December 23:

Carbon Monoxide Scare
VERONA -- VFD and Fitch-Rona EMS were paged to an address on Basswood Ave, the call into the 911 Center said that their CO (Carbon Monoxide) alarm was sounding and that someone was feeling ill there. The 911 operator instructed the caller to open the windows and get out of the building and wait for the fire department to arrive.

Fitch-Rona EMS was the first unit on the scene; they checked the interior of the home and used a gas meter to determine if there was the presence of CO. They discovered that there was a high amount of CO in the building, and the crew quickly exited.

Engine 1 arrived on scene and the crew entered the building with their full gear on and breathing air from the SCBA's (Self Contained Breathing Apparatus). They went to the basement with the gas monitor to check for CO readings near the furnace, which they found the levels in the house to still be dangerously high.

Crews proceeded to turn off the heater and ventilate the building till MG&E (Madison Gas and Electric) arrived on scene. Once MG&E was on scene, Engine 1's crew went back into the basement and took another reading from their gas monitor, to see if the levels were high. MG&E then shut the gas off to the building and bled the rest of the lines to help fix the problem.

Units returned and the scene was turned over to MG&E.

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December 23:

Broken Sprinkler Head
VERONA -- Engine 1 was paged to the 400 block of Prairie Heights for a sprinkler head that had ruptured do to the weather. Upon their arrival, Engine 1 found water coming out the front door. The crew searched the rest of the building to make sure there weren't any other emergencies, and found none.

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December 14:

Garage Fire
VERONA – VFD and automatic aid were paged for a report of a garage on fire on Melody Lane. Reports were that a trash can was on fire inside the garage and by the time the fire department was paged, the fire was out but smoldering.

Engine 1 was the first unit, upon arrival the crew noticed smoke inside the garage (the door was open) but no active fire. Engine 1 crew went inside the garage to check for the fire, which was quickly put out by a water extinguisher.  All incoming units were returned per command at this point.

A small hole was cut into the wall to check for extension and a thermal imaging camera was also used, no extension was found.

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December 8:

Chimney Fire
VERONA – VFD and auto-aid units were paged to the 500 block of Whalen Rd for a report of a chimney fire. Verona Engine 1 was the first on scene and investigate the chimney to see if there was indeed a fire. Engine 1 determined that the smoke inside the house was due to the fact that the smoke was being pushed back down the chimney because of the strong wind.

Crews checked around the chimney and also on the roof and determined that there was no fire outside of the chimney.

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December 6:

Rekindle of Attic Fire
TOWN OF VERONA – VFD and auto-aid were paged back to the same address on Midtown Rd that units were there earlier for smoldering wires in the attic. Calls to the Dane County 911 Center were reporting that there was a fire again in the attic, and that the residence of the house was trying to put the fire out.

Verona Engine 1 and Fitchburg Engine 2 went inside to fight the fire while Middleton Engine 1 was told to stage at the hydrant and supply water to Verona Engine 1.

Fitchburg Engine 2 was then sent to the roof to cut a hole in the roof to ventilate the fire and contain it to the attic.

Units were on scene for an hour before the fire was under control and several other agencies also requested to respond to assist with crews to fight the fire.

Departments that responded to this call was Verona, Middleton, Fitchburg, Mt. Horeb and Fitch-Rona EMS

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December 6:

2 Car Accident
TOWN OF VERONA – VFD and Fitch-Rona 45 EMS was paged to a reported two vehicle accident in the 1700 block of Hwy PB. Reports were of a truck versus a car and possibly one person seriously injured in one of the vehicles.

Engine 1 was first unit on scene to find a truck had t-boned a car and that the person that was seriously injured was in the car. Command started another ambulance in case there were any more people injured in this accident.

Squad 5 and Ladder 3 also arrived on scene and helped investigate the scene and to see if there were any more patients. After checking the area, Engine 1 officer determined that there were no more patients and units on scene were enough to handle the call.

Unfortunately due to the severity of the accident, the driver of the car did not survive.

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December 5:

Electrical Fire in Attic
TOWN OF VERONA – VFD and auto-aid units were paged to a report of a fire in an attic on Midtown Rd.

While responding, units were informed that the fire was in the attic and smoldering. Fitchburg Engine 2 was the first unit on scene and went in to investigate the attic fire. Verona Engine 1 staged at the fire hydrant across the street from the house to establish water supply in case units need water.

Verona Engine 1 crew helped Fitchburg Engine 2 look for the source of the fire and found some wires that had shorted in the wall and started a fire that at this point was smoldering.

Fitchburg Engine 2 put out the small fire with a water extinguisher and all units returned.

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