Firefighter Close Calls

A Kansas City Fire Department pumper operating with lights and sirens struck a car that failed to yield, then hit two more vehicles and a pedestrian Friday morning on Swope Parkway. The pedestrian was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries but his condition was later … [Read more...]

A Delaware firefighter who was seriously injured while battling a house fire a little more than a week ago continues to recover and is already eyeing a return to duty. Minquas Fire Company Capt. David Smiley Jr., 23, suffered second- and third-degree burns over about 10 … [Read more...]

More than 100 firefighters responded to the four-alarm fire at the Cambridge Park Condominiums in the Lake Highlands neighborhood of Dallas on November 27, 2018. The fire fight was intense, it was arduous and of course dangerous. Then, three of those firefighters got trapped … [Read more...]

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus contamination on surfaces including turnout gear had been found throughout a number of fire stations. As such, the outer shell barrier of turnout gear jackets may be an indirect … [Read more...]

KOMO News: A 34-year-old man has been jailed on suspicion of arson after a brush fire in White Center spread to a nearby apartment building, damaging seven units and sending two firefighters to the hospital. Fire crews responded around 3 p.m. Wednesday to the blaze on 14th … [Read more...]

By Emily Bohatch, The State: Two Columbia firefighters were hurt Thursday while battling a blaze at a home near Rockyford Lake, according to a Tweet from the local fire department. Crews were working at a house fire on the 6100 block of Crabtree Road at about 3:30 p.m. when … [Read more...]

The city’s fire department is testing out a new device that could help drivers using navigational apps steer clear of firetrucks responding to an emergency, helping improve safety for both drivers and firefighters. The device, a small black box about four inches tall and wide, … [Read more...]

A car crashed into a fire engine early Wednesday in Hollywood, a union official said. Anthony Vera, a spokesman for Hollywood Professional Firefighters, said Engine 45 was en route to a call when a car crashed into the back of the engine as it turned onto 56th Avenue. The … [Read more...]

Several people were injured Wednesday night when a car collided with a fire truck. Trooper said the driver of the car crossed the center line and hit a Riceville fire truck head-on. The crash happened about 7 p.m. on Riceville Road near McFalls Road in … [Read more...]