...FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM TO BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA TONIGHT INTO MONDAY... .Low pressure will track from the Central Plains tonight to the Michigan/Indiana border by late Monday. The system will bring widespread precipitation to the area tonight and Monday. The precipitation will be mainly snow tonight, and the snow could be Winter Weather Advisory 2023-03-06T00:00:00-06:00 2023-03-06T18:00:00-06:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Florence; Forest; Langlade; Lincoln; Northern Marinette County; Northern Oconto County; Oneida; Vilas FIPS6 055037 055041 055067 055069 055075 055083 055085 055125 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ013 WIZ018 WIZ019 WIZ021 VTEC /O.NEW.KGRB.WW.Y.0015.230306T0600Z-230307T0000Z/

The Fort Atkinson Fire Department rescued two people Thursday night after they fell into a frozen lake and one got trapped under the ice. Crews were dispatched around 8:45 for a report of two people who fell into Lake Koshkonong, one of whom was trapped under water. Crews arrived at the lake several minutes later, and one of the people had already made it out of the water to the shore.
- PUB DATE: 3/4/2023 1:43:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison

After decades with the Eau Claire Fire Department, Chief Chris Bell has announced his retirement. According to a press release on Friday, Chief Bell's last day with the battalion will be April 30, 2023. Bell rose through the ranks during his 26 years with the department. He started his career in 1995 as a volunteer with the fire department then in 1997 he joined the department full time.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2023 4:46:00 PM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire

Madison fire crews contained a gas leak Wednesday after a gas line and meters were damaged in a crash, officials said. Crews were called to an apartment in the 4300 block of Britta Drive just before 8:14 p.m. on Wednesday after a vehicle struck a building. A gas line and four natural gas meters were damaged in the crash.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2023 7:20:00 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

VIDEO: One person is dead and two people were taken to the hospital after a crash on Gammon Road Thursday afternoon, according to Madison Fire Department. A portion of South Gammon Road by Watts Road is blocked off between Schroeder Road and Watts Road. Madison Fire Dept. stated multiple reports for a one-vehicle crash came in around 12:15 p.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2023 12:12:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison

A chemical spill involving a 500-gallon tank in Burlington caused the Racine County Hazmat Team to respond to Lavelle Industries on Wednesday, March 1. Authorities responded to a report of a hazmat spill with a chemical reaction involving a dip tank around 12:10 p.m. According to the City of Burlington Fire Department, Lavelle Industries employees were evacuated, and everyone was accounted for.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

Ten people were hospitalized after a Spirit Airlines plane bound for Orlando, Florida, made an emergency landing in Jacksonville due to a fire onboard, according to officials. Spirit Airlines Flight 259 landed at Jacksonville International Airport around 2 p.m. on Wednesday, after the crew reported a battery on fire in an overhead bin.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News

PHOTOS/VIDEO: It seemed like the fire engine made by American LaFrance in 1970 was completely finished with its life. After serving a fire department in Greeley, Colorado, it was sold off to a tiny mountain enclave and then again to the Frontier Refinery operation in Cheyenne. When the operation no longer had a need for the aging machine, it was moved to a field outside of town, where it sat for more than a decade.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Oil City News

VIDEO: The opioid epidemic continues to take a toll across the country and here in Northeast Ohio. Fentanyl has become a top killer. It is now the most commonly used drug involved in overdoses. The powerful synthetic opioid is 50 to 100 times more powerful than morphine. Exposure to the drug has become another risk first responders face on the job.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOIO-TV CBS 19 Cleveland

PHOTOS: A volunteer firefighter and 9/11 hero is taking a very long hike for a very worthy cause. Rob Weisberg, of Nesconset, New York, is setting off to walk the Appalachian Trail on March 11, 2023, he told Fox News Digital in an interview. The 2,200-mile stretch of trail from Georgia to Maine will take Weisberg some six months to complete, he said.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX News

VIDEO: Firefighters and officers in Green Bay proved that they are truly a jack of owl trades after rescuing a couple of baby owls that had fallen out of a tree. A Facebook post by the Green Bay Metro Fire Department states the baby owls had been sitting in the snow for four days and aren’t able to fly just yet.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2023 8:50:27 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

A smoke detector alerted people in a duplex in Menasha to a fire Wednesday afternoon. Neenah-Menasha Fire Rescue says it was on the scene on the 200 block of Kaukauna St. within 4 minutes of the call and found smoke coming from the two-story building. People who had been in the duplex told firefighters everyone made it out.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2023 7:57:21 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Voters in Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls are now paying a little more in taxes to help fund emergency services struggling to keep up with increased calls. That's thanks to referendum questions passed last November, In Eau Claire, Deputy Fire Chief Allyn Bertrang said the department has been able to get needed equipment, improve stations, and make several new and necessary hires.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2023 1:42:00 AM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire

A shed fire in Orfordville shut down a portion of Wisconsin Highway 81 for multiple hours Wednesday night. In an alert from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation around 7 p.m., officials said all lanes of traffic are closed going east and west on Wisconsin Highway 81 at Merlet Rd due to a fire.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison

VIDEO: A spokesperson for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives confirmed to 2 On Your Side Wednesday night that a national response team (NRT) has been deployed to Buffalo. WGRZ was told by the spokesperson that the NRT will support various Buffalo agencies in the investigation of the fire.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGRZ-TV NBC 2 Buffalo

Alachua County Fire Rescue celebrated its largest pinning ceremony to date as the department welcomed nearly 45 new firefighters, EMTs and paramedics to the team. The new recruits are preparing to hit the road and serve the community, just in time for the implementation of the department’s three-week Kelly Day.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WUFT-TV PBS 5 Gainesville

VIDEOS: Wednesday marked the one-year anniversary of a devastating home explosion in O’Fallon, Missouri. On March 1, 2022, a family was inside their home on Millers Court when they smelled gas. They managed to get out before an explosion across the street completely destroyed their home. The explosion was the result of a Gateway Fiber contractor striking a Spire natural gas line while digging to install fiber optic cables in the O’Fallon subdivision.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSDK -TV NBC 5 St. Louis

Austin-Travis County EMS on Wednesday began housing medics inside Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to improve response times as a record-high number of passengers are flying in and out. EMS officials said that due to the increase in call volume to the airport, ambulances were unable to respond to other emergencies in the areas.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Austin American-Statesman - Metered Site

A community on the North Shore is discussing an idea that would have police officers trained to become volunteer firefighters. The goal of the proposal is to help with recent staffing shortages in Manchester-by-the-Sea, but the firefighters union doesn't think it's a good idea. "The police department is understaffed," union president Bob Cavender said.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTS-TV NBC 10 Boston

It’s been several years in the making, but the City of Chilton finally secured enough financing to build a new fire station for its crews. City officials and firefighters from the Chilton Fire Department held a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday to signify the start of construction. According to Chilton Mayor Tom Reinl, the current fire station has been around since 1935, making an upgrade a necessity.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2023 10:28:22 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay