Two Arizona firefighters are recovering today after they were involved in a single-vehicle accident on the way home from their fire assignment in California. On Monday, August 13th, the two firefighters, from Elephant Head Volunteer Fire Department, were headed back to Arizona … [Read more...]
A driver had to be pulled from his vehicle early Wednesday after he crashed it into a fire truck, according to an official with the Houston Fire Department. The crash happened about 3 a.m. in northeast Houston, near Little York and Maple Leaf. Car strikes HFD truck backing … [Read more...]
An upstate fire department got trapped rescuing 50 people from flood waters in southern Seneca County, Gov. Cuomo said Tuesday morning. State officials are scrambling to rescue the stranded firefighters and residents in the town of Lodi who stayed in their homes during the heavy … [Read more...]
A pilot of a plane fighting wildfires survived after the plane crashed in northeast Washington on Tuesday. Washington Department of Natural Resources officials said the crash happened Tuesday afternoon. Officials said the aircraft experienced an unknown problem and issued … [Read more...]
MIRAMAR, Fla. - Rescue crews freed three Miramar firefighters late Monday after they became trapped when a live power line fell on their fire engine, authorities said. Jose A. Gregorisch, a spokesman for the Miramar Fire-Rescue Department, said the fire engine struck a … [Read more...]
On August 5, 2014, 40-year-old Assistant Fire Chief Jamie Middlebrook of New Carlisle (IN) FD died in the Line of Duty after being trapped under a roof collapse while fighting a fire at a commercial storage building. Heavy fire was showing through the roof on Side Bravo and Side … [Read more...]
Free Scenario-Based Interactive Training for Cardiovascular Health Sudden cardiac events is a leading cause of line-of-duty deaths and early disabilities in the fire service. With the funding from AFG & in partnership with FDNY, Chicago FD, Los Angeles County FD, Houston FD, … [Read more...]
As an update, it was Draper (Utah) Battalion Chief Matthew "Matty" Burchett 42, who suffered injuries while at the Ranch Fire — one of multiple blazes comprising the larger Mendocino complex. He leaves behind his wife and 6-year-old son.“The one thing I would want people to know … [Read more...]
CAL FIREFIGHTER LODD-At The Mendocino Complex Fire (The Secret List)
CALIFORNIA FIREFIGHTER LINE OF DUTY DEATH The Secret List www.FireFighterCloseCalls.com More bad news as late last night CalFire advised that a Firefighter died in the Line of Duty, fighting the massive Mendocino Complex fires that have burned 336,399 acres in the state … [Read more...]
By Joe Utter, iFiberOne: An Okanogan County firefighter has been identified as the firefighter burned in the Grass Valley Fire in Douglas County. Okanogan County Fire District 8 Chief Ed Townsend says firefighter Brett Read, 38, was injured Saturday while he and another … [Read more...]
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