A 2-day old infant's life was likely saved thanks to the actions of a deputy and firefighters, authorities said Monday. Kenosha County Deputies and Salem Fire Department responded to a home on the 6600 block of 236th Avenue on Sunday for reports of a baby not breathing. A 2-day old infant was reportedly not conscious, not breathing and turning blue, according to the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department.
- PUB DATE: 2/10/2020 1:39:06 PM - SOURCE: NBC26

Clintonville Police say one person is dead following a structure fire near Clintonville Middle School early Monday morning. Officials say crews were dispatched at 2:14 a.m. for a possible fire. Police say there was a language barrier with the caller that made it difficult to obtain information or location.
- PUB DATE: 2/10/2020 5:44:11 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay

Firefighters are known for being there to help in an emergency, but who’s there when firefighters need help? It’s a question one Milwaukee firefighter named Joe Flick has asked himself a lot. It inspired him to launch an organization called Ignite the Spirit Milwaukee. “I do believe we're all kind of cut from the same cloth,” Flick said about his fellow firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 2/9/2020 6:41:09 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

An ambulance carrying a patient was involved in a crash on Milwaukee's north side. Firefighters say it happened at 6th and North shortly before 9:00 p.m. Friday. The fire department says it is a private ambulance. Two paramedics inside and a patient were sent to the hospital with minor injuries.
- PUB DATE: 2/7/2020 9:03:37 PM - SOURCE: Today's TMJ4

Members of the Milwaukee Fire Department paid their respects to one of their own. Darrin Jones, 53, served nearly three decades on the department. He died unexpectedly on Feb. 1. Friday, a procession of fire trucks escorted his casket to the Krause Funeral Home for the visitation. “Everybody’s missing Darrin,” said Brent Jones, Lieutenant with MFD.
- PUB DATE: 2/7/2020 3:38:46 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

he Merrill Fire Chief says one person is in stable condition following an overnight house fire in Merrill. Crews responded to the 100 block of East Riverside Avenue around 1 a.m. Friday. Chief Josh Klug said house is still standing but the first floor is badly damaged. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
- PUB DATE: 2/7/2020 6:39:24 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

Firefighters are at the scene of a fire in downtown Madison Thursday evening. Dane County dispatch said it received a call at 5:41 p.m. for a report of a structure fire on the 100 block of North Franklin St. The Madison Fire Department reports five people have been displaced, but no one was home at the time of the fire.
- PUB DATE: 2/6/2020 5:37:28 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison

Beaver Dam emergency response staff will be able to live further away from where they work. The city’s police and fire commission approved a policy change Wednesday that will allow police officers, firefighters and paramedics to live within 45 miles of city limits. The previous limit was 15 miles. The change was meant to help better recruit candidates for positions.
- PUB DATE: 2/6/2020 4:37:52 PM - SOURCE: wisc news - Metered Site

The Department of Natural Resources is asking fire departments around the state to report their use of any firefighting foam that contains perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances. A news release said the University of Wisconsin-Madison Survey Center is conducting a statewide survey on behalf of the DNR to locate the usage of PFAS in firefighting foams.
- PUB DATE: 2/6/2020 3:49:51 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has signed a Republican bill that imposes new restrictions on firefighting foam containing PFAS chemcials. The bill prohibits the use of foam containing intentionally added PFAS except in emergency fire situations. Firefighters will have to train with foam or other substances that don’t contain the chemicals.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2020 4:37:28 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

Two-and-a-half weeks after a tragic house fire claimed the lives of a mother and her three children, administrators at schools in Oconto say students are slowly healing. Oconto's fire chief described the January 17 fire as the worst in the city's history. Kathy DeCoursin and her three children, ages 15, 13, and 11, could not escape the flames.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2020 9:42:25 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

A person was found dead inside a storage unit after a fire Tuesday night, according to Oshkosh Police. Officers have not identified the person found dead. They did not say if the person was male or female. At about 9 p.m., police and firefighters were called to a fire inside a storage unit in the 700 block of W.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2020 3:57:27 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Almost a year and a half after a Fond du Lac firefighter deployed to Afghanistan with the Army National Guard. The department and community gathered to welcome him home. Brett Hefty, a firefighter paramedic with Fond du Lac Fire Rescue is safely back home after serving his country. "It feels great to be home.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2020 4:47:49 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Many fire departments around the country, including in the La Crosse area, are short of volunteer firefighters. One local station is looking at quality over quantity in hopes of getting more recruits. The Holmen Area Fire Department is among several stations in our area where a lot of their staff are volunteers.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2020 4:38:59 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

Milwaukee firefighters battled a fire in an industrial area of West Milwaukee Monday morning, Feb. 3. Crews got the call to the building near Burnham and Electric Avenue around 6:45 a.m. Officials say the fire spread to the steel ceiling and crews had to fight the fire from the outside using ladder trucks.
- PUB DATE: 2/3/2020 2:52:28 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

Nine-year-old Mackenzie Clyde is in the fight of her life. "She completed surgery, radiation chemotherapy," Mackenzie's mother, Courtney, said. "After we ended treatment, we found out that her cancer had come back and she had four new tumors in her brain." Mackenzie's prognosis may be terminal, but she has the whole city of West Allis, Wisconsin, ready to fight with her.
- PUB DATE: 2/3/2020 2:43:24 PM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

An SUV slammed into the side of Dunkin' Donuts on S. Chicago Avenue near Drexel Boulevard in South Milwaukee around lunchtime on Monday, Feb. 3 -- and FOX6 News obtained dramatic surveillance video showing the vehicle going airborne before striking the building and rolling over. The video showed the SUV speeding from the Walgreens parking lot -- headed straight toward the Dunkin' Donuts drive-thru.
- PUB DATE: 2/3/2020 12:36:52 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

Milwaukee firefighters are remembering one of their own who served nearly three decades with the department after he died off-duty on Saturday. Darrin Jones was about to celebrate 29 years at the Milwaukee Fire Department. He worked at Fire Station 12 near 22nd and Oklahoma as part of the Incident Command Post, or ICP.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2020 4:36:24 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

A house in the 7200 block of 39th Avenue in Kenosha is uninhabitable as a result of smoke damage sustained from a fire that started early Friday night on a mattress in a first floor bedroom. The Kenosha Fire Department was called to respond to the structure fire at 6:15 p.m., Battalion Chief Jeff Johnson, said.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2020 11:21:46 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

A Saturday morning apartment fire on the city's west side has left one person without a place to live. The Green Bay Metro Fire Department responded around 11 a.m. Saturday to an apartment building in the 1500 block of Capitol Drive in Green Bay for a report of smoke in the building's hallway, according to a news release from the department.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2020 3:24:16 PM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette