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Sprinklers save the day, twice in one week!
Fitchburg -- The City of Fitchburg Fire Department responded to two calls within a one week period where residential fire sprinklers extinguished a fire in the kitchen of an apartment. Cooking and heating are among the leading causes of home fires in the United States, according to the nonprofit National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). More importantly, the life and property saving value was demonstrated not once, but twice in the same week. |
Town of Bristol crash injures four
TOWN OF BRISTOL -- A crash on a private road in the town of Bristol Saturday night injured four people, the Dane County Sheriff's Office reported. |
Car Fire Burns Siding on Two Homes
MADISON -- On Friday, September 19, 2008, an occupant of 2402 Coolidge was working on his car, when it burst into flames. He grabbed a kitchen fire extinguisher and tried to put the fire out, but the flames were too big for the small extinguisher. His wife looked out the window, saw flames and called 9-1-1 at 12:27 PM. Engine 3 crew arrived at 12:33 PM with Engine 10, Rescue 10, Ladder 1, Engine 8 and Ladder 8 arriving behind them. |
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Annual Fire Truck Parade on State Street Sunday
MADISON -- The annual Dane County Fire Chiefs Association big Fire Truck Parade will be held Sunday in downtown Madison. Each year the parade marks the beginning of Fire Prevention Week in Dane County and nearly 40 fire trucks from departments throughout Dane County are expected to participate in this year's event. Parade Page | Press Relase |
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Training Dates set for
Dane County MABAS 115
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-- MABAS Division 115 (Dane County) has set up training dates through
September and October at area fire departments through out the county.
Training officers are encouraged to attend one of the dates and members of
departments are also welcome to come.
MABAS will be the official program in Dane County on how to call for mutual
aid or additional alarms, by January 2009. The system is set up to
accommodate departments with a more uniform way of receiving mutual aid.
DCFR will be posting more once all is set in stone, please feel free to email us if you have any question. We’ll try to answer it as best as we can or
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an email, if you have a fundraiser coming up, we'll get the word out for
you. Let us post your department news, we love to help get the information
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Appleton girl badly injured in crash
GRAND CHUTE — A 2-year-old Appleton girl was critically injured Thursday when the van she was riding in was struck by a truck on Northland Avenue. |
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Fire damages Lincoln County home
TOWN OF SCHLEY — A Lincoln County man is crediting a smoke detector for saving his life Thursday night, according to the Sheriff’s Department. |
3 firefighters remembered
WISCONSIN RAPIDS -- When firefighters from across the state gather Saturday in Wisconsin Rapids, they'll honor three firefighters who died while on duty this year and others who died before them. |
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20-year-old rolls car after drinking, smoking pot
MANITOWOC — A 20-year-old Two Rivers man received four citations and a trip to Aurora Medical Center early this morning when he rolled his car on North Eighth Street after drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana, according to a release from Manitowoc Police Lt. Nick Reimer. |
Chatty driver injures two after hitting utility pole, car
MANITOWOC — An unlicensed driver using a cell phone drove her car into a utility pole Wednesday afternoon before striking another vehicle and injuring two of her own passengers, according to a release from Manitowoc Police Capt. Larry Zimney. |
Fire at apartments extinguished
NORTH SHORE MILWAUKEE -- A fire that apparently started in a storage area on the first floor of an apartment building at 4224 W. Hawthorne Trace Road extended into a second-floor storage area and the attic. |
2 hurt in crash outside Portage
 PORTAGE -- Two people were injured in a two-vehicle crash at 3:27 p.m. Wednesday east of Portage at the intersection of Highway 16/51 and Hillcrest Road. |
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Suddenly, very serious accidents
 ANTIGO -- Sheriff Bill Greening suggested today he was surprised and saddened by the rash of accidents in the central Wisconsin area that have resulted in the deaths of two Langlade County residents and a number of serious injuries — all within a matter of a few days. |
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Fire chief’s treatment continues
HOLMEN — After spending the weekend at home, Holmen Area Fire Chief Doug Schober was back at the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison on Monday for treatment from burns suffered when an oxygen tank exploded at the fire station Thursday. |
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Firefighters: Risks part of job
 WAUSAU -- You might say safety is an understandable obsession among firefighters, given the lives and property they've seen lost. |
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