A home in Arena is total loss after an early morning house fire on Tuesday. The Iowa County Sheriff’s Office says the call for the fire came in around 5:30 in the morning from Village Edge Road. When firefighters got to the scene, flames were shooting from the home. One person lives in the home and she got out safely.
- PUB DATE: 12/17/2019 7:49:53 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

The Madison Fire Department has replaced its firefighting foam with foams that have shown to be PFAS-free, becoming the first major city in the state to make the change. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, a group of chemicals known as PFAS, have contaminated wells, groundwater and waterways in Madison.
- PUB DATE: 12/17/2019 7:13:08 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

Firefighters battled a house fire near 27th and Melvina Monday night. Milwaukee police responded to meet the Milwaukee Fire Department around 6:02 p.m. Police say three adults escaped from the blaze unharmed, but the home is a total loss. Witnesses say they heard a loud bang, and then saw huge flames coming out of the building.
- PUB DATE: 12/17/2019 6:57:32 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

Residents at a Sun Prairie assisted living facility were moved from their homes into a safe part of the building for more than 2 hours Sunday as first responders investigated a natural gas leak, according to a news release. The Sun Prairie Fire Department said firefighters, police and EMS responded to a report of a gas leak at the New Perspective Senior Living assisted-living facility on South Bristol Street.
- PUB DATE: 12/16/2019 9:46:33 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue says a home in Fond du Lac has sustained substantial damage after an early morning fire on Saturday. Firefighters say around 2:54 a.m., they responded to the report of fire showing on the back of a house located at 222 W. Arndt St. Multiple firefighters from surrounding communities helped extinguished the fire, but not before the house experienced substantial damage.
- PUB DATE: 12/14/2019 3:24:36 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay

Firefighters responded to Loruth Terrace around 7:30 Thursday night for a reported residential fire. Engine Co. 7 arrived first on scene to find fire showing from the porch. As Ladder Co. 7 shut down utilities to the home, Engine 7 advanced a hose line and began fire attack with assistance from Ladder Co.
- PUB DATE: 12/14/2019 8:39:34 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

An extension cord may have sparked a fire that sent one person to the hospital in Waukesha Thursday evening, Dec. 12. Firefighters were called out shortly before 7 p.m. for heavy fire on the outside rear of a single-family home on Norwood Court — just off of Summit Avenue and Briar Hill Drive — spreading to the attic.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2019 8:37:59 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

One worker was treated for injuries after the Airgas facility in Waukesha exploded into flames Thursday afternoon. Company officials say the explosion occurred in the plant's hydrogen storage area. All workers have been accounted for, Airgas says. Investigators later found that a number of small cylinders had been leaking, and a small fire was sparked in that area, FOX6 reports.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2019 2:48:16 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

Wauwatosa authorities responded to a fire at a home on Underwood Parkway Wednesday night, Dec. 11. Officials were called to a single family ranch home around 10:24 p.m., where firefighters were met with heavy fire and smoke on the first floor. The Wauwatosa Fire Department, along with Milwaukee and West Allis Fire Departments, placed the fire under control in less than 30 minutes.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2019 11:51:18 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

Drivers were asked to avoid High Point Road on Madison's west side following a crash Thursday. The crash happened shortly before 1 p.m. on the bridge of High Point Road, between Watts Road and D'onofrio Drive, according to a tweet by the Madison Fire Department. The Madison Fire Department said the crash involved multiple vehicles and that two people were taken to a hospital with serious injuries.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2019 11:20:21 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

Port Washington Fire Chief Mark Mitchell this week proposed a new system for paying part-time paramedics and emergency medical technicians that he hopes will help fill shifts during the daytime hours. It’s yet another example of how the model of a volunteer small-town fire department is evolving. “I’m calling it a nationwide epidemic,” Mitchell said of the lack of volunteers today.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2019 1:43:46 AM - SOURCE: Ozaukee Press

Firefighters are reminding everyone not to leave candles or any other open flame device unattended after they responded to a basement fire Wednesday evening. The candles were left burning on the table and started the fire at a home on South Webster Avenue's 1900-block at about 5:30. Firefighters hit the fire first through the basement windows, knocking down the flames, then they entered the basement to make sure the fire was completely snuffed out.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2019 7:43:33 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Lieutenant Shauna Walesh with Green Bay Metro Fire Department said tackling flames in subzero temperatures isn't easy. Firefighters were up against the weather Wednesday afternoon, when a fire happened in a garage on the 1100 block of South Broadway. "When it gets cold our hand lines tend to freeze up and we kind of have to keep monitoring that too cause if they freeze up that means we can't put water on the fire.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2019 4:36:25 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Green Bay rescuers responding to a call about a man on fire found the garage of a home engulfed in flames. Firefighters attended to a person right away when they arrived on the 1100-block of S. Broadway at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The victim was put in an ambulance and rushed to a hospital, where they're reported in critical condition.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2019 1:43:15 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Mark Flood, fire chief of the Sullivan Volunteer Fire Department, addressed residents of the Town of Concord at the monthly board meeting this week. He explained the operation of the fire department and EMS, along with a presentation and break down of the dollar amount and call volume. The fire department’s calendar fund raising drive is presently underway.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2019 9:00:12 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times

Although building in the City of Watertown was low in November, one project during the month stands out. According to the city’s November building permits, the city filed a permit to build a clean room at 106 Jones St., the city’s administrative building. The estimated cost of the project was $8,000, according to the permit.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2019 6:42:15 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times

Fire engulfed a home in Chilton Tuesday evening. At about 4:10 p.m., the Chilton Fire Department was called to a house fire on S. Washington Rd. "Unfortunately the home is a total loss," says Fire Chief Ben Schoenborn. "There was a lot of hard work put in to trying to save the home by our Firefighters and neighboring departments that assisted us on the scene.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2019 4:40:25 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Six people have been displaced by a fire at a duplex in Ashwaubenon. At about 12:51 Wednesday morning, Ashwaubenon Public Safety officers were called to a residence at 2240 Early St. The first officers on scene saw heavy smoking coming from the basement area. Firefighters were able to get inside and put out the fire.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2019 4:01:35 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Firefighters responded to the scene of an apartment fire near 29th and Highland late Monday night, Dec. 9 in Milwaukee. The fire broke out shortly before midnight. When crews arrived on the scene they found fire on the third floor of the building. Residents were already starting to evacuate. "We had an apartment fire on the third floor of the apartment behind us.
- PUB DATE: 12/10/2019 4:40:38 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

Chief Dave Bielinski has been a volunteer with the Denmark Fire Department for more than four decades, and now manages a volunteer staff of 49. “We go on car accidents, fires, a lot of assistance calls,” he said of the job. “Basically these days you’re called in for anything.” To be ready for anything, the volunteer firefighters with the department continuously train.
- PUB DATE: 12/9/2019 4:38:35 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay