From our friend Dave Statter @ www.Statter911.com Close call video (above) from FIREGROUNDIMAGES taken during a March 12 fire at a Yonkers, New York apartment building. Three firefighters operating master streams from a tower ladder were hit by the stream from a ladder pipe. … [Read more...]
Pierce Manufacturing is recalling certain 2004-2018 Arrow XT, Dash, Enforcer, Impel, Quantum and Velocity firefighting aerial vehicles. A potential 886 vehicles may be affected by this recall. The aerial devices may unexpectedly rotate to the right when the ladder is being … [Read more...]
A car collided with a Kannapolis Fire Department engine this afternoon, damaging both vehicles and leaving passengers in need of treatment at a local hospital. A man driving a Mazda Protege is reported to have crossed the center line on Centergrove Road when he struck the truck … [Read more...]
EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED ON THE HIGHWAY
Requested to respond to a rollover accident on a divided highway at dusk. Rescue responding to the accident took up a blocking position prior to the accident and shut down the outside lane of traffic. Local and state police were already on scene at the time and had a car behind … [Read more...]
A civilian passenger died and the driver was critically injured early this morning after the vehicle rear-ended a Markham (Illinois near Chicago) fire apparatus on I-57. The crash happened at 0310 hours while the Markham fire apparatus was stopped on the northbound left shoulder … [Read more...]
It was 21 years ago today that a Firefighter was struck and killed in the Line of Duty on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. But in this case, his death was not in vain. He death-as horrible as it was-mattered and resulted in the saving of numerous other Firefighters, EMT's, Police … [Read more...]
A Firefighter-Paramedic who stopped to help a drunk driver involved in a crash on Interstate 75 (Tampa area) ended up losing his life own life. Just after 0430 this morning, a 32-year-old reported intoxicated man was heading south on I-75 near the U.S. 301 exit in his truck … [Read more...]
There are numerous quotes related to learning from the past. here are many-pick what you like: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/history Since I was a kid, I have always been fascinated with history-primarily American and local history. As a part of that, I would sit at … [Read more...]
A Louisiana Firefighter went for a ride in a stolen a fire truck in East Baton Rouge last night. The sheriff's office confirmed the vehicle was stolen from the Alsen Fire Department Wednesday evening. Officials issued a 'be on the lookout' advisory to law enforcement on both … [Read more...]
BOCA RATON ENGINE STRUCK ON THE FREEWAY
This past Sunday, January 27, 2019, our Engine 6 was struck by a passenger vehicle while blocking a previous crash scene on I-95 that our Truck 5 was handling. We routinely send two suppression units, one to handle and one to block. None of my crew members were … [Read more...]
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