In yet another reminder about us all operating on roadways, Columbus County (NC) Firefighters rushed to rescue a family stranded on a highway before a tractor-trailer smashed into their vehicles causing an explosion. This happened Monday evening. In a bizarre act later that … [Read more...]
WPVI: After six hours of battling heavy flames and icy conditions, close to 200 firefighters were able to place a 5-alarm Philadelphia fire under control, but not before dozens of people were displaced from their homes just weeks before Christmas. The fire began on the … [Read more...]
By Kevin O'Connor, Herald News: Firefighters arrived at 88 Lewin St. to find smoke filling the basement and fire crawling up the side of the clothes drier. The good news, firefighters say, is that the four people who had been inside the house were waiting outside when … [Read more...]
Firefighters weren’t paying attention and hadn’t been properly trained when a brand new $1.1 million fire truck was seriously damaged and put out of service during a training exercise in October, according to a report released Friday. Fire Chief James Wilson has been directed … [Read more...]
VOLUNTEER STRUCK WHILE RESPONDING – HIT AND RUN
A volunteer fireman suffered minor injuries after being hit by a truck while he was responding to a fire early Saturday in the Dundee area. The firefighter, 28, was released after treatment at Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital in Dover, according to Sgt. Robert Simone of the … [Read more...]
By Steve Hughes, Times-Union: A former firefighter was killed after a fire broke out in his home Saturday evening. Coxsackie Fire Chief Shawn Burdick said the fire was reported just after 7 p.m. at 53 Washington Ave. The Greene County coroner identified the victim as … [Read more...]
As you are aware, a Worcester (Massachusetts) Firefighter died in the Line of Duty this morning, Sunday, after he was pulled from a burning apartment building on Lowell Street. WFD Firefighter Christopher Roy, 36, a 2½-year member of the department. He lived in Shrewsbury and … [Read more...]
By Courtney Shaw, News5 Cleveland: he Bedford Fire Department nearly escape a collapsing house after a fire on Tudor Avenue. The house was completely engulfed in flames when crews arrived around 4 a.m. The flames started to catch the neighboring house on fire. Crews … [Read more...]
By Tim Callery, WMUR: Four firefighters suffered minor injuries while battling a two-alarm blaze in Manchester on Sunday, officials said. Crews were called to the fire at a single-family home on Seventh Avenue about 1 p.m. Nobody was there at the time, but crews still went … [Read more...]
One firefighter was injured after a fire broke out inside a home near Whitnall and Pine Ave. on Milwaukee’s south side early Sunday, Dec. 9. According to officials, a chimney fire extended into the surrounding walls of the home. The family was able to make it outside of the … [Read more...]
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