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SOLDIER, NEW YORK FIREFIGHTER KILLED IN IRAQ HELICOPTER CRASH

 Rick Markley    March 16, 2018    No Comments

Tragic news from Iraq as an FDNY Lieutenant who was also a Lieutenant on the Commack (Long Island) Volunteer Fire Department was killed in the Line of Duty. Christopher J. Raguso, a Flight Engineer with the Air National Guard lost his life along with six other crew members when … [Read more...]

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IL FIREFIGHTER KILLED, DEPUTY CHIEF (His Father) SERIOUSLY INJURED

 Rick Markley    November 10, 2017    No Comments

Firefighter Gregory Wood, 19, of Leaf River, Illinois has died in his own house fire. While this may not actually be LODD and LODI - (as yet to be determined) - as significant as this is, we want to pass it on. Firefighters arrived on scene around 0045 hours this morning and … [Read more...]

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ILL. BATT. CHIEF DIES UNEXPECTEDLY

 Rick Markley    July 19, 2017    No Comments

Although very few details are available, the Carpentersville (Ill.) Fire Department announced on Facebook that its battalion chief died Tuesday. The department posted that Chief Todd Middendorf died in a “sudden and unexpected incident,” the Daily Herald reported. The paper … [Read more...]

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