Tuesday at 5:47pm our dept. was dispatched to a report of a fire under a residence on Lake Thompson Rd. Pelican and Stella Fire dept.'s were also dispatched as automatic aid along with Rhinelander Fire's RIT team. While enroute to our station we were notified that the residence … [Read more...]
Hilltop Rd Structure Fire
Saturday afternoon our dept. responded as automatic aid to the Town of Pelican for a Structure Fire on Hilltop Rd. Firefighters arrived on scene to smoke showing from the residence. Firefighters had an excellent knock down on the fire containing it to the basement. The structure … [Read more...]
"26 Guns in 26 Days"
Tonight we kicked off our "26 Guns in 26 Days" drawing. We will draw a winner every night from March 1st through March 26th. The drawings will take place at our station 1 at 7:00 p.m. We will continue to update our website daily with a list of the winners and our Facebook page … [Read more...]
Today our 1st Responders finished up their 27 hour refresher class. 1st Responders are required by the state to complete a refresher class every 2 years to keep up to date on their skills. Our class started Wednesday from 6-10, Thursday 6-10, Friday 6-10, Saturday 8-4:30 and … [Read more...]
Congrats to our Probationary Firefighters Tom, Denny, Andrew and Matt for successfully completing their training burn through Nicolet today. Nice job guys!!!!! … [Read more...]
Town Approves New Pumper
The Pine Lake Fire Dept. is very excited to announce that we are expecting a new addition to our family!!!! Last night our town board approved the purchase of a new pumper. This truck will be replacing our aging Engine 2, a 1987 Pierce Dash. Both the town and truck replacement … [Read more...]
Tonight Santa stopped by our fire station to give us a hand with our 3rd annual "Operation Ho Ho Ho". Our dept. chooses two families that reside in the town of Pine Lake that possibly could you some extra help around this time of year. Santa joined us this evening to pass out … [Read more...]
Gift Wrapping Night
Tonight some of our members and even their spouses got together to wrap all of our gifts for our 3rd annual "Operation Ho Ho Ho". This is the 3rd year that we have selected 2 families that reside in the town of Pine Lake that could use a little extra help around this time of … [Read more...]
MVA at River Rd and Clover Dr.
Firefighters responded to a 2-vehicle accident at the intersection of River Rd. and Clover Dr shortly after 5 p.m this evening. The driver of the van had parked the vehicle in the oncoming lane to retrieve mail from their mailbox. A truck approaching them in the oncoming lane was … [Read more...]
Food Pantry/Animal Shelter Donations
With our open house a huge success this year, we are very proud to deliver 750 pounds of food to the Rhinelander area food pantry and supplies to the Oneida County Animal shelter this past week. We would like to thank the community for your support. … [Read more...]
We are very happy to say that we had an awesome Haunted Town hall/Open House this year. We set a new record in attendance this year!!!! We would like to thank all the members and volunteers that helped us make this all possible. And we can not thank the community and the local … [Read more...]
Our dept. was assisted by Pelican and Newbold fire Dept. in the response to a reported chimney fire on Spider Lake Rd around 5:45 this evening. Assistant Chief Braun arrived on scene first reporting back that we had a working chimney fire with no extension outside of the chimney … [Read more...]
Our dept. responded as mutual aid to the city of Rhinelander for a structure fire at Woodland Heights Estates around 1am this morning. Flames were showing upon the arrival of the first fire units with the resident still trapped inside. Firefighters were able to get the resident … [Read more...]
Motorcycle vs. Car accident on Hwy 17 North
Rescue 1 and Engine 2 responded to a vehicle accident involving a motorcycle and car at 2:00 this afternoon. The car was in the southbound lane waiting to make a left hand turn onto East Balsam when the motorcycle struck the passenger side rear of the car. The driver of the … [Read more...]
Skills Night
Monday night firefighters had a skills night on ladders, air packs, and roof ventilation. Firefighters covered advancing a hose line up a ladder, sending tools up to the roof with the use of a rope and roof ventilation … [Read more...]
