"... The patient reached up under the pillow of his bed with his left hand and pulled out a long barreled .38 revolver..."It was a typical medical assist call with the local EMS unit. The patient was a man in his late sixties suffering from diabetes and was a kidney dialysis … [Read more...]
FD TRAINING BOAT CRASH IN NORTH DAKOTA INJURES FIVE FIREFIGHTERS
ASSOCIATED PRESSGRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) -- Two boats collided Thursday during a Fire Department training drill on the Red River, injuring five firefighters and destroying one of the boats. Fire Chief Pete O'Neill said the collision happened about 10:30 a.m. A fire captain, two … [Read more...]
Their ambulance struck a tree and flipped Monday.JODY LAWRENCE-TURNERStatesman JournalMay 11, 2004Salem firefighters responding to a crash scene early Monday were taken aback when they realized it was two of their own trapped inside a medic units mangled cab. Willard Bauscher, … [Read more...]
MISSOURI FIRETRUCK BACKS INTO PEDESTRIAN; 82 YEAR OLD MAN KILLED
CHARIS PATIRES 7-13-04Courtesy of The Lake Sun Leader ELDON - Fire Chief Randy Vernon acknowledged a fire department vehicle backed into a man Sunday and killed him. Vernon said the driver was on a medical call when the accident occurred and referred all questions to Eldon City … [Read more...]
By Laura Crimaldi / News Staff WriterSunday, May 2, 2004 A Natick man remained in critical condition yesterday after the longtime Brookline firefighter was thrown from an engine that was on its way to an emergency call for a natural gas odor on Friday. Irwin "Buzz" Gross, 58, is … [Read more...]
From the Denver Post Van De Weghe was in fair condition Tuesday. 11-24-04Jefferson County - A Colorado State Patrol trooper was seriously injured Tuesday when a car smashed into the back of his patrol car as he was parked beside Interstate 70 west of Denver. Trooper Patrick Van … [Read more...]
‘FAILURES’ CAUSED FIREMAN’S DEATH
A firefighter drowned while trying to rescue a teenage boy from a lake because of "a catalogue of failures" by his brigade, a court has heard. 10-11-04-Sub-Officer Paul Metcalf died as he tried to save student Reyaz Ali from the lake in Holcombe Brook in Bury, Greater Manchester, … [Read more...]
10 FIREFIGHTERS HAVE CLOSE CALL ON SHIP
(FFCC's NOTE: Experience, training and discipline are noted in this Firefighter Close Call.)By Sallie James, Staff WriterApril 26, 2004, 5:46 AM EDTThe "mayday" call came in about 7 p.m. Sunday from a frantic firefighting crew trapped deep inside a burning ship. Ten firefighters … [Read more...]
THE COLLAPSE ZONE IS NOT ONLY FOR BUILDINGS!
(FFCC's NOTE: How many times have all of us been dispatched to what sounds like a BS run? Countless. The middle of the night-tones go off -we groan-and respond. When we arrive... jeez... "it's a tree fire" and we do what we have to without major concern...and then GRAVITY kicks … [Read more...]
FIREMAN DIES IN MYSTERY GAS LEAK
From correspondents in Hong KongJuly 7, 2004A FIREMAN and a workman died in Hong Kong in what is believed to have been a deadly gas leak from a car parking lot drain, police said.The two were declared dead in hospital after they and another five firemen were overcome by fumes … [Read more...]