A team of FDNY firefighters used a rare “roof-rope” maneuver to rescue a panicked woman from a high-rise apartment fire on Tuesday (today). The blaze tore through an apartment on the 16th floor of a building on Lenox Avenue, near West 134th Street, around 1:25 p.m. on Tuesday, … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that 54-year-old Goffstown (New Hampshire) Fire Captain Steven W. Tower died today after becoming ill during a physical ability test at New Hampshire Fire Academy in Concord. On-scene Firefighters and Paramedics immediately rendered care and Concord Fire … [Read more...]
The Columbia (SC) Fire Department had to break up an overcrowded pool party where hundreds of revelers ignored the city’s mask ordinance and social distancing mandates. At about 6 p.m. on Saturday, the fire department got tips from concerned citizens about a massive pool party … [Read more...]
The Firefighters union is accusing the City of Houston of years of neglect of the department's fleet and facilities. No one was hurt during the collapse. "Now is the time that this city needs to prioritize not only the fleet [and] facilities, but the health and wellness of the … [Read more...]
A Seminole County (Florida) public works employee was killed when a sidewalk collapsed and 3 firefighters were injured during their rescue efforts this morning. Seminole County Fire Chief Otto Drozd said when Firefighters arrived, a vacuum truck was removing water from the hole … [Read more...]
The majority of calls Honolulu firefighters respond to are medical ones, and many are suspected COVID-19 cases. But the head of their union said the Honolulu Fire Department is making those sickened or quarantined prove they were exposed on the job. If they can’t, the union said, … [Read more...]
A Detroit Fire Department Sergeant has died in the Line of Duty after he saved 3 young girls from drowning. Rescue crews recovered the body of Detroit Fire Sgt. Sivad Johnson, who went missing after he helped save 3 girls from drowning in the Detroit River last night. Divers … [Read more...]
Congressman Max Rose (D-N.Y.) praised President Donald Trump for signing into law the Safeguarding America’s First Responders Act on Aug. 14. Rose has led the effort in the House to guarantee that public safety officers who catch the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus while on … [Read more...]
When Wisconsin Firefighters arrived in the town of Trenton, fire from a car fire had spread to a nearby home. And at that point, Veteran Firefighter Robert “Bob” Stanczyk felt fine. “Our fire officer on the truck came up, grabbed the nozzle, and I was backing him up,” Stanczyk … [Read more...]
"We had the unfortunate circumstance several shifts back of being unable to secure an elevator with the FD keys for a code blue. There was a key in the box, but it could not be turned to activate Phase 1 in the elevator. We returned to to hotel last shift, ironically catching a … [Read more...]
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