has been send for help from additional departments. Waunakee firefighters said "smoking materials" started the blaze which has displaced some 20 people.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison