Investigators: Fire Likely Started By Homeless November 9, 2005 DENVER -- A firefighter was recovering Wednesday morning after falling through a hole in the second floor of a historic Denver church. The unidentified firefighter was battling a blaze at the Sacred Heart Rectory at … [Read more...]
Wednesday evening, one of our apparatus was involved in a motor vehicle accident. The rescue engine was returning from an EMS call when a pickup truck ran a stop sign and hit the apparatus on the driver side. The passenger of the apparatus saw the truck at the last instant and … [Read more...]
3 ARE INJURED IN CRASH INVOLVING NJ PARAMEDIC UNIT SUV
By MICHAEL RATCLIFFE Staff Writer LAWRENCE - A paramedic vehicle responding to an emergency call was involved in a four-vehicle collision yesterday that injured three people and forced police to close a busy intersection for part of the morning. The accident at Lawrence Road … [Read more...]
I would just like to share with my fellow brothers and sisters a close call my department experienced several months ago. I work for a small career department in the Williamsburg VA, area. We currently have about 120 uniform personnel and operate out of five stations. Our … [Read more...]
A Syracuse firefighter was injured this morning while battling a building fire on West Genesee Street. Officials say he fell through the stairs and has second degree burns on his legs and back. His injuries are not considered life-threatening. As for the fire itself, crews got … [Read more...]
CLOSE CALL FOR FLOOD RESPONDERS
ABINGTON TOWNSHIP, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA On Saturday evening, October 8, 2005, police officers on routine patrol during a storm associated with Hurricane Tammy came upon an unoccupied vehicle in the water. After discussion with the motorist, two officers attempted to … [Read more...]
A University of Alaska Fire Department engine was involved in a motor vehicle accident on Thompson Drive on the University campus. Engine 15 was responding code 3 with three personnel to another reported MVA when it lost control after traveling over a railroad bridge. The roads … [Read more...]
EMS PROVIDERS……
Recently, I responded to a call in the rural Adirondack community where I volunteer on the Ambulance Corps that involved a pickup truck and an 8 year old on a State Highway. I'm somewhat of seasonal on the squad and most of my calls are miles away in "suburbia" outside a city … [Read more...]
BLAZE RAVAGES HOME; CALIFORNIA FIREFIGHTER DIES-HEART ATTACK
"Firefighter had heart attack trying to save historic Lewiston residence...but never disclosed his history of heart trouble" By Kimberly Bolander, Record Searchlight November 3, 2005 LEWISTON -- A firefighter died after battling a blaze last week that also claimed the 1850s-era … [Read more...]
…IT WAS MY VERY FIRST CALL…..
On an early January morning in 2003, it was my very first call and it was a house fire. we arrived on scene and the first inside team went in without a door man and got about half way into the house....the hose line caught and the crew went back to the door. They came in and when … [Read more...]