Fighting wildfires is a dangerous occupation that requires an ongoing effort to improve safety procedures. When a firefighter gets injured – as happened during the Corta Fire this summer in Elko County – it becomes a learning experience for the entire firefighting … [Read more...]
A Lake Stevens ambulance was hit by a distracted driver on 99th Ave Se and Chapel Hill Road on Saturday. The medic unit with three firefighters inside was T-boned while crossing a stop intersection, according to Snohomish County Fire 7. As a precaution, the firefighters … [Read more...]
Sep. 21--Battalion chief Mike Zainfeld, a 25-year firefighting veteran of Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue, took his own life Thursday morning, the fire agency and Kelso police reported Friday. Zainfeld had been on medical leave and was not on shift or duty when he died, Cowlitz 2 … [Read more...]
A 347-pound smoke-eater is suing his fellow Long Island firefighters for razzing him about his weight. John Munro claims he was relentlessly harassed about his size and even had his life-saving equipment tampered with by cruel colleagues at the Hauppauge Fire Department, where … [Read more...]
OCONEE COUNTY, S.C. — The Corinth-Shiloh Volunteer Fire Department in Seneca said one of its firefighters was hit by a car and injured while working a call. The department said firefighter Tim Murphy was hit around 7 p.m. Friday while at the scene of a motor vehicle … [Read more...]
HALETHORPE, Md. (WJZ) — An SUV crashed into a Baltimore County Fire station building late Thursday in Halethorpe. According to police, officers were called to 4501 Washington Boulevard around 11:23 p.m. for a reported a car crashing into a building. The SUV crashed into … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on to you that Houston Firefighter Kenneth Stavinoha has died in the Line Of Duty while on duty today at fire station 27 in northeast Houston; he passed away suddenly. FF Stavinoha joined the HFD in January 2018. Our condolences to all those affected. … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that Firefighter Ed Nulton Sr of the Kunkle Fire Company, Inc (near Wilkes-Barre) has died in the Line of Duty. He was originally injured in 2018 and was unable to recover from his critical injuries, including traumatic brain injury. FF Nulton was directing … [Read more...]
NEW YORK — Firefighters evacuated three floors of an Upper East Side hospital following a chemical spill Wednesday, officials said. The firefighters were dispatched to the Fifth Ave. side of Mount Sinai School of Medicine near E. 101st St. about 10:30 a.m. after a report of a … [Read more...]
FARMINGTON — As the investigation into what caused a deadly explosion Monday at the LEAP central office building on Route 2 continued Wednesday, three firefighters remained in critical condition and one was released from the hospital. Fire Rescue Chief Terry Bell, 62, Capt. … [Read more...]
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