VIDEO: A bus used by a Milwaukee homeless outreach organization to distribute food, clothes and other resources has been destroyed in an arson. Vicky Cordani, vice president of the Street Angels board of directors, told the Journal Sentinel Friday the bus was stocked with a range of critical items the organization hands out to the homeless population throughout Milwaukee County.
- PUB DATE: 1/23/2022 1:28:45 PM - SOURCE: Portage Daily Register

The Palmyra Fire Department responded to a residential fire near County Highway H on Friday morning, Jan. 21. Officials said the fire began in the garage around 10:45 a.m. and extended to the house. From there, it extended to the attic. The fire department was able to put out the fire before it consumed the rest of the house, officials said.
- PUB DATE: 1/21/2022 9:40:15 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

East Central Energy turned unspent budget dollars over to 26 volunteer fire departments across its 14-county service area in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Volunteer fire departments in the towns of Dairyland, Summit, Superior and Wascott were among the departments that each received $4,200 checks from the energy cooperative.
- PUB DATE: 1/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Superior Telegram

Madison’s fire chief was honored Thursday as a “Hometown Hero” during an Assembly session for the impacts he has made in the community. City of Madison Fire Department Chief Steven Davis has served as a member of the agency for the last three decades, holding the position of chief since 2021. He will be retiring this April.
- PUB DATE: 1/20/2022 2:42:09 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

VIDEO: Milwaukee firefighters battled a huge house fire Thursday morning in the frigid cold. News Chopper 12 captured flames and thick smoke pouring out of the roof of a house near 29th and Townsend streets. Investigators said the fire started on the first floor and quickly spread to the second floor and then up to the attic.
- PUB DATE: 1/20/2022 11:04:55 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

Ryan Krings is a busy man. Not only does he have a full-time job as a firefighter with Neenah-Menasha Fire Rescue, where he works about 56 hours a week, but he's the volunteer chief of the Winneconne-Poygan Fire Department. Though Krings isn't paid as volunteer chief, he works about 20 hours a week there on top of coaching football at the high school.
- PUB DATE: 1/20/2022 5:41:57 AM - SOURCE: Oshkosh Northwestern

Paul Oliver is the newest member of the Ashland Fire Department. Oliver recently graduated from Chippewa Valley Technical College’s fire medic associate degree program and also has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Minnesota. Oliver comes to AFD with five years of experience with the Lake City, Minnesota Fire Department and two years with the United Fire Department and Baldwin Ambulance Service.
- PUB DATE: 1/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ashland Daily Press

Five adults and six children are without a home after a duplex fire in Appleton late Tuesday morning. The Appleton Fire Department responded to a report of a house fire on the 1600-block of E. Capitol Dr. at 11:30. Video and photos from the scene show damage to a garage separating the two sides of the duplex.
- PUB DATE: 1/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

A fire at a Kenosha senior-living apartment building left three people dead Monday night, Jan. 17. The fire broke out around 9:30 p.m. Monday at the Saxony Manor Apartments on 22nd Avenue. Neighbors are searching for answers. "I said ‘holy crap’ – there’s flames coming up," neighbor Geri Smith said.
- PUB DATE: 1/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

VIDEO: The Stevens Point Fire Department is warning about the dangers of oxygen-related fires, in light of several fires involving smoking. They released an educational video aimed at saving lives and property, saying these types of fires are avoidable. "Everybody still has that one family member or maybe you're a smoker at home, and we're just trying to get out to these people that it's not an if, it's a when or if you're injured or killed if you're smoking with your oxygen on," said Stevens Point Fire Marshal Drew Egan.
- PUB DATE: 1/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau

It has been a busy beginning of the winter for ice rescue crews. The Oshkosh Fire Department says they have to keep their skills sharp to keep people safe. John Holland, the public information officer for the Oshkosh Fire Department said, “The training is extremely important just because it is a low volume number of calls but the risk is so great.
- PUB DATE: 1/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

Two people are dead and five others have been injured in a fire at a senior apartment complex in Kenosha. Fire Department Battalion Chief Ken Schroeder says the fire started at the Saxony Manor apartments about 9:30 p.m. Monday. Two people died in the fire and five others are hospitalized. Two of the five injured have life-threatening injuries.
- PUB DATE: 1/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Fond du Lac Fire Rescue is spreading warmth to those in need… literally. The department has been collecting sleeping bags to hand out every winter since 2016. For the first time this year, the department is also collecting new hats and gloves. “We keep the sleeping bags on all of our rigs so that if one of our crew members see somebody in need then they just give them a sleeping bag,” said Community Risk Reduction Specialist Calie Tasch.
- PUB DATE: 1/17/2022 12:42:17 AM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay

Fire crews are investigating what caused a house fire near Stoughton Friday afternoon. The fire was reported around 4:15 p.m. in the 1500 block of Williams Drive, according to Dane County dispatch. Stoughton Fire Chief Joshua Ripp when firefighters got to the scene, they found heavy smoke coming from the back of the home as well as the attic.
- PUB DATE: 1/15/2022 3:54:51 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

For the second time in a week, fire trucks from departments across the region lined the streets of Mineral Point on Friday as the community paid its respects to a firefighter killed while responding to a crash on U.S. Highway 151 last week. Capt. Brian Busch, 43, was driving a Mineral Point fire truck that was hit by a semi truck while turning onto an emergency crossover on Highway 151 near mile marker 38 last Thursday.
- PUB DATE: 1/15/2022 3:54:50 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

VIDEO: Driving around Beloit this weekend, you may notice hundreds of American flags lining the streets. Mark Finnegan said there were about 900 banners to cover the processional route for former Beloit Fire Chief Brad Liggett. “We thought, ‘Let’s just line the route like a hall of honor as a salute to him for all he did for so many of us,’” Finnegan said.
- PUB DATE: 1/14/2022 10:14:58 PM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison

Smoke alarms can save lives. A potentially deadly situation could have been avoided in Milwaukee had there been a smoke alarm in the apartment. On Jan. 8, the Milwaukee Fire Department responded to a call for smoke in an apartment building. There was light smoke and haze in the basement. Everyone evacuated the building except for one apartment.
- PUB DATE: 1/14/2022 7:43:38 AM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee

Following several space heater related fires in Northeast Wisconsin and other parts of the country, the Oshkosh Fire Department has tips to ensure people warm up safely. The Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates portable and stationary heaters are involved in an average of 6,800 fires every year.
- PUB DATE: 1/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay

The Kaukauna Fire Department responded at 1:33 a.m. to a fire at 210 Whitney Street where a single-family residential building was found to have smoke coming from the side of the home and bathroom window. Firefighters entered the home and extinguished the fire in the bathroom. The home occupant reported that he awoke from sleep to find heavy smoke and went to the adjourning house to call 911.
- PUB DATE: 1/13/2022 4:38:59 PM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay

Merrill Fire Department recently purchased new ballistic vests for its paramedics to wear on potentially high threat EMS calls, replacing the outdated, hard-to-maintain ballistic vests the department had been using, the Merrill Fire Department announced this week. In addition to active shooter scenarios, paramedics will wear the vests on calls that involve drug overdoses, domestic violence and physical altercations.
- PUB DATE: 1/13/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wausau Pilot and Review