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

I think that all the equipment and big trucks are really cool,” Participant Jack Jansen said. 10-year-old Jack Jansen is spending his Saturday learning about police officers and firefighters. Jansen said he has dreams of becoming an officer one day. "My dad is a firefighter and he has some connections with police officers,” Jansen said.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2020 2:41:01 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

We first told you in August about the Bellevue Fire Department's plan to move to 24-7 staffing. Previously the department was not staffed after five at night on any given day. “The guys are still getting used to it,” said Fire Chief, Jack Mlnarik. “You can tell that some of these calls when they're waking up at night.
- PUB DATE: 1/31/2020 5:48:04 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

A 12-year-old bulldog lived up to its name on Friday, Jan. 31 -- after being rescued from Lake Michigan by the South Milwaukee Fire Department. Tuff apparently ventured out onto some ice to retrieve a stick and fell through the ice and into the frigid water. Officials say he was reportedly submerged for ten minutes or more.
- PUB DATE: 1/31/2020 2:31:23 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

Two fire departments in Northeast Wisconsin are now among an elite group of agencies statewide. They have paramedics trained at the advanced level to treat injured police K9s. Demand has grown over the last two years after state lawmakers passed a bill giving paramedics the ability to treat injured animals.
- PUB DATE: 1/30/2020 4:45:43 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

The Oshkosh Fire Department rescued a puppy from the Fox River at about 8 a.m. Thursday. Witness video shows a crew member holding a puppy while being pulled from the icy water with a rope system. The puppy apparently got away from its owner, as it was wearing a harness, collar and leash, Oshkosh Fire Department Public Information Officer John Holland said.
- PUB DATE: 1/30/2020 3:37:39 PM - SOURCE: NBC 26 Green Bay