An Illinois firefighter was taken to the hospital and two others suffered minor injuries while battling a two-alarm house fire early Tuesday. The fire broke out at around 7:30 a.m. in a section of Springfield known as "Little Hollywood," The State Journal-Register reports. A … [Read more...]
A Maine firefighter was hospitalized while battling a garage fire Monday. The blaze broke out around 7:30 a.m. in Greene, WMTW-TV reports. Eight departments—Greene, Lewiston, Lisbon, Sabattus, Wales, Monmouth, Leeds and Turner—responded to the scene and worked to put out the … [Read more...]
The US Senate on Tuesday finally passed a bill guaranteeing financial support to the families of 9/11 first responders and victims — as a chorus of riotous cheers arose from the gallery. Senators approved 97-2 “The Never Forget the Heroes: James Zadroga, Ray Pfeifer and Luis … [Read more...]
Take a moment and check out this solid piece from Dr. Lori Moore-Merrell and Lexipol. This article allows fire departments and community leaders to honestly and genuinely look at the reality of their fire department response times. Response times, for example, … [Read more...]
Howard County (Md.) Fire Lt. Nathan Flynn died in the line of duty in July 2018. The internal department report has been released and it identifies these areas of fireground operations as contributing to his tragic … [Read more...]
More than 800 firefighters battled a wildfire sweeping across central Portugalon Sunday, after bringing under control two other blazes which left 20 people injured and prompted authorities to partially evacuate a village. In a statement released on Sunday afternoon, police said … [Read more...]
BATON ROUGE - A late-night house fire near North Sherwood Forest Drive sent a firefighter to the hospital. Central Fire Department says they received reports of the blaze on the 4300 block of Fort Myers Drive around 11:48 p.m. Friday night. Once crews arrived on scene they … [Read more...]
Two firefighters were sent to the hospital for minor injuries and five were treated for heat exhaustion after a house caught fire Friday in Shelby. According to a social media post from the Shelby Fire Department, the injuries firemen suffered responding to a structure fire on … [Read more...]
Eleven firefighters and one resident were taken to an area hospital Friday when a noxious combination of cleaning supplies triggered a Level 3 hazardous materials situation at a building in Boston's South End. The building was evacuated after a combination of bleach and Murphy's … [Read more...]
WEST TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) – A firefighter is out of the hospital after suffering heat exhaustion Friday. The Sugar Creek Fire Department battled a handful of fires Friday. One fire broke out in a garage along South Hanley Place shortly after 2pm. Another fire erupted in a … [Read more...]
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