VIDEO: Firefighters Wednesday night, November 8th were on the scene of a fire involving a detached garage near 13th and Silver Spring in Glendale. The call came in around 8:00 p.m. Upon arrival, fire crews quickly initiated an aggressive attack on the fire, as well as established protective hose lines to prevent any fire from spreading to multiple neighboring homes and garages. - PUB DATE: 11/8/2017 8:47:02 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
VIDEO: As part of their final exam, Milwaukee Fire Department recruits had to put out a staged fire on the city's north side. Their test continues Thursday, and the recruits will graduate next week. They will start working shortly after that. - PUB DATE: 11/8/2017 6:01:03 PM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee
VIDEO: Someone is now being held responsible for rioting and torching a BP gas station in Milwaukee's Sherman Park neighborhood -- more than year after the violence. The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that 20-year-old Toronse Carter of Milwaukee was indicted on Tuesday, November 7th for rioting and arson connected with the Sherman Park violence that broke out in August 2016. - PUB DATE: 11/8/2017 2:30:23 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
A motion to approve bids to take down the Sturgeon Bay west-side waterfront granary was tabled until January at Tuesday’s meeting of the city council but that does not mean the life of the historic structure is assured. Even with more than $1.3 million in commitments from members of the public to restore the granary, a council majority was still hesitant to give the Sturgeon Bay Historical Society more time to save the granary. - PUB DATE: 11/8/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Door County Daily News
A man accused of vandalizing and then trying to burn down a home in Sheboygan multiple times, whom prosecutors say blamed his alleged actions on “aliens,” has been committed by the court after he was found incompetent to proceed in the case against him. 32-year-old Anouphong Inphachack was in court Tuesday, November 7th for a competency hearing. - PUB DATE: 11/7/2017 5:03:02 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
The Milwaukee Common Council fought back against the mayor on Tuesday, taking a step toward being able to fire the Milwaukee police chief. Alderman Bob Donovan says Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn is losing the rank and file and Council voted 10-5 on Tuesday to ask the state for the ability to fire the police and fire chiefs. - PUB DATE: 11/7/2017 10:46:13 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
The Dunn County Sheriff's Office says a woman has died in a house fire in the Town of Sand Creek. Dispatchers got a call about the fire at 8:20 p.m. Monday. Firefighters learned the 69-year-old woman who lived in the house was probably at home. Officials later found the woman's body during a search of the home. - PUB DATE: 11/7/2017 8:23:24 AM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire
The Sturgeon Bay Historical Society is offering to cover up to $75,000 of demolition costs for the granary if a third-party structural engineer declares the building cannot be saved. The announcement came on the eve of the Sturgeon Bay Common Council’s decision on whether to follow through on a raze order issued by Fire Chief Tim Dietman on October 17 or to accept over one million dollars from donors to save it from demolition. - PUB DATE: 11/7/2017 6:04:58 AM - SOURCE: Door County Daily News
For both Bob Leonard and Mike LaVenture, the time to retire from their respective fire departments felt like the right move. Leonard, who served with the Dousman Fire Department for 45 years, retired as assistant chief in 2015. LaVenture, who served for 42 years, decided to step down from his position as a lieutenant at the Oconomowoc Fire Department a year later. - PUB DATE: 11/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Winners from four grade groups in the coloring contest held at the annual Pancake Breakfast in October were recently selected and given their prizes. There was a winner from each group. If the winner lived in Hudson, a fire truck and firefighters drove to their house and presented the prize. One winning family, not from Hudson, was asked to come to the station to receive their prize. - PUB DATE: 11/6/2017 1:00:20 PM - SOURCE: Hudson Star-Observer
Five people were injured Friday in a single-vehicle crash on Madison's east side, officials said. The Madison Fire Department said crews responded to a report of a sports sedan that had crashed at about 5:30 p.m. in the 700 block of Meadowlark Drive. According to the report, a sports sedan was headed south on Meadowlark at a high rate of speed when the driver lost control while trying to round a curve at the bottom of a hill. - PUB DATE: 11/6/2017 8:58:51 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison
Two boys were rescued Sunday night after their boat sank in the Navarino Wildlife Area. At 5:15 p.m., the Shawano County Sheriff's Department was notified that two boys were knee deep in the water, according to the department. The boys were able to call 911 and used a flashlight to show their position in the water. - PUB DATE: 11/6/2017 7:33:35 AM - SOURCE: Wausau Daily Herald
Baraboo may pay a consultant $24,000 to implement a management plan for the Fire Department. On Thursday, the Baraboo Common Council’s Public Safety Committee voted 3-0 to recommend paying RW Management $4,000 per month for up to six months. The measure will go to the full Common Council. Earlier this year, the Waukesha firm analyzed the Fire Department and determined its needs to add daytime staff and move to a new facility. - PUB DATE: 11/5/2017 6:38:25 PM - SOURCE: wisc news
Madison firefighters responded to heavy flames at a residential fire on Wheeler road Sunday morning, officials sad. The home is in the 600 block of Wheeler Road. Firefighters said the owner was not home, which allowed the fire to spread. There was significant smoke and fire damage, officials said. One of the owner's dogs was rescued, but the second dog died. - PUB DATE: 11/5/2017 9:48:08 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison
VIDEO: The Tomah Fire Department battled its third structure fire in the last two weeks on Friday, when it responded to a house fire on West Jackson Street around 2:00 in the afternoon. According to the department, upon arrival firefighters found heavy smoke coming from the home, but the heat of the fire caused them to back off and fight the fire from a defensive position. - PUB DATE: 11/4/2017 8:53:03 PM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse
The Wisconsin State Fire Inspector’s Association (WSFIA) recently named Sun Prairie Fire Chief Christopher Garrison as its 2017 Fire Chief of the Year.
On Oct. 26, 2017 at the Annual Fire Prevention Professionals Conference in Green Bay, Garrison received the honor.
The Fire Chief of the Year Award is a direct result of Garrison’s efforts to educate the public, and promote fire prevention at every opportunity. - PUB DATE: 11/4/2017 4:11:30 AM - SOURCE: Sun Prairie Star
VIDEO: Firefighters on Friday morning, November 3rd were called out to the scene of a fire on Milwaukee's south side. Crews responded to the area near 27th and Euclid around 1:30 a.m. The appears to have spread between two businesses. At this time, firefighters are surveying the damage at Nabil's Furniture store and at the former Home Town Market next door. - PUB DATE: 11/3/2017 5:09:51 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
Multiple agencies responded to a house fire that broke out at a multi-level home in the 11300 block of Highway G just before 8 a.m. Thursday. Raymond Fire Chief Adam Smith said the tenant in the downstairs apartment was asleep when the smell of smoke woke him up. He opened the door to his bedroom, saw smoke, evacuated and dialed 911. - PUB DATE: 11/3/2017 2:11:39 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times
A shed is destroyed after a fire. The Chippewa Fire District said it happened just after 3:30 a.m. at 10546 County Trunk X in the Town of Wheaton. The Chippewa Fire District had the fire out in about 20 minutes but remained on scene until about 5:30 a.m. No injuries were reported. The fire district said the shed is a total loss. - PUB DATE: 11/2/2017 11:12:48 PM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News
VIDEO: Employees at the Merrill Fire Department consider themselves team. And being apart of that team means so much more to a young man. Kyle Webie may not drive the truck, or head off to call, but his duties as a custodian make him feel important. Fire chief Dave Savone said Kyle walked into the job very introverted, and now. - PUB DATE: 11/2/2017 12:03:00 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
