CAR FIRE ON HWY 14 - Firefighters Troy Heismoth, Scott Westphal and Todd Johnson attack an automobile fire on Saturday, August 21, 2010. The vehicle suffered extensive damage despite the fire being quickly extinguished. Investigators established that the likely cause of the fire was an electrical system malfunction.
RUN STATISTICS
RUN TYPE JUL
2010
YTD
2010
YTD
2009
Structure fires 1 5 6
Still alarms 59 320 294
EMS assist 50 317 306
Mutual aid given 1 10 7
Automatic aid given 4 42 39
Motor vehicle crash 6 48 49
Assist law enforcement 2 6 5
Public service 1 8 9
Special 0 0 1
Hazardous materials 1 2 0
TOTAL RUNS 125 758 716
AVG RESPONSE TIME 5:08 5:14 5:07

NOTABLE EVENTS:
  • 07/17/10 - 3302 Leopold Way for a structure fire
  • 07/20/10 - 5321 Verona Road for an ammonia leak
WEBSITE UPDATES

Below are a list of web pages that have been added or updated. Those web pages in the "Member" section are only available to Fitchburg Fire Department personnel.

    MEMBER:
  • Updates to FFD Member Manual
  • Online clothing order system

NEWS & EVENTS

Fatal apartment fire - 07/25/09

Fitchburg fire station study
CAUTION: this is a large (50MB) PDF file and download times may be long

Apartment fire - 07/04/08

DEPARTMENT CONTACT INFORMATION

EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: 9-1-1

NON-EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS:
    Station 1: (608) 278-2980
    Station 2: (608) 275-7150
    Facsimile: (608) 278-2985
    Voice mail: (608) 278-2965

MAILING ADDRESS:
    5791 West Lacy Road
    Fitchburg, WI 53711-5313

E-MAIL CONTACTS:
    Chief Randy Pickering - General Information
    Division Chief Richard Heft - Prevention and Inspection
    Firefighter Adam Dorn - Fire Education
    Captain Todd Toussaint - Webmaster

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