Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The first full-time paid firemen came in 1874, while Henry Lippert was fire chief. Lippert was an immigrant from Weimar, Germany who had worked his way up through the volunteer fire department. [2] In 1876 the city built Chemical Engine House No. 1, which would be named the Chief Lippert Station, in a growing new neighborhood north of the ...
The Milwaukee Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The department is responsible for an area of 96.12 square miles (248.9 km 2) with a population of 594,833. It is the largest fire department in the State of Wisconsin.
The last fire she fought was in 1975. [5] She was to be replaced by an amphibious firefighting vehicle, sparing the cost of the eight crew trained to operate Deluge. In 1986 the chief of Milwaukee's fire department and the head of the firefighter's union disagreed on whether Deluge ' s replacement was safe. [6]
In Milwaukee, most 911 calls for non-life threatening incidents are answered by two private ambulance companies, Curtis Ambulance and Bell Ambulance, which the Milwaukee Fire Department to ...
Using aerial photographs of Milwaukee County taken between 1937 and 2020 and collected by the Milwaukee County Land Information Office, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel stitched together timelapses ...
The Milwaukee Fire Department will review the actions and procedures of the 911 call system, after Jolene Waldref was found dead near a busy city bus stop earlier this month.. According to the ...
The boots stand upright and face forward, and the jacket is folded neatly on top. Gloves rest on top of the jacket and beneath a helmet bearing the Milwaukee Fire Department insignia. The sculpture is mounted on a black granite pedestal inscribed with the names of workers who sacrificed their lives fighting fires. A brick plaza surrounds the ...
The Milwaukee Fire Department responded to the scene of an apartment fire near 23rd and Wells on Monday night, Jan. 1. Milwaukee apartment fire; 23rd and Wells, Red Cross assisting 2 Skip to main ...