Donna Opperman is delivering homemade hearts and stars to police, fire and EMS departments across Wisconsin to show appreciation for first responders.
"To honor 9/11 and 911. We will never forget. These are not very pretty stars or hearts. A little frayed around the edges, like the USA right now. Like the USA we will bend a little, but we will not break," Opperman wrote in a letter she delivers with the gifts. - PUB DATE: 9/27/2019 9:00:53 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison
Medical students got out of the clinic and got a taste of what it's like to be a first responder. Second year medical students at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Green Bay Campus, learned how firefighters and paramedics treat patients in the field before they get to the hospital.
Members of the De Pere and Howard fire departments showed the students how to rescue a patient from a burning building and how to free someone stuck inside a car. - PUB DATE: 9/27/2019 7:37:27 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
Tichigan Volunteer Fire Co. officials said Tuesday that the company is ready to take on the challenge of picking up coverage of the entire Town of Waterford when the current fire and emergency medical services contract between the town and Village of Waterford expires at the end of this year.
In a more than hour-long interview with The Journal Times, Assistant Fire Chief Bill Miller and EMS Lt. - PUB DATE: 9/27/2019 4:49:52 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times
The Milton Fire Department has never had full-time employees, but that would change if the budget recommended by the joint fire commission is approved.
The proposed 2020 budget for the fire department operated by the city of Milton and town of Milton includes wages and benefits for three full-time paramedics and the option of retirement benefits for eligible employees. - PUB DATE: 9/27/2019 3:00:59 AM - SOURCE: Janesville Gazette
For Adam Blaskowski of the Wheaton Fire Department, Tuesday night was a long one.
He got the tornado warning alert on his phone, posted to the fire department's Facebook page, and then quickly took his dogs and went into his basement.
"I have a storm shelter in my basement closed that up and no later than closing the doors on that I heard the loudest banging, thumping, popping, you name it. - PUB DATE: 9/26/2019 8:33:50 PM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News
Two people were injured from a garage fire Thursday evening, according to Green Bay Metro Fire Department.
Firefighters responded to report of smoke and fire in a garage on Green Bay's west side at around 6:17 p.m. Thursday on Nelson Street. The crews quickly extinguished the fire in under 5 minutes. - PUB DATE: 9/26/2019 7:44:53 PM - SOURCE: NBC 26 Green Bay
An Armenia firefighter and first responder volunteer is on life support as a result of severe injuries sustained in a Wood County ATV crash.
Josh Doherty, 27, of Nekoosa was ejected from his ATV in a crash Sept. 22. Doherty, an organ donor, will remain on life support while waiting for the recipients of his organs to be ready. - PUB DATE: 9/26/2019 5:50:20 PM - SOURCE: Juneau County Star-TImes
A driver crashed a car into a senior apartment complex in Kaukauna Thursday morning, At about 6:05 a.m., police and firefighters were called to a crash at Canal Place Senior Apartments, 137 E Wisconsin Av.
Emergency responders found the car well inside the apartment unit and the driver trapped.
"When we arrived on scene we noticed that a Ford Taurus had driven about 20 feet inside an apartment building and the patient was still trapped and injured in the car. - PUB DATE: 9/26/2019 1:15:35 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
Waukesha police have confirmed one person has died following a house fire.
Firefighters were called to the home located at 619 S. University Drive around 5:05 Thursday a.m.
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The fire is believed to have started in a back bedroom.
The medical examiner and police are still on the scene. - PUB DATE: 9/26/2019 7:41:19 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee
A De Pere couple escapes a house fire early Thursday morning. De Pere Fire Rescue Assistant Chief Eric Johnson spoke with Action 2 News on the scene.
He says neighbors spotted the fire at the house on the corner Talbot Avenue and Ridgeway Boulevard just before 1:00 a.m.
The neighbors pounding on the door and the home's ringing smoke detectors alerted the couple in the home and they got out safely before fire crews arrived. - PUB DATE: 9/26/2019 5:54:44 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
After fighting the massive fire on Broadway April 24, the De Pere Fire Chief is looking to install a firefighting tool which rural communities have been using for years.
Fire Chief Matzke says firefighters lost control of the blaze until rural fire crews assisting in the effort started drawing water from the Fox River for much need ammunition
“We pumped over 8,000 gallons a minute out of the river that night,” Fire Chief Matzke told Local 5. - PUB DATE: 9/25/2019 3:50:19 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay
A person is accused of attacking a firefighter Wednesday morning, according to a media release from Green Bay Metro Fire Department.
At around 10:40 a.m., the release said a Green Bay Metro Fire Department Lieutenant saw a person walking in the intersection of Broadway and Dousman streets. Out of concern for his safety, the Lieutenant approached the person and tried to convince him to move to the sidewalk. - PUB DATE: 9/25/2019 12:45:22 PM - SOURCE: NBC 26 Green Bay
Authorities say a fire that killed three residents of a Wisconsin group home was likely accidental and caused by smoking materials that were improperly discarded.
The Fond du Lac Fire Department released the preliminary findings of its fire investigation on Tuesday. Three people died in last Thursday's fire at a home for intellectually disabled people in the eastern Wisconsin city of Fond du Lac. - PUB DATE: 9/24/2019 5:49:47 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
Madison firefighters at Station 5 were paid a special visit by a furry friend named Buddy, who is training as a service dog to help children in need.
The Madison Fire Department posted to Twitter saying that “it was time for him to learn what a firefighter looks like in gear.” Buddy is being trained through a program called Dogs In Vests. - PUB DATE: 9/24/2019 5:43:42 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison
Investigators have not determined what caused the fire that destroyed a storage shed in the Town of Hewitt in Marathon County early Tuesday morning.
Firefighters were paged to Pine Haven Road, east of County Highway J, just after 5 a.m.
Hewitt Fire Chief Robin Siikarla tells NewsChannel 7 the shed was used to store hay bales and machinery. - PUB DATE: 9/24/2019 11:48:25 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
At least four people were hurt in a house explosion Monday afternoon. Several fire departments responded just before 4 p.m. to the site in the town of Grant.
Officials said four people were taken to hospitals via helicopter for their injuries.
Sheriff's detective sergeant Gordon Kowaleski says the names and ages of the injured aren't being made public right now. - PUB DATE: 9/24/2019 8:26:22 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News
The De Pere Fire Department learned a few lessons from fighting a massive fire on Broadway in April. Crews used water from the Fox River to fight the flames, which helped firefighters gain control over the blaze.
“That was the turning point in that fire fight where we were losing ground. We were able to gain control of that fire with the additional water flow we could pull from the Fox River,” said De Pere Fire Chief, Alan Matzke. - PUB DATE: 9/23/2019 8:03:14 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
The Madison Fire Department is warning people charcoal takes 72 hours to cool down, after a man placed coals into the trash that later sparked a garage fire on Madison's West Side.
According to the Madison Fire Department's Public Information Officer Cynthia Schuster, multiple units were sent to a home on the 4900 block of Ascot Lane on Sunday at 8:20 p. - PUB DATE: 9/23/2019 8:41:08 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison
The Green Bay Metro Fire Department credits an automatic sprinkler system with containing a fire that broke out at the Hilton Garden Inn.
Crews say they were called to the hotel just after 1 am Sunday. When they arrived, firefighters say they found moderate smoke on the first floor and saw occupants evacuating the building. - PUB DATE: 9/23/2019 12:41:43 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay
After making 16,833 responses in 2017, the Racine Fire Department saw its responses grow by 13% in 2018, up to 19,023 total.
“We’re going on over 1,000 calls a month,” Fire Chief Steve Hansen told the Racine Police and Fire Commission on Sept. 9.
However, fires made up a tiny portion of the increase. - PUB DATE: 9/22/2019 3:46:48 PM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times
