Two firefighters are hurt after a large church fire in the town of Andale. Fire crews from several departments were called to the St. Joseph Catholic Church at around 5:30 Sunday morning - they found smoke and flames shooting from the roof. They spent hours fighting the … [Read more...]
FDNY Officials are on their way to the hospital in Baltimore to escort the late Chief Ron Spadafora back to New York City. It is anticipated that they will be returning to NYC later this afternoon along the northbound I-95/Maryland/Delaware/New Jersey Turnpike route, but a … [Read more...]
Heartbreaking news this morning from the FDNY where beloved Assistant Chief Ron Spadafora has died in the Line of Duty following a incredibly tough but heroic battle against 9-11 World Trade Center Cancer. Chief Spadafora was a 39-year veteran in the FDNY and is the Chief of … [Read more...]
As we wind down Firefighter Stand Down Week, I was personally (again) jolted to reality yesterday when a Firefighter friend of mine announced, on Twitter, the he was diagnosed with cancer. Many of you know Bill Carey, the editor of www.FireFighterNation.com and when he sent the … [Read more...]
Investigators believe fires overnight at two vacant houses within blocks of each other in southeast Houston are suspicious. The first fire started around 1:45 a.m. on Idaho Street and Ward Street. Crews arrived to find the home engulfed in flames. As they were working to … [Read more...]
No injuries were reported after a collision between a Nokomis fire truck and a trailer caused power tools and saws to fly across Tamiami Trail at Laurel Road, according to witness Dan Henry. Henry, a Suncoast News Network meteorologist, said he witnessed a southbound fire … [Read more...]
By Jacklyn Bevis, WBBH: A Lehigh Acres firefighter went into cardiac arrest, and fellow firefighters resuscitated him inside Station 105 to save his life. Rick Pride, 47, was on the treadmill inside the firehouse workout room when the nearly 13-year firefighting … [Read more...]
The NWI Times: Monday afternoon's excessive heat caused firefighters from as far as Hobart and Boone Grove to respond to a residential fire. Three firefighters were transported to local hospitals with heat exhaustion and another five or six were treated at the … [Read more...]
The case of two London firefighters who were injured during a training exercise on Fanshawe Lake Friday highlights the dangers of the job, the department’s deputy chief says. More than a dozen firefighters were participating in water-training exercises on Fanshawe Lake around … [Read more...]
The devastating multi-alarm blaze in Norristown over the weekend left two dozen residents without a home and landed one firefighter in the hospital, officials confirmed. The incident occurred at the Montgomery Mills Apartment on Kelly Drive in the borough at around 2:27 p.m. … [Read more...]
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