The Wisconsin Rapids Fire Department says it received a record number of calls for service once again in 2022. Chief Todd Eckes says the department responded to 4,747 calls in 2022, after fielding 4,600 in 2021 and just under 4,000 in 2020. He adds there has been an increased need in medical services, which could correlate with the number of older adults that call the city home.
- PUB DATE: 1/4/2023 5:42:00 PM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau

One person was found dead following a house fire in Dodgeville on Tuesday, according to fire officials. A statement from the Dodgeville Fire Department said fire crews were called to the intersection of North Main Street and Jewett Street for a house fire at 1:38 p.m. on Tuesday. Fire crews arrived on scene to find heavy smoke and were able to quickly put out the fire.
- PUB DATE: 1/4/2023 8:53:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Mixed precipitation will change to light snow. Additional snow accumulations of an inch or two are possible by evening, with a light glaze of ice. * WHERE...Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas, Florence, Forest, Winter Weather Advisory 2023-01-04T09:43:00-06:00 2023-01-04T18:00:00-06:00 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.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-230105T0000Z/

...A WINTRY MIX TO CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER THE REGION TODAY... .A slow moving storm system will continue to bring a wintry mix of snow and light freezing rain to the area this morning. Light freezing rain or freezing drizzle is expected to linger over northern Wisconsin through this afternoon, and possibly into the Winter Weather Advisory 2023-01-04T03:10:00-06:00 2023-01-04T18:00:00-06:00 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.EXT.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-230105T0000Z/

Mike Romsos was doing some soul searching in May 2022, after a residential fire in Barron that cost the lives of a man and his two children (see the “Year in Review published in the Dec. 28 edition of the News-Shield). “It was a heartbreaker,” said Romsos, the Barron-Maple Grove fire chief, during a Dec.
- PUB DATE: 1/4/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Barron News-Shield

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest in Monday night's game against the Cincinnati Bengals. In a cardiac emergency, timing is a matter of life or death. Paramedics quickly began performing CPR on Damar Hamlin and used an automatic external defibrillator (AED) on the football player.
- PUB DATE: 1/4/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee

Portland fire and rescue crews are responding to a three-alarm fire in the 900 block of SW Clay Street. Crews were dispatched shortly before 5:30 p.m. Tuesday to the fire at the former Portland Korean Church. The building was completed in 1905, initially as the First German Evangelical Church. It remained in use by the same congregation for 73 years.
- PUB DATE: 1/4/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPTV FOX 12 Portland

PHOTOS: When the Evanston Fire Department goes out on an alarm call, getting to the scene of the emergency quickly can be a matter of life or death – but arriving there safely is just as important. From Jan. 1, 2019, through Nov. 5, 2022, the EFD reported 65 accidents involving a city-owned vehicle, according to data released to the RoundTable though a Freedom of Information Act request.
- PUB DATE: 1/4/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Evanston Round Table

Orange County Fire Rescue released drone video on Tuesday showing crews working to rescue 63 people from The Wheel at ICON Park after the ride lost power on New Year’s Eve. The video shows fire crews climbing up the ride and onto the gondolas to reach the people trapped inside on Saturday. More than 20 pods were occupied when the ride stopped functioning, according to fire rescue.
- PUB DATE: 1/4/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKMG-TV CBS 6 Orlando

VIDEO/PHOTOS: New data released Tuesday by the Seattle Fire Department shows the city’s fire crews responded to 1,538 encampment fires during 2022, averaging 128 a month. The data reflects a slight increase from 2021, when Seattle Fire recorded 1,446 fires at encampments, and 854 in 2020. On Monday, KOMO News reported on an encampment fire in South Lake Union where wooden structures and tents burned.
- PUB DATE: 1/4/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS/CW+ 19 Pasco

VIDEO: “Firefighters have a nine percent greater chance of getting cancer than the general public, but we have a fourteen percent chance of dying from it than the general public,” said Joe Schumacher, COO of the Firefighter Cancer Support Network. The Firefighter Cancer Support Network was created to help bring down that statistic and educate firefighters on protecting themselves from this disease.
- PUB DATE: 1/4/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCAV-TV CBS 19 Charlotte

One person has died in an overnight house fire on Mequon Road early Tuesday morning. According to a Southern Ozaukee Fire & EMS press release, a witness driving to work reported seeing flames coming from a residence located in the 12000 block of W. Mequon Road at approximately 2:49 a.m. The witness advised authorities that he did not see anything else out of the ordinary while passing the home.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2023 11:28:00 PM - SOURCE: Ozaukee County News Graphic

One family is without a home after a Tuesday morning fire in Outagamie County. According to firefighters from the Town of Ellington Fire Department, a fire broke out at a home across the road from the fire station on Highway 76 at around 9:30 a.m. The family was home at the time but managed to evacuate safely.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2023 11:25:49 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

...A WINTRY MIX TO CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER THE REGION INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A slow moving storm system will continue to bring a wintry mix of precipitation to the area through Wednesday morning. Cooler pavement temperatures overnight will increase the likelihood of roads developing icy patches. Winter Weather Advisory 2023-01-03T22:43:00-06:00 2023-01-04T10:00:00-06:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Florence; Forest; Langlade; Lincoln; Menominee; Northern Marinette County; Northern Oconto County; Oneida; Vilas FIPS6 055037 055041 055067 055069 055075 055078 055083 055085 055125 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ013 WIZ018 WIZ019 WIZ020 WIZ021 VTEC /O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-230104T1600Z/

The annual “Keep the Wreath Green” campaign did not go as well as firefighters hoped. For this campaign, local departments hang a wreath outside their stations between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Every time participating departments respond to a structure fire, they switch a bulb on the wreath from green to red.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2023 4:06:44 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

...A WINTRY MIX TO CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER THE REGION INTO TOMORROW MORNING... .A slow moving storm system will continue to bring a wintry mix of precipitation to the area tonight into tomorrow morning. Pavement temperatures will likely drop after dark, increasing the likelihood of roads developing icy patches. Winter Weather Advisory 2023-01-03T15:40:00-06:00 2023-01-04T10:00:00-06:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Florence; Forest; Langlade; Lincoln; Menominee; Northern Marinette County; Northern Oconto County; Oneida; Vilas FIPS6 055037 055041 055067 055069 055075 055078 055083 055085 055125 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ013 WIZ018 WIZ019 WIZ020 WIZ021 VTEC /O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-230104T1600Z/

...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL, FAR NORTHEAST, AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... The primary precipitation band generated by a slow moving storm system will push across the area during the mid to late afternoon hours. The precipitation will fall primarily as snow and sleet Special Weather Statement 2023-01-03T14:00:00-06:00 2023-01-03T16:30:00-06:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Observed Brown; Calumet; Door; Florence; Forest; Kewaunee; Langlade; Lincoln; Manitowoc; Marathon; Menominee; Northern Marinette County; Northern Oconto County; Oneida; Outagamie; Portage; Shawano; Southern Marinette County; Southern Oconto County; Vilas; Waupaca; Waushara; Winnebago; Wood FIPS6 055009 055015 055029 055037 055041 055061 055067 055069 055071 055073 055075 055078 055083 055085 055087 055097 055115 055125 055135 055137 055139 055141 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ013 WIZ018 WIZ019 WIZ020 WIZ021 WIZ022 WIZ030 WIZ031 WIZ035 WIZ036 WIZ037 WIZ038 WIZ039 WIZ040 WIZ045 WIZ048 WIZ049 WIZ050 WIZ073 WIZ074 VTEC

...A WINTRY MIX TO CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER THE REGION INTO TOMORROW MORNING... .A slow moving storm system will continue to bring a wintry mix of precipitation to the area tonight into tomorrow morning. Pavement temperatures will likely drop after dark, increasing the likelihood of roads developing icy patches. Winter Weather Advisory 2023-01-03T13:49:00-06:00 2023-01-04T10:00:00-06:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Florence; Forest; Langlade; Lincoln; Menominee; Northern Marinette County; Northern Oconto County; Oneida; Vilas FIPS6 055037 055041 055067 055069 055075 055078 055083 055085 055125 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ013 WIZ018 WIZ019 WIZ020 WIZ021 VTEC /O.EXT.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-230104T1600Z/

...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA TODAY... A slow moving storm system will continue to approach the area from the Central Plains today. The leading band of precipitation from the storm moved across central and east-central Wisconsin overnight, producing a wintry mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain. Special Weather Statement 2023-01-03T12:00:00-06:00 2023-01-03T13:45:00-06:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Observed Brown; Calumet; Door; Florence; Forest; Kewaunee; Langlade; Lincoln; Manitowoc; Marathon; Menominee; Northern Marinette County; Northern Oconto County; Oneida; Outagamie; Portage; Shawano; Southern Marinette County; Southern Oconto County; Vilas; Waupaca; Waushara; Winnebago; Wood FIPS6 055009 055015 055029 055037 055041 055061 055067 055069 055071 055073 055075 055078 055083 055085 055087 055097 055115 055125 055135 055137 055139 055141 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ013 WIZ018 WIZ019 WIZ020 WIZ021 WIZ022 WIZ030 WIZ031 WIZ035 WIZ036 WIZ037 WIZ038 WIZ039 WIZ040 WIZ045 WIZ048 WIZ049 WIZ050 WIZ073 WIZ074 VTEC

...A WINTRY MIX TO CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER THE REGION TODAY INTO TONIGHT... .A wintry mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain will lift north across the region today. The wintry mix will likely result in ice accumulations on flat and elevated surfaces, including roadways, sidewalks, and parking lots. Snow accumulations will be likely over Winter Weather Advisory 2023-01-03T09:00:00-06:00 2023-01-04T00:00:00-06:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Florence; Forest; Langlade; Lincoln; Menominee; Northern Marinette County; Northern Oconto County; Oneida; Vilas FIPS6 055037 055041 055067 055069 055075 055078 055083 055085 055125 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ013 WIZ018 WIZ019 WIZ020 WIZ021 VTEC /O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.230103T1500Z-230104T0600Z/