Fort Atkinson Fire Department’s visit with elected officials interrupted by fire call

Demonstration dovetailed with real life for the Fort Atkinson Fire Department on Saturday morning.

The department, which went full time after a city referendum in 2022, was hosting elected representatives to show them what goes into running a modern, full-time fire and EMS department.

Those officials, including state Assembly Rep. Joan Fitzgerald and state Sen. Melissa Ratcliff, were still at the firehouse when a call came in for a garage fire in the 300 block of Lincoln Avenue just before 11 a.m…

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