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Established in 1898, the Shell Lake Fire Department proudly serves the City of Shell Lake, portions or all of Barronett, Bashaw, Beaverbrook, Dewey, Roosevelt and Sarona townships of Washburn and Burnett Counties in Wisconsin.
We have approximately 180 square miles of coverage. Besides fighting structure fires, Shell Lake fire also assists the DNR in wildland fire protection, cold water & ice rescue training, water rescues, auto extrications, and many other services.
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Latest Fire Dept News
Tonight, Shell Lake Fire had a little bit of fun with our last training of 2022. After doing some extensive training all year long, we brought out some of our extrication equipment to do two games: Jenga and “the maze”. Our department was split into two groups that rotated between the two games. While we had a little fun, the Jenga game focused on finite movements with our spreaders and the maze game focused on utilizing our lifting air bags. Both skills are critical in an extrication scenario. Our deepest thanks to @dpjuza for making both games!
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The power is still out for many in our area. Washburn County Emergency Management has opened up additional warming shelters. If you are at home and with a generator, please be careful running them!![]()
From Washburn County Emergency Management:
Due to the extended power outages in the area, there will now be 4 emergency warming shelters available in Washburn County. Everyone is welcome to warm up at these facilities. The shelters will remain open as long as there is a need due to the electrical power outages within Washburn County. At 4pm daily the need for these shelters will be reassessed.![]()
Town of Chicag Town Hall
W8499 Highway 77, Chicog
715-466-4129![]()
Village of Minong Hall
123 5th Ave, Minong
715-939-0938![]()
Shell Lake Community Center
100 W. Lake Drive, Shell Lake![]()
Minong Town Hall
W7095 Nancy Lake Road, Minong
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Urgent Press Release:![]()
Washburn County Emergency Management will be opening a Warming Shelter tonight at the Shell Lake Community Center located at 100 W Lake Drive, Shell Lake at 7:00 pm. Please do not arrive any earlier than that.![]()
All are welcome to warm up at that facility until the power is restored.
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