Please check out this site as well as he article below regarding the sad loss of Sgt. Michael Joseph McMullen, a firefighter from Salisbury, MD who was killed in Iraq. Teri and I had the pleasure of spending time with Mike in Ocean City, MD. at the MD. FF's Conference. … [Read more...]
PA. FIREFIGHTERS SHAKEN AFTER APPARATUS CRASH WITH CIVILIAN-DUI
Pocono Record Writer January 19, 2006 Three firefighters were injured Tuesday evening when their fire truck collided with a pickup truck that pulled into its path. The Stroud Township Fire Department was dispatched to a call of an automatic alarm at a residence in Blue Mountain … [Read more...]
Suzanne Le Mignot Reporting 1-22-06 Main Photo (CBS) CHICAGO "It happens all the time, I was just doing my job," Chicago firefighter Jim Cummings said. Those are very humble words, from the firefighter who was briefly caught in the middle of a blazing inferno as he fought a fire … [Read more...]
GLOVES-Your hands go home with you after every run. NO GLOVES-Your hands and you may go to the burn unit Pick one. … [Read more...]
FLORIDA FIREFIGHTER HURT IN EMPTY HOUSE
MOUNT DORA -- A city firefighter was hurt early Wednesday while battling a blaze that destroyed an old rooming house on East Jackson Avenue, authorities said. Rob Hanson, a firefighter and paramedic with the Mount Dora Fire Department, was treated and released from Florida … [Read more...]
APPARATUS NUMBERING…IT SEEMS SIMPLE……
At 0306 hours, we responded from Station 2 with Reserve Engine 1, which was being called Engine 2 to a fire in a restaurant with apartments over. On arrival, we were ordered to lay supply lines to the rear of the structure and operate lines from that location. A second and third … [Read more...]
CHICAGO FIRE CHIEF INJURED IN HIT AND RUN
By Dan Blake Tribune staff reporter Published January 18, 2006 A Chicago Fire Department battalion chief suffered minor injuries tonight when a car ran a red light and struck his sport-utility vehicle in a West Side intersection. The chief was responding to a call southbound on … [Read more...]
IN. FIRETRUCK CRASHES EN ROUTE TO FIRE-EVERYONE SEAT BELTED
By Amanda Haverstick, The News-Dispatch Three people were injured Friday morning in a crash involving a Michigan City fire truck responding to an early morning fire at Godfather's Pizza. A Michigan City fire truck driven by David Nespo, 39, LaPorte, was headed south on Ohio … [Read more...]
WIFE OF CO. FIREFIGHTER KILLED BY CAR SUES TEEN DRIVER
(AP) DENVER-Jan 18, 2006- The wife of a volunteer firefighter killed by a pickup truck as he directed traffic around an accident on U.S. 50 wants to hold the teen driver's parents responsible, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court. Christine Lynch is also … [Read more...]
AT A FIRE…OR WORKING AT THE FIREHOUSE…..
Allow me to take this opportunity to give you material for your next round of emails reminding us all (even those who do know better) that we need to think first. If you are going to use tools at the firehouse that you would have on safety equipment when using them on a scene, … [Read more...]