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...]
11 Years ago today. There are so many lessons learned from CHARLESTON, SC–on June 18, 2007-where 9 Charleston Firefighters were killed at the infamous Sofa Super Store Fire. They are Captain Louis Mulkey, Captain Mike Benke, FF Melvin Champaign, Captain Billy Hutchingson, … [Read more...]
More than 65 firefighters battled a blaze in Silver Spring, Md., late Sunday, but no one was seriously hurt, officials said. The fire broke out in a two-story home in the 4400 block of Mahan Road near Charles Road in the Randolph Hills neighborhood. A neighbor called 911 and … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that a Firefighter with the Amelia County (Virginia) Volunteer Fire Department died in the Line of Duty during training. William Moore IV suffered a medical emergency on Thursday, June 14. Firefighter Moore later died. The 48-year-old leaves behind a wife, a … [Read more...]
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