It’s been a little more than six weeks since Madison’s crisis response team hit the road. The Community Alternative Response Emergency Services program — CARES for short — operates out […]
Natural Resources Board Delays Implementing PFAS Standards
Nearly two-thirds of Wisconsin’s 744 fire departments are storing foam that contain harmful chemicals known as PFAS, according to a state Department of Natural Resources survey conducted this spring. The […]
WORT Weekly Rewind: November 15th, 2019
In this November 15th edition we review the City’s budget deliberations and the Fire Chief’s call for a ninth ambulance, a student protest in support of DACA, Governor Tony Evers’ […]
City Approves New Ambulance Purchase, Could Staff in 2021
The Madison Fire Department will have to wait until at least next year to receive funding to operate a ninth ambulance, but it may not have to wait too much […]