July 30th:

Truck Goes Into Creek Near Verona (recent article in Channel3000.com)

VERONA -- A grandfather and his two grandkids had a scare Wednesday when the truck they were riding in ended up in a creek. Click here to see Channel3000.com story

Verona -- Engine 1, Squad 5 and Fitch-Rona 45 were paged to a reported truck in a creek on Hwy PB near East Verona Ave. First units arrived on scene to find a 4 door SUV in the stream just off of Hwy PB and at least 2 people injured.

VFD crews assisted in stabilizing the vehicle and the patients and assisted Fitch-Rona EMS with getting the patients to their rig.

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July 25th:

Verona Fire featured in local newspaper

VERONA -- VFD was featured in this week's addition of the Verona Press. The article was about the mutual aide VFD sent to Fitchburg last week for a barn fire. Click here to see the article.

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July 23rd:

Drilling in the City of Madison

MADISON -- Engine 1 and Tanker 8 went with crews to Station 7 in the City of Madison. VFD was contacted by MFD to participate in a joint drill in the CIty of Madison. The drill was to get VFD and MFD crews working together in a drafting pump operation (sucking water out of a open water tank into the engine). Madison Engine 7 has an area that does not have hydrants and if there is a fire in that area, they would have to call a county fire department (VFD) to bring water (in tankers) and an engine to pump water to their trucks.

Crews from VFD went to Station 7 and drilled with Engine 7 and Ladder 2. They toured the area that doesn't have hydrants, and then came back to the station and showed E7 and L2 how to draft or pump water into the trucks from a water tank.

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July 20th:

Barn Fire in Fitchburg

FITCHBURG -- Squad 5, Tanker 7 and Tanker 8 were called today to assist with Fitchburg at a barn fire on Hwy M. Fitchburg Engine 2 was the first unit to respond, and quickly called for the addition units to respond because they could see smoke from their station on King James Way. Shortly after the 2nd alarm (calls for several mutual aid units to respond) Fitchburg Car 1 called for a 3rd alarm.

First units on scene found a barn involved in fire and quickly set up for an attack. Squad 5 from Verona helped set up water supply and then attacked the fire along with crews from Fitchburg, Oregon, Shorewood Hills, Middleton, Brooklyn, Belleville and the Town of Madison.

Extreme effort was used to try and save the milking parlor of the barn, but the rest was a total lost. Several cows were lost in the fire.

Crews were still on the scene seven hours after the first call came in.

• Scene pictures from VFD webmaster
• Capital Times Story

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July 16th:

Congratulations Firefighter Peterson

VERONA - The Verona Fire Department would like to say congratulations to Firefighter Ryan Peterson and Missy for the birth of the new daughter. She was born Thursday the 10th. We would also like to congratulate Firefighter/Grandpa Keith Peterson for the addition to his family. Congratulations to the Peterson's.

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July 9th:

Car vs. Cement Truck
VERONA – Squad 5, Engine 1 and Fitch-Rona 45 was paged for a report of a car verses a cement truck at the 700 block of North Main St.

Squad 5 was the first on location and made contact with all parties involved in the accident.

Squad 5 then assisted Fitch-Rona EMS with patient care and returned Engine 1. Click here to see pictures

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July 5th:

Motorcycle rider goes down

TOWN OF VERONA -- Squad 5 and Fitch-Rona 45 were paged for a report of a motor cycle rider down and possibly injured. The first unit on the scene found the patient with police and determined that no EMS was needed. All units returned.

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