Getting Your Fireplace Ready For The Season
There are more than 25,000 chimney fires incurring $125 million-plus in property damage every year in the United States. That damage is largely due to flames in the lower chimney migrating upward to crack, warp, melt, or otherwise negatively affect the masonry or metal chimney walls. In the most severe cases, chimney fires can destroy houses and put lives at risk.
Weekly Update
  • Milwaukee County Office of Emergency Management November Newsletter can be found here.
  • The Department was happy to have Glendale Alderwoman Vukovic ride-along with the Operations Battalion Chief this past Thursday. As part of her ride-along, she also sat in with the Bayside Communication Center 911 Dispatchers for part of the shift.
  • RFPs were issued for repairs to HVAC equipment at Station 81 (Brown Deer) and Station 85 (Bayside). Responses are due December 3.
Reminder for Department Members
If you must call in sick for your shift and you have COVID-19 symptoms as defined by the CDC, you are required to test negative for COVID-19 before being allowed to return to work. Starting this week, the Department is accepting results of COVID-19 tests that are available for sale commercially. For more information please review the recent email from AC Maydak regarding home COVID testing.