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OHIO FIRE DEPT MEMBER CRASHES-DIES IN THE LINE OF DUTY

 Billy    November 16, 2018    No Comments

We regret to pass on that a member of the Carroll Township (between Toledo and Sandusky) Fire Department died while responding to an emergency after crashing their car into a pond. The crash happened last night in the area of Wall St. and Toussaint Club Road in Carroll … [Read more...]

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SEEN THIS? Free FDNY On-Line Fire & EMS Training Symposium Starts Tomorrow!

 Billy    October 31, 2018    No Comments

While we all shake our heads at the negative stuff on the internet, so much good has come from it, as we also know and see-each and every day. Who, years ago, would have thought that FREE training-and in this case from the FDNY would be available to EVERY Firefighter, EMT and … [Read more...]

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FIRE RESCUE BOAT OVERTURN CLOSECALL

 Brian Kazmierzak    October 24, 2018    No Comments

October 22, 2018 (Rescue boat capsized) On October 22, 2018 New Milford Fire personnel responded to the area of Beltline Rd. and South Main St., on the Rock River, mutual aid to Blackhawk Fire for a water recovery operation. During the recovery operation the New Milford Rescue … [Read more...]

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FUNERAL DETAILS FOR VIRGINIA FIRE LIEUTENANT STRUCK & KILLED, CREW INJURED IN THE LINE OF DUTY….RELATED: TRAINING

 Billy    October 14, 2018    No Comments

Funeral details have been released for Hanover County (Virginia) Fire Lieutenant Brad Clark, 43, killed in the Line of Duty after a tractor-trailer struck his fire apparatus, which then struck him and his crew while working a crash during Tropical Storm Michael Thursday … [Read more...]

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A FIRE SERVICE STANDARD? Active Shooter Response – A Webinar

 Billy    October 12, 2018    No Comments

As you may or may not be aware, there is a new standard for active shooter/hostile events with guidance on fire department, EMS and whole community planning, response, and recovery...and there is a no cost webinar coming soon so you can learn directly about it. NFPA 3000p*, is … [Read more...]

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SERIOUS EMS RESPONDING CRASH IN FLORIDA

 Billy    September 13, 2018    No Comments

Two paramedics and one other person had to be extricated from their vehicles after the ambulance and a car crashed on U.S. 19 in Largo (near Tampa) early Thursday morning. The crash happened around 3:35 a.m. in the northbound lanes of U.S. 19, at 150th Avenue North. The Sunstar … [Read more...]

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PARIS (FRANCE) FIREFIGHTER ATTACKED/KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY

 Billy    September 4, 2018    No Comments

Bad news out of Paris tonight as 3 Firefighters were attacked this evening (Tuesday) while they were operating in the Paris suburbs in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges. They were on an EMS job assisting a male with some sort of emotional or psychological emergency, the patient had a … [Read more...]

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NEW FIREFIGHTER SURVIVE & THRIVE VIDEO

 Billy    September 4, 2018    No Comments

Check out the new video produced by IAFC SHS members at no cost... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Uow_uMns6c&feature=youtu.be If you don't belong to IAFC and the Safety, Health & Survival Section (SHS) please consider joining-info below...let me know if you have any … [Read more...]

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CHICAGO FIRE PARAMEDICS BRUTALLY ATTACKED, AMBULANCE STRUCK BY BULLET

 Billy    May 28, 2018    No Comments

19-year-old woman was charged in connection with an attack on two Chicago Fire Department paramedics in the back of an ambulance that was also struck by a bullet during the episode in Englewood early Sunday, police said. Latorya Thigpen, of the Parkway Gardens neighborhood, is … [Read more...]

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FIRE DEPT AMBULANCE CRASH – 11 INJURED IN ILLINOIS

 Billy    May 17, 2018    No Comments

11 people were injured when an ambulance carrying a patient T-boned a minivan yesterday afternoon. Around 4:10 p.m. the ambulance was driving westbound on Galena Boulevard with lights and sirens activated when it crashed into a minivan traveling south on West Street. The … [Read more...]

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