Firefighters battled a house fire in the Town of Sheboygan on Monday afternoon. Firefighters responding to the structure fire at approximately 11 a.m. on Monday saw smoke billowing from the home. All residents of the home, which is located on County Road Y, were accounted for and were not in the home at the time of the fire, according to the Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office. - PUB DATE: 10/24/2016 12:45:49 PM - SOURCE: Sheboygan Press
The Sun Prairie Fire Department announced that SPFD Fire Inspector Mark Mlekush has been selected as this year’s Fire Inspector of the Year by the Wisconsin State Fire Inspector Association. Mlekush has been the lead inspector for the department for over seven years and has completed 17,741 inspections. - PUB DATE: 10/24/2016 3:13:52 AM - SOURCE: Sun Prairie Star
Fire broke out in an upper unit of a two-level residence in the Uptown area of the city late Sunday. Firefighters were called to the scene at 9:45 p.m. for the fire at 2106 61st St., where smoke and flames could be seen emanating from the top of the building. Residents looked on as firefighters took an ax to the roof, which was still smoking half an hour later, to vent the smoke and flames. - PUB DATE: 10/24/2016 1:58:38 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News
VIDEO: Six families were displaced Sunday after a morning fire at a 36-unit apartment complex in Menomonee Falls. Crews from nine fire department responded to the Cameron Heights Apartments, near Appleton Avenue and White Oak Circle, south of County Line Road, shortly after 10 a.m. No injuries were reported. - PUB DATE: 10/23/2016 2:44:56 PM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee
Beaver Dam Fire Department members have been seeing a new person shining up things around the garage. He’s Matthew Crook, 21. He and job coach Mary Fitzgerald have been handling upkeep in the fire department building for about month and will continue into December. Fitzgerald is from Bright Futures of Wisconsin where she works in employment and transition services. - PUB DATE: 10/22/2016 7:45:33 PM - SOURCE: wisc news
VIDEO: Nearby Fire Departments often rely on each other when they need extra man power. On Saturday firefighters from around the Northwoods came together as one. "It's vital to have that community bond between the fire departments," said Arbor Vitae Fire and Rescue Chief Mike VanMeter. The bond between local departments led to a rare training opportunity. - PUB DATE: 10/22/2016 7:37:59 PM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau
Minocqua voters approved building a new fire station Thursday to replace an aging station that has served the Minocqua volunteer firefighters for over four decades. A heavy contingent of Minocqua Fire & Rescue Department members and their supporters carried the day with 63 electors voting approval and none voting against. - PUB DATE: 10/21/2016 8:35:30 AM - SOURCE: WXPR-FM 91.7 Public Radio
Projected growth and changes in demographics in the Holmen Area Fire District has the fire department’s officers and board taking a look at what future needs will be. Holmen Area Fire Department Chief Paul Menches presented a needs assessment draft to the Holmen Area Fire District Association Board its Sept. - PUB DATE: 10/21/2016 3:20:44 AM - SOURCE: Onalaska Holmen Courier Life
VIDEO: A mother and her two children are being treated for breathing in too much smoke after their home caught fire around midnight Friday. The Beloit Fire Department says police officers reported heavy fire and smoke coming from the back of the building at 622 East Grand Avenue when they got there. The people inside were out because they had been alerted by smoke detectors. - PUB DATE: 10/21/2016 3:19:02 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV 27 ABC
Several firefighters have threatened to leave after the town board moved forward with establishing a municipal fire department without the current fire chief. The Town of Wilson Board on Monday passed an ordinance and set of bylaws establishing the municipal fire department, but did not approve an amendment that would allow current Fire Chief Brian Schmitt to retain his job when the department switches from a corporation to a municipal entity. - PUB DATE: 10/20/2016 4:44:52 PM - SOURCE: Sheboygan Press
VIDEO: The State Fire Marshal is expected to arrive in downtown Clintonville this morning to help investigate a fire that injured three people late Wednesday. Fire gutted two apartments above Doesn’t Compute, a computer store, and Main Street Tattoos, at 49 S. Main Street. The fire department says a man and a woman who were in the apartments were airlifted to a Milwaukee hospital. - PUB DATE: 10/20/2016 5:06:27 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2
PHOTO: Chippewa Falls fire Chief Mike Hepfler could barely contain his excitement Wednesday as he gave a tour of the new fire station in the city’s southeast corner. “I still pinch myself every once in a while, just to make sure I’m not dreaming,” Hepfler said as he stepped through the construction area. - PUB DATE: 10/20/2016 2:13:27 AM - SOURCE: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram
Coon Creek Fire & Rescue is hoping the generosity of people in the Coulee Region continues to shine as they reach out to the public to fulfill a financial challenge, which will allow the organization to purchase a new first responder vehicle. Chief Russ Cornford said over the past three years of fundraising the organization has already raise $40,000 toward the vehicle purchase price of $80,000. - PUB DATE: 10/20/2016 2:08:14 AM - SOURCE: Westby Times
A paramedic received stitches Tuesday afternoon after an unconscious man's dog bit her as she helped try to revive him on Madison' south side, fire officials said. The Madison Fire Department said firefighters and paramedics responded to a report of an unconscious person in the basement of a home in the University Hill Farms-area neighborhood at 2:07 p. - PUB DATE: 10/19/2016 7:47:03 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison
A family of five escaped a house fire in Appleton early Wednesday morning. The Appleton Fire Department says without working smoke alarms, it could have been “truly tragic.” Firefighters were called to the 200 block of N. Lawe Street at about 5:26 a.m. Crews arrived on scene to find smoke and flames in the basement. - PUB DATE: 10/19/2016 6:47:59 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
La Crosse County emergency communications are getting a boost this year and by 2022 will have coverage as good as it can get, given the county’s terrain. By the end of the year, the county will add the first of seven new transmitter sites to improve the county’s radio system, which is used by the sheriff’s department as well as the emergency dispatch center and the highway department. - PUB DATE: 10/19/2016 3:10:46 AM - SOURCE: Lacrosse Tribune
The city has released the names of the three men being considered for Kenosha’s next fire chief.
The three finalists are Battalion Chief Matthew Haerter, Battalion Chief Kenneth Schroeder and Capt. Charles Leipzig Jr. A decision could come later this month.
The Police and Fire Commission opted to look at internal candidates rather than perform a nationwide search. - PUB DATE: 10/19/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News
VIDEO: The Merrill Fire Department does more than just battle structure fires within city limits. It covers 141 square miles in southern Lincoln County. In the spring, the department helps control forest or wildland fires about every day or every other day. But it needs better tools to help do that job. - PUB DATE: 10/18/2016 4:41:57 PM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau
Stevens Point firefighters are doubling their fundraising efforts this year to provide new winter coats to local kids in need.
The Stevens Point Firefighters Union partnered for the first time last year with Operation Warm, a national organization that provides students with brand new winter coats made in the United States. - PUB DATE: 10/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Stevens Point Journal
A townhome in the 500 block of Sutherland Court was the scene of a structure fire in the early morning hours of Oct. 16. Strong lightning and thunder traveled through the area before the 2 a.m. call to Oconomowoc Fire Department. The resident told dispatch that she heard “a loud bang followed by the smell of smoke and the smoke alarms sounding,” according to a news release from the fire department. - PUB DATE: 10/17/2016 1:04:11 PM - SOURCE: Lake Country News
