A volunteer firefighter from Sarge Creek (Ponca City area, Oklahoma) died after (investigators believe) he fell out of his fire apparatus and was then run over....while helping a landowner with a controlled burn in Kay County. The Oklahoma Highway … [Read more...]
Wednesday evening, April 19, 2006, Prince Georges County Firefighters and Paramedics were alerted for smoke inside of the GNC Store at the Greenway Shopping Center in Greenbelt. A birds nest in the facade of the store had ignited and caused smoke to fill the store. … [Read more...]
It is with great sadness that Fire Engineering announces the loss of its former editor and technical editor Tom Brennan at the age of 66.Tom Brennan was born in 1940 in Brooklyn, New York. He was a third-generation FDNY firefighter - his father and grandfather were FDNY … [Read more...]
KSDK-Friends and family continue to rally around a severely injured firefighter. Cindy Schuenke was burned over much of her body trying to rescue a woman from a burning home last month in Vinita Terrace. That woman died in the fire, and Cindy wasn't expected to live. She … [Read more...]
June 23rd, 1972 - June 24th, 2005It is with deep regret that we announce the passing of Firefighter Valeree Claude. Roll call has been taken and Firefighter Claude has failed to answer. The bell has been struck for her last alarm. May the sun shine upon her path, may the winds … [Read more...]
LONG ISLAND FIREFIGHTER DIES FROM HEART ATTACK AFTER CALLS
Firehouse.Com NewsA New York firefighter suffered a heart attack and died in the line of duty on June 28, 2005, the U.S. Fire Administration has announced.Volunteer Firefighter John Husser, 55, served the Rockville Centre Fire Department in Rockville Centre, NY for 35 … [Read more...]
OSSINING NY FIREFIGHTER DIES IN LINE OF DUTY
Ossining Fire Chief Mauro Santucci recently announced the line of duty death of Ossining Firefighter William McAnally. Firefighter McAnally died suddenly while marching in a fireman's parade in Yorktown on June 22, 2005. He was 64 years old. "Mac" was born in Tarrytown on October … [Read more...]
QUESTIONS ARISE FOLLOWING FIREFIGHTER’S ACCIDENT
ALTON, Texas Two days after a motorcycle accident landed an Alton volunteer firefighter in the intensive care unit, several current and former department members are questioning the circumstances surrounding the crash.Luis Guerrero was responding to a call Saturday … [Read more...]
HEMPSTEAD, L.I.N.Y. FIREFIGHTERS LOSE COMRADE
BY CHRISTINE ARMARIOSTAFF WRITERJune 14, 2005Hempstead firefighters rushing to the home of a 54-year-old man reported to be experiencing a heart attack made a harrowing discovery when they arrived: The injured man was one of their own.Second Assistant Chief Scott Clark … [Read more...]
NC FIREFIGHTER MICHAEL T CHILDRESS DIES WHILE ON FD STANDBY
May 7, 2005Firefighter Michael T Childress of the Level Cross FD in Randolph County NC was found unconscious and not breathing in his bed Saturday morning. FF Childress was volunteering to stand by while the rest of the department participated in a live fire training exercise … [Read more...]