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Winter Safety

  • Winter Continues 2014 posted February 10, 2014

    Winter continues...

    Category: Chief's Blog
    Tags: Fire Hydrants, Ice Safety, Winter Safety
  • Winter Season posted January 4, 2013

    The first major storm of the winter season is well behind us, but there are still several important things to be done to stay safe.

    Category: Chief's Blog
    Tags: Fire Hydrants, Winter Safety

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Recent Posts

  • Thank You For Allowing Me To Serve You, Madison posted October 19, 2021
  • MFD Expands Services To Town Of Madison posted November 2, 2020
  • COVID-19: The MFD Is Prepared posted March 12, 2020
  • Madison Needs A Ninth Ambulance Now posted November 11, 2019

Archive

2021
October
  • Thank You For Allowing Me To Serve You, Madison
2020
November
  • MFD Expands Services To Town Of Madison
March
  • COVID-19: The MFD Is Prepared
2019
November
  • Madison Needs A Ninth Ambulance Now
January
  • Welcome, Recruit Class 8, To the Madison Fire Department!
2018
July
  • We Send Our Condolences To Sun Prairie Today
May
  • Home Fire Sprinklers: A Small Investment That Could Save Your Life
2017
December
  • 17 Recruits Graduate Fire Academy Class 6
November
  • Remembering Former Madison Fire Chief Ed Durkin
September
  • A 'Thank You' Note To Our Partners On Stratton Way
June
  • Calling All Volunteers! CampHERO Kicks Off Its 6th Season
2016
December
  • The MFD Lost A Good One…
October
  • MFD Welcomes Twenty New Recruits!
September
  • Reflections On This 15th Anniversary Of 9/11
June
  • Project SOAR and the MFD
May
  • “The Butter Fire” – Lessons Learned From Madison’s Biggest Blaze
March
  • Expanding Emergency Medical Services In Our Community
2015
November
  • Ambulances To Remain Stationed At Willy, Monroe Streets
  • Veterans Day Thank You
  • Developing Tomorrow's Leaders: Recruits Visit East High LEAD Program
August
  • City Leaders Practice Large-Scale Emergency Response
July
  • Madison Fire Recruit Class 4 Begins
  • MFD Begins Serving Towns of Blooming Grove, Burke Today
June
  • Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Boss Lift
May
  • Friday Nights at the Y!
  • Madison Fire Department receives Public Health Award
February
  • Madison Fire Department Awarded Many Honors at County EMS Banquet
  • Neighborhoods Meeting
  • PulsePoint
January
  • The MFD is on the move
  • Madison Fire Emergency Medical Services Technology
2014
October
  • Ebola Response
August
  • Apollo Road Fire
  • Fire Station Place Making
July
  • Firefighter Fun Day!
  • Safety Town
  • CampHERO
June
  • 2014 Battle of The Badges
April
  • 911 Center Update
  • Madison Fire Department is Getting Smaller
March
  • Happy St. Patrick's Day!
  • CampHERO Kickoff!
February
  • 911 Center Issues
  • Winter Continues 2014
January
  • Atlas Avenue Fire: A Community Event
2013
September
  • Police Chief Noble Wray
August
  • Happy Nicholas S. Fisher Day!
  • It's Hot
  • Fire Admin Has Moved!
May
  • MFD Fitness Challenge Results
January
  • MFD Fitness Challenge!
  • Why do I see two or three fire trucks at my local grocery store every morning?
  • Winter Season
2012
December
  • Why do we send a fire truck when you call for an ambulance?
October
  • Madison Fire Department avoids landmark catastrophe!
September
  • Fire Prevention Month

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City of Madison Fire Department

City of Madison Fire Department
314 W. Dayton St.
Madison, WI 53703
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