Pine Lake Fire Rescue

05/22/2026

****Scholarship Winner****

This past Sunday was the Rhinelander Community Scholarship Awards Ceremony. Fire Chief Brian Gehrig & Nancy Gehrig awarded Brianna Young the $500 Pine Lake Firefighters Department Auxiliary Scholarship. We have awarded this Scholarship for 25+ years to a student that serves for a Volunteer Fire Department or whom has a family member affiliated with a Community Volunteer Fire Department. Brianna is majoring in psychology at Penn State University and has also volunteered for the Crescent Vol. Fire Dept. Congratulations Bri

05/22/2026

****Resident Notification****

Saturday May 30th there will be a warning siren demonstration event being held at Camp Tesomas located on Spider Lake Rd. This event is to showcase different manufacturers and types of warning sirens for emergency use weather it be for cities, towns, camps ect. We wanted to share this information with you incase you live in the area and hear multiple sirens throughout the day. Time of siren demo should be 12pm to 6:30pm

On Monday June 1st the sirens at the camps will also be tested.

Ryan Larsen
Asst. Fire Chief
Pine Lake FD

05/19/2026

05/19/2026

****Water Movement Exercise****

Lastnight our dept trained with Newbold Fire Department on a water movement exercise. The exercise consisted of setting up an Engine setting up to draft and then pumping to a second Engine followed by pumping up to our Ladder Truck. This scenario trains our members to work closely on relay pumping and communication amongst all balancing intake pressure and discharge pressures. We were able to achieve flowing just over 1600 gallons of water per minute through our Ladder. We would also like to thank the owners of the Hodag Country Festival for allowing us to continue to train here. The water we pull from the pond gets pumped right back into it.

05/18/2026

****Notice to Town Residents****

We will be conducting Aerial Operations flowing water this evening at 4256 River Rd (Hodag Country Festival) utilizing their pond for a water source. Water will be pumped from the pond to the Ladder Truck and then sprayed back into the pond. There will be some apparatus parked on the side of River Rd at this location so please use caution if passing through.

Start time: 6pm

End time: 9pm

05/12/2026

****Swimming Pool Filling****

We have started again with our yearly filling of residential Swimming pools. This is one of our yearly fundraisers to help offset our budget when it comes to buying equipment or tools for the dept.

If you are in need of getting your Pool filled please contact the Station @ 715-369-9277 and ask for Firefighter Nick or leave a message and he will be in touch with you to get you pricing and for scheduling. We try to stick with a 15 mile radius of our Station. This year our cut off date is July 1st so call now to get on the schedule

Money from this year's pool fills will be going towards the purchase of equipment for our Ladder Truck and a battery operated PPV fan for ventilation

04/26/2026

****Heavy Rescue Training****

Yesterday area firefighters from around the county participated in a Extrication class hosted at our Fire Station. This class was put on by Instructors from Midwest Fire Tactics and Training. This class included a classroom session as well as hands-on training on multiple scenarios. We had multiple sets set up in our pit for the firefighters to train on. These types of trainings are very beneficial to us as we get to see and learn different techniques and methods while being in a controlled environment. This was an 8 hour class. We would like to thank all the Instructors, T&M Towing and Repair for supplying the vehicles and Dinges Fire Company for supplying the AMKUS Extrication tools for the class.

The Following Depts participated in this class

Pine Lake Fire Rescue
Pelican Fire & Rescue
Newbold Fire Department
Crescent Vol. Fire Dept.
Minocqua Fire & Rescue Department
Woodruff Fire Department
Cassian Volunteer Fire Department
Little Rice Fire Department

04/21/2026

****State Hwy 17 Accident****

Firefighters were dispatched just before 4pm this afternoon for a reported two vehicle accident on State Hwy 17 North just south of Cross Country Rd. Traffic was slowed down to allow traffic only in the south bound lane until debris could be cleared and the vehicles be removed by the wrecker company. Both pickup trucks were traveling in the northbound lane when the second truck rear ended the first one. All parties involved in the accident declined being transported by ambulance.

Firefighters were on scene for approximately 45 minutes. Oneida County Sheriff's Dept and Ambulance also responded to this call.

Apparatus from Pine Lake included Engine 1, Rescue 1 and Truck 1

04/18/2026

****Unified Spring Fling****

Lastnight a couple of members joined up with Rhinelander Fire Dept with Engine 1 to assist in providing a ride in a fire truck to the annual "Unified Spring Fling". This dance is an experience designed to celebrate teens with special needs held at the Rhinelander High School. Firefighters provided rides in fire trucks to those attending the dance.