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•July 6, 2026

FIRE CHIEF KILLED BY BRICK PARAPET WALL COLLAPSE DURING AUTO REPAIR SHOP FIRE – TEAGUE, TEXAS – JULY 5, 2008

Fire Chief Killed by Brick Parapet Wall Collapse During...
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•July 6, 2026

APPARATUS ROLLS OVER RESPONDING, TAKES OUT POWER POLE – NORTH CAROLINA

BURLINGTON, N.C. — A Burlington Fire Department truck was...
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•July 5, 2026

CLOSE CALL IN THE FIREHOUSE WHILE RESPONDING

While returning from multiple storm-related alarms on 7/4/26, the...
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•July 5, 2026

FDNY RIG INVOVED IN INJURY CRASH – NEW YORK

A firetruck and a car collided early Friday morning...
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•July 5, 2026

FIREFIGHTER INJURED IN CEILING COLLAPSE AT FIRE – KENTUCKY

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX NEWS) — A Lexington firefighter was...
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•July 5, 2026

HOUSTON RIG COLLIDES WITH METRORAIL – TEXAS

HOUSTON – Investigators are working determine how a Houston Fire...
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•July 5, 2026

WHALE STRIKES NJ FIREBOAT (The Secret List)

All A Carteret (Northern NJ, just west of NYC on the water) Fire Department marine...
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•July 4, 2026

OHIO FIREFIGHTER LODD-In Quarters (The Secret List)

All, We regret to pass on that Holmes Fire District #1 (Millersburg, OH-South of Cleveland)...
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•July 4, 2026

FIRE CHIEF LODD-Fallen Tree, 3rd Fatality in Maine (The Secret List)

All, We regret to pass on that Cottekill (Ulster County, NY) Fire Chief David Gagnon was killed...
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•July 3, 2026

NY CHIEF PASSES-Age 46, Maine FF Returns Home, FF Cocaine Death (The Secret List)

All, We, along with the Rockland County and New York fire service community, are mourning...
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•July 2, 2026

WILDLAND FF’s LODD MEMORIAL SERVICE (The Secret List)

All, A memorial service is scheduled this weekend for the three federal Firefighters who lost...
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•July 1, 2026

Mega Warehouse Fire: An Excellent Training Opportunity (The Secret List)

All,  The Springdale Fire Department (Cincinnati area) and the National Fire Sprinkler Association will be...
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EMS Close Calls

•June 29, 2026

THREE PEOPLE INJURED IN WRONG WAY CRASH INVOLVING AMBULANCE – NEW YORK

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Three people were injured on Saturday following a wrong-way crash involving...
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•June 2, 2026

MEMBERS NEARLY STRUCK AT FATAL STRUCK BY CRASH – NEW JERSEY

A 43-year-old woman was killed Friday morning on Route 1 in West Windsor after she...
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•May 21, 2026

THREE INJURED IN AMBULANCE ROLLOVER CRASH – MICHIGAN

ALLEGAN COUNTY, Mich. — Northbound US 131 was closed for about five hours between mile...
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•May 21, 2026

TWO EMTS NEARLY KILLED WHEN MULTILPE GUN SHOTS HIT THEIR AMBULANCE IN THE BRONX

Two EMTs were nearly killed when their ambulance was struck by gunfire in the Bronx,...
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•May 8, 2026

WEST VIRIGINIA EMT INDICTED IN MAN’S DEATH APPEARS IN COURT

KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — The woman who prosecutors said was driving a Kanawha County ambulance...
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•April 19, 2026

FATAL AMBULANCE CRASH – TEXAS

DALLAS — While responding to an emergency call, a Dallas Fire and Rescue vehicle became...
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