GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – The Green Bay Metro Fire Department’s holiday wreath program has come and gone, and despite their best efforts, 5 bulbs needed to be changed from green to red.
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In a post on social media, officials with the Green Bay Metro Fire Department confirmed they responded to five residential fires from November 27, 2025, through January 1, 2026, with two of the incidents being caused by the improper disposal of smoking materials.
As we transition into the new year, many people around the world are setting goals and resolutions to improve their lives. One important resolution everyone can make is to prioritize fire safety.
Green Bay Metro Fire Department
To help the community continue to stay safe throughout the new year, officials with the GBMFD are reminding everyone of the following fire safety tips:
- Make sure to have working smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors.
- Anyone who needs smoke alarms can call the department’s smoke alarm hotline at (920)-448-3303 or sign up for the smoke alarm program here.
- Plan and practice an escape plan with everyone in the home, including children and pets.
- Keep matches and lighters stored out of reach of children and use child safety locks on cabinets.
- Discard cigarettes and other smoking materials safely.
- Do not discard cigarettes in vegetation such as mulch, potted plants, or landscaping, peat moss, dried grasses, leaves, or other things that could ignite easily.
- Before throwing away butts and ashes, make sure they are out (dousing in water or sand is the best way to do that).
- Stay in the kitchen while cooking.
- Use a timer to help as a reminder for active cooking.
- Keep flammable items away from the cooktop.
- Don’t use the oven as a storage space.
- If a small grease cooking fire occurs on the stove top, smother the flames by sliding a lid over the pan and turn off the burner.
The Green Bay Metro Fire Department, and several other fire departments, hold the holiday wreath programs each year from Thanksgiving Day through New Year’s Day as a way to help promote fire safety…