While responding to a brush fire call approx 1/2 mile from our station (after already out on 2 brush fires and a fully involved van fire) I came to a intersection and approached with lights and sirens. In the slow lane I had a tractor trailer approaching and stopped-I mistook the … [Read more...]
SMOKE EXPLOSION CITED IN EVANSTON FIREFIGHTERS DEATHS
By Nate Carlisle The Salt Lake Tribune 4-22-05 Salt Lake Tribune A fire investigator said Thursday that the explosion that killed two Evanston, Wyo., firefighters occurred when the men opened the door to a burning storage closet. Rusty Megeath, the investigating captain with … [Read more...]
SLOW DOWN! IT’S JUST A BRUSH FIRE!!
While responding to a brush fire call approx 1/2 mile from our station (after already out on 2 brush fires and a fully involved van fire) I came to a intersection and approached with lights and sirens. In the slow lane I had a tractor trailer approaching and stopped-I mistook the … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER LODD DEATHS ON TRAGIC PACE
BY BEN WEINSTEIN Firehouse.com News 4-26-05 As of April 25, the number of reported line of duty deaths has reached 47, a number that projects an annual death count of 141, clearly the highest number of fire service deaths since 1978. (Deaths related to the WTC on September 11, … [Read more...]
OFF DUTY PA. FIREFIGHTER KILLED FOLLOWING FREAK ACCIDENT
April 26, 2005 — It is being called a freak accident. A flash-fire onboard a trash truck last week has now claimed the life of a beloved Upper Chichester volunteer firefighter. Black bunting is draped around the firehouse as a reminder that the volunteers are all in … [Read more...]
DRIVER GETS 2 YEARS IN FIREFIGHTER FATALITY
Firefighter struck, killed on Hwy. 101 By JOE LIVERNOIS Herald Salinas Bureau The driver of a vehicle that struck and killed a Soledad firefighter almost one year ago was sentenced to two years in prison Wednesday for leaving the accident scene. Oreina Alvarez Zarco, 29, will … [Read more...]
TOPSFIELD POLICE OFFICER STRUCK WORKING DETAIL
By M S P Mar 28, 2005, 18:53 This morning, a Topsfield Police Officer was struck by a vehicle while the officer was working at a construction detail on Route 1 South, on the Ipswich River Bridge in Topsfield. Information collected in the investigation by Trooper Michael Harvey … [Read more...]
Benton Harbor, MI - A Benton Harbor firefighter is injured after falling through the floor of a burning home. Fire broke out just before 11 AM Saturday at a house on Pipestone Road in Benton Harbor. The fire apparently started under the stairwell of the home. While attempting to … [Read more...]
"………HOT SMOKE AND GASES HIT ME IN THE FACE AND BEGAN TO LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS…"
My Ladder company arrived to a 2 story residential fire with heavy charged smoke coming from the second floor. As the D/O (Driver/Operator) on our Ladder company it was my duty to establish a secondary means of egress for interior companies that were gaining entry. Per our … [Read more...]
INJURED WILTON, N.D. FIREFIGHTER STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION
BISMARCK, N.D. The most seriously burned of the three Wilton firefighters who were injured earlier this month remains in critical condition at a St. Paul, Minn., burn center. Mark Keller is battling several problems, said Wilton Fire Chief J.D. YoungBird. "He's getting … [Read more...]