This is a request specifically directed at women who are in the career or volunteer fire service. While there have been considerable advances in the literature related to firefighter health, most publications have been focused exclusively on males. The purpose of this study is … [Read more...]
A Rossford (near Toledo) Fire & Rescue Firefighter/EMT is recovering, after being assaulted while responding to a call. The run came in as a report of a man banging his head on the concrete on Eagle Point Rd. When crews arrived, Nicholas Fitzpatrick, 34, reportedly punched the … [Read more...]
A firefighter was injured after battling a fire at a rowhouse in Northeast D.C., officials say. D.C. Fire and EMS say the fire started just after 7 p.m. Friday at a two-story home in the 1900 block of Summit Place. When firefighters arrived, they found the flames were burning … [Read more...]
A Selma firefighter is in stable condition after his fire engine crashed Friday morning in Mariposa County, the Selma Fire Department confirmed. The fire engine was aiding the fight against the Detwiler Fire when it crashed in the Mount Bullion area, the California Department … [Read more...]
A Firefighter fighting the Detwiler fire in Mariposa County (California) was airlifted to a Fresno hospital after a fire truck crashed this morning. The fire apparatus reportedly rolled down an embankment and crashed into a field. The Firefighter was taken to Community Regional … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that Firefighter Allen Charles Howard, 49, of the Adrian Charter Township Fire Department has died in the Line of Duty. Firefighter Howard responded with his fire department to a mutual aid fire call in a field involving bailing equipment and multiple large … [Read more...]
Two firefighters from Bedford County, Virginia were treated and released for heat-related illness Wednesday while battling two residential structure fires hours apart. Both were dehydrated. “The weather is not the best,” Bedford County Department of Fire and Rescue Fire … [Read more...]
As would be expected of any Firefighter, I'm pretty upset at some of the recent fires where fire suppression systems, fire sprinklers and strong life safety codes would have made very predictable differences. We saw it in the UK and we saw it in Hawaii - just in the last few … [Read more...]
Those who knew 19-year-old Trenton Johnson say he was well liked by everyone. Praise for Johnson is pouring in after he was killed Wednesday while fighting a wildland fire in Montana. The Montana University State student was a member of the National Honor Society and an all … [Read more...]
Nasty crash in Miami-Dade this morning left a civilian dead and MDFR Firefighters thankful for blocking procedures. Fire rescue crews had responded to a call of a separate hit and run crash on the Palmetto Expressway and had blocked off the road when a 2014 Hyundai Sonata hit … [Read more...]
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