Safety And Licensing Committee Receives Fire Department Update – Learns About EMS Flex Grant Application, New Fire Department Public Education Specialist

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 07/13/2022. One of the information items they received was a director’s report from Fire Chief Jeremey Hansen. He started off by talking about the EMS Flex Grant. In February of 2022, Governor Evers allocated $12 million in state ARPA […]

Common Council Approves The Sole Source Purchase Of A Fire Truck From Pierce Manufacturing – Paying Before May 1 Will Result In At Least $90,000 In Savings

The Common Council met 04/20/2022. Outside of the fact that it was the first regular Common Council meeting of the new Council year, the meeting was uneventful. The action item that resulted in the most discussion was the request to purchase a fire truck via […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Receives 2021 Annual Fire Department Report

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 03/09/2022. It was a brief meeting. After dispensing with the action items by formally voting to deny the Intoxicated Bartender Resolution and approving all of the license applications, they moved on to the 2021 Annual Report For the Appleton […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Approves Auto-Aid Addendum With Neenah/Menasha Fire Rescue, Also Approves Urban Search and Rescue Contract

There were a couple Fire Department related action items voted on during the 02/23/2022 Safety and Licensing Committee meeting. The first was the Auto-Aid Addendum with the Neenah/Menasha Fire Rescue. Fire Chief Jeremy Hansen said his department was really happy to have this pack up […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Approves Fire Department’s Request To Provide Confined Space Services To Purina; Reviews Two Grant Applications AFD Submitted

The Safety And Licensing Committee had several Fire Department related items on the agenda of their 01/12/2022 meeting. The first was an action item requiring a vote on a request from Fire Department to enter a contract with Purina Animal Nutrition to provide confined space […]

Director Vandehey Confirms Appleton’s Fire Hydrants Are Painted To Indicate Flow Rate

During the 07/28/2021 Safety and Licensing Committee meeting, the Fire Department’s Chief Jeremy Hansen told the committee that although there is a nationally recognized color coding scheme for fire hydrant flow to indicate the water flow rate, the city of Appleton does not do that […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Meets 07/28/2021 – Reviews Mid-Year Fire Department Report

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 07/28/2021. There were a few alcohol license applications that were approved, but the majority of the meeting was taken up with information items, in particular the Fire Department’s 2021 Mid-Year Report. Fire Chief Jeremy Hansen went over it with […]

Appleton Police And Fire Departments Receive Mental Health Grants

During the 03/03/2021 Appleton Common Council meeting former Alderperson Curt Konetzke appeared and presented two grants from the International Association of Clear Thinking, one to the Appleton Police Department and the other to the Fire Department, to provide mental health services to their officers and […]