Janesville Fire Fighters Local 580

11/11/2025

Press release regarding last night's residential fire. 👇

11/11/2025

It's Veterans Day and we would like to take a moment to thank ALL those who have served!

Many public safety organizations have prior military members as part of their family and JFD currently has five who are proud to have served.

Happy Veteran's Day 🇺🇲

11/03/2025

🚨🚨🚨 Promotion Announcement 🚨🚨🚨

Janesville Firefighters Local 580 would like to congratulate Driver/Operator Zach Acker on his recent promotion to Lieutenant!

Lt. Acker will be the C-Battalion, Station 4 Lieutenant for the remainder of the year!

Lt. Acker has been a member of the JFD since March 2013. Throughout his career, he has worked as a Firefighter, Paramedic, Paramedic Preceptor and Driver/Operator. He has worked extensively with the training committee for the last six years and works annually with our new recruits during recruit academy. He is a member of the Technical Rescue Team and Swiftwater Rescue Team. In 2024, he was awarded the Burning Flame Award, and he has a Bachelor’s degree in Fire Administration.

In his free time, Lt. Acker enjoys spending time with his wife and two sons, traveling, golfing and coaching youth sports.

Congratulations Lt. Acker!

11/01/2025

One of our Janesville Fire ambulances was involved in a traffic accident early this afternoon. Janesville Police Department has released the following:

10/31/2025

Trick or Treating has begun!

10/31/2025

Halloween has arrived! We put together a list of trick or treat hours for area communities and would also like to remind everyone of a few important things.

1. Lots of kids will be out...many with obstructed vision from costumes. Drive through residential areas like they are School Zones please!

2. All five Janesville Fire Stations are stocked up with candy that was purchased by Local 580 members. Depending on call volume at your neighborhood station, on-duty firefighters will be there handing out candy. Not saying kids dressed up as firefighters will get more candy than other kids but...🤷

3. Several pieces of candy at Station #3 have already been tested by our C-Shift Lieutenant. Rest assured, he said "it passed quality control".

AREA TRICK OR TREAT HOURS:

Janesville: 5:30p to 7:30p

Beloit: 5:00p to 7:00p

Milton: 5:30p to 7:30p

Edgerton: 5:00p to 8:00p

Evansville: 5:00p to 7:00p

Orfordville: 5:00p to 7:00p

Clinton: 5:00p to 8:00p

Footville: 4:00p to 7:00p

Have fun...Be safe...See you this evening! ✌️

10/30/2025

UPDATE: GAVYN HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE!
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🚨HAPPENING NOW - OCT. 30 10:40am- Missing Child – Assistance Requested 🚨

The Janesville Police and Fire Departments are attempting to locate 12-year-old Gavyn Po***ck, who left Edison Middle School (1649 S. Chatham St.) earlier today.

Gavyn is autistic and may be vulnerable. He is believed to now be wearing a white or grey sweatshirt.

If you see Gavyn or have information on his whereabouts, please contact the Rock County Communications Center at 608-757-2244 immediately.

Thank you for your assistance.

10/24/2025

14 year old, Pryince, is one of our biggest fans and is often close by when a call comes in near his neighborhood. Today he even helped crews repack a little bit of hose after a dryer fire call. The kid definitely has a future with JFD!

10/24/2025

Janesville Firefighter Charities would like to extend a huge thank you to Hyvee and Daniel’s Foods for allowing us to “Fill the Boot” for MDA this year!

Thank you to all who donated and supported JFFC with this years MDA fundraiser!

10/22/2025

Information about the residential fire last night on Chatham St. The cause remains under investigation.

Thanks to JFD Photographer, retired Lt Dave Sheen, for the photos.

**There has been several fires lately and we would like to take a moment to remind everyone the importance of ensuring your smoke detectors (and CO detectors) are operating properly. Smoke and CO detectors should be located on each level of your home, including the basement. Smoke detectors should also be located near/or in all bedroom areas. You can find more information online about detector placement based on your specific home layout.

As you've seen over the last two weeks, fires can occur more often than many people realize and being prepared can make the difference of life and death.

10/18/2025

Information about the residential fire this this morning on Marquette St.

10/16/2025

BREAST CANCER AWARNESS TSHIRT STORE BACK OPEN!!!

We had an overwhelming amount of people reach out who missed the order for apparel so we opened the store back up!

Order here:

Online ordering for JANESVILLE FIREFIGHTERS CHARITIES 2025 ends on Tue, Oct 28, 2025 (11:59 PM CDT)