Milwaukee Fire Department

The city of Milwaukee faces a major budget gap in 2024, and it?s expected to grow. The Common Council Steering and Rules Committee asked leaders of the city?s three largest departments not funded by grants or fees to come up with doomsday scenarios for cuts.?

Milwaukee Fire Department's cadet program is a pipeline to employment within the department. But days before the start of training, one man lost his spot. Here's why.

A woman and baby were found dead after a fire near 19th and Burnham on Milwaukee's south side Wednesday. The Milwaukee Fire Department made the tragic announcement Thursday after initially reporting no injuries.

Four Milwaukee homes were damaged (three destroyed) in a fire near 19th and Burnham on the city's south side Wednesday.

The family said Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski visited Jeff Rothmeier at the hospital ?and upon hearing the situation at hand, ordered an ambulance to transport Jeff to Mayo Clinic as soon as he was able to safely leave."

Jeff Rothmeier, the Milwaukee firefighter who was badly injured when he fell two stories from the roof while battling a fire at an apartment complex near 80th and Oklahoma Saturday was able to be in Minnesota with his sick daughter, Fiona, on Monday.

Milwaukee firefighters responded to a fire at a church near 48th and Capitol Sunday morning.

A Milwaukee firefighter was badly injured when he fell two stories from the roof while battling a fire at an apartment complex near 80th and Oklahoma. The firefighter's young daughter is facing a health battle of her own. Their family is asking for prayers and donations to help with mounting medical bills.

It?s not a special team you?ll find at every fire department, but in Milwaukee, the dive rescue team is about as busy as it gets.

One person was found dead from a gunshot wound inside a burning apartment building near 29th and Villard on Sunday morning.