This morning a Firefighter suffered cardiac arrest while operating at a working fire in Southern Maryland. At approximately 0545 hours Firefighters from Potomac Heights, and surrounding Charles County departments responded to Glymont Road in Indian Head, for the reported … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that Martin County (Florida) Firefighter-Paramedic Scott R. Neumann died in the Line of Duty after suffering cardiac arrest while on duty during physical training, occurring on 9-26-2019. While FF-PM Neumann was currently serving at the Martin County Fire … [Read more...]
A Western North Carolina firefighter who died after a battle with cancer died in the line of duty, according to a ruling by official agency looking into her death. The Asheville Fire Department announced today (Monday) the ruling by the North Carolina Industrial Commission that … [Read more...]
A MESSAGE FROM WILDWOOD (New Jersey) FIRE CHIEF DAN SPEIGEL Chief Speigel asked us to pass this on www.FireFighterCloseCalls.com On Saturday, September 14, 2019 at approximately 1800 hours the Wildwood City Fire Department, Squad 3 and Rescue 3 along with the North Wildwood … [Read more...]
The six Firefighters most seriously injured in Monday's explosion in Farmington are being treated at hospitals in Portland and Boston. As you know, Capt. Michael Bell, a 30-year veteran of the Farmington Fire Department was killed in the Line of Duty due to the explosion. The … [Read more...]
Twenty Prince George's County firefighters have scabies, a highly contagious condition in which tiny mites burrow under the skin and cause severe itching and rashes, fire and health officials announced Monday. Prince George's County Fire Chief Ben Barksdale said 205 employees of … [Read more...]
Heated bull semen launched dangerous projectiles in every direction during an early morning inferno that caused firefighters to take cover at an Australian cattle-breeding facility Tuesday. The liquid inside the cylinders was rapidly expanding and essentially the lids of the … [Read more...]
Dimmit County’s fire chief was arrested at an oil well fire for interfering after he allegedly called a mutual aid company to go home. According to television station KEN5, Fire Chief Alonso Carmona responded to the fire with his crew at about 11:30 pm on Wednesday. When he and … [Read more...]
As a College student, FDNY Firefighter Matt Byrne hardly seemed like a candidate for the New York City Fire Department. But he became one of many applicants after the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, 18 years ago this week. By 2006, he was a nozzleman on the fire hose in … [Read more...]
Christian Johnson, an Assistant Chief with Okanogan County Fire District 3, was hurt while fighting the Spring Coulee Fire south of Okanogan in early September. Chief Johnson was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where he remains in the intensive care unit in … [Read more...]