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County Board pushes split costs for DaneCom
After Mike Willett's last shot at getting the county to pay for DaneCom's annual costs failed Thursday night, he decided if he can't beat 'em he might as well join 'em.
The County Board supervisor from Verona made the first motion of the night on a board resolution regarding DaneCom, the proposed countywide radio system that has been the source of major disagreements regarding cost-sharing. Willett, who had co-sponsored a competing resolution that didn't make it out of committee, asked that all references to cost-sharing be removed from County Board Resolution 233 - effectively turning it into his buried resolution - but it failed 24-11 despite an extended debate. |
Get ‘DaneCom’ done
Dane County is home to a slew of police, fire and other emergency responders representing some 60 units of government.
When disaster strikes, these dedicated professionals -- sheriff's deputies, firefighters, paramedics and snowplow drivers -- need radios that can talk to one another. |
Deadline to install carbon monoxide alarms for commercial-residential buildings approaches
Time is running out for commercial-residential buildings with fuel-burning appliances in Wisconsin to get carbon monoxide alarms, including motels, apartment buildings, dorms and jails.
These type of buildings constructed as of Oct. 1, 2008 or later were already required to have the alarms installed, but buildings existing before that date have until April 1 of this year to get them in place. |
State assembly passes carbon monoxide detector bill
Madison (WQOW) - The Wisconsin State Assembly passed Senate Bill 415 with a bipartisan vote of 67 to 29 today. Rep. Gordon Hintz (D-Oshkosh) was the lead sponsor for the Carbon Monoxide Detector Bill which requires carbon monoxide detectors to be placed in buildings containing one or two dwelling units. Earlier today this legislation passed the Senate. The next step will be for this bill to go to Governor Doyle to be signed into law. |
Madison Fire Department Memorial Flag
MADISON -- Press Release from the Madison Fire Department:
The City of Madison Fire Department is establishing a new tradition with the adoption of a Memorial Flag. The idea came from retired Madison firefighter Richard “Butch” Butler. Butler shared his idea with Fire Chief Debra Amesqua, and with her support carried the project through to completion. |
Lawmakers want CO alarms in homes
A Wisconsin lawmaker wants to require loud alarms in every home to alert residents of a silent killer.
Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless gas produced in the burning of carbon-based fuels such as wood, natural gas and propane. Furnaces and other heat sources that aren't properly vented can leak this deadly gas. |
City considers joining radio pact
VERONA -- It only seems natural that all police, fire and medical services in Dane County should be able to communicate with one another during an emergency.
But that's not the case, and a recent county proposal to make it possible has been running into problems reminiscent of those here in the Verona Joint Fire District: disagreements over budgets and control. |
Madison Fire Department Memorial Flag
MADISON -- The City of Madison Fire Department is establishing a new tradition with the adoption of a Memorial Flag. The idea came from retired Madison firefighter Richard “Butch” Butler. Butler shared his idea with Fire Chief Debra Amesqua, and with her support carried the project through to completion. |
Emergency radio plan gets push
 MADISON -- On Feb. 6, 2008, Stoughton Fire Chief Marty Lamers made his way through driving snow to get to the scene of a massive traffic jam on Interstate 39-90. As incident commander he needed a staging area for officials from 15 or so fire departments that were about to converge on the scene. He identified a parking lot that was buried in snow, and saw a county snowplow only 100 yards away. But he couldn't get the driver's attention. His radio was not compatible with the ones used by the Dane County Highway Department. |
SALE OF NOVELTY LIGHTERS BANNED WITHIN THE CITY OF MADISON
MADISON -- The City of Madison joins Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Virginia and Maine in adopting novelty lighter bans. Other states and jurisdictions are currently considering bans. |
New Recruits Chosen for Upcoming Academy
MADISON -- Twenty individuals have been selected, approved by the Police and Fire Commission, and notified for the City of Madison Fire Department’s Recruit Academy that begins on October 19, 2009. Group 30 will attend a 20-week academy to prepare for their careers as City of Madison Firefighters. |
Fitchburg seeking "volunteer" firefighters
The Fitchburg Fire Department is hosting an informational meeting for men and women interested in becoming paid-on-call ("volunteer") firefighters. The session will be held at Fitchburg Fire Station No. 1, 5791 Lacy Road on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009 at 7 p.m. Members of the department will present information on all aspects of being a firefighter and answer any questions about becoming a member of the department. |
Verona Open House
Visitors kept Verona Fire Department staff and volunteers busy on Saturday at their annual open house. Traditional activities included fire truck rides, for which there was a line all day, shooting a hose at a make-believe fire, dressing in firefighter turnout gear, using a fire extinguisher and climbing in the vehicles, including a police car, an ambulance and the Dane County Mobile Command Unit. At left are firefighter Paul Texidor holding the hose and Aaron Alexander, the department’s newest full-time staffer. |
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