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•July 13, 2026

TWO KILLED, THREE FIREFIGHTERS INJURED, WHEN VEHICLE STRIKES FIRE APPARATUS AT CRASH SCENE – KENTUCKY

A collision on Interstate 75 in Scott County on...
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•July 13, 2026

A CRITICAL INJURY AND FIREFIGHTER LODD & LODI REPORT UPDATE FROM NIOSH

The following NIOSH FFFIPP report and slides were recently published:...
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•July 13, 2026

TEXAS FIRE CHIEF-LODD-Medical, FIREFIGHTING PLANE DOWN IN COLORADO (The Secret List)

All, We regret to pass on that the Chief...
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•July 12, 2026

LODD: FIREFIGHTER DIES AFTER MEDICAL EMERGENCY – TEXAS

SLOCUM, Texas (KLTV) – An East Texas firefighter died...
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•July 12, 2026

ALABAMA FIREFIGHTER STRUCK BY LIGHTNING EXACTLY ON YEAR AFTER FIREWORK EXPLODED IN HIS FACE

A firefighter in Alabama is counting his lucky stars...
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•July 12, 2026

2 PARAMEDICS & PATIENT KILLED IN CRASH – LODD (The Secret List)

All, We regret to pass on that 2 Prince...
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•July 13, 2026

NFA? Now Is Your Chance…As In Right Now! (The Secret List)

All, FROM THE NATIONAL FIRE ACADEMY NOTE THE DATE: ***Must Apply by Wednesday July 15th*** ….for...
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•July 13, 2026

NEW NIOSH Update, PILOT LODD, “Horrible Conditions”: Ohio Fire Captain (The Secret List)

All, The following NIOSH FFFIPP report and slides were recently published: BUT PLEASE NOTE…. 1-These “perfect...
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•July 12, 2026

2 PARAMEDICS & PATIENT KILLED IN CRASH – LODD (The Secret List)

All, We regret to pass on that 2 Prince Edward Island (Canada) Paramedics died in...
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•July 11, 2026

NJ FIREFIGHTER, 23, KILLED FOLLOWING RESPONSE CRASH, FRANCE: FIREFIGHTER, 22 Killed During Wildland Fire Ops (The Secret List)

All, We regret to pass on that the 23-year-old Malaga (Gloucester County, NJ) Volunteer Fire...
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•July 9, 2026

Ohio Fire Medic Stabbed By Patient (The Secret List)

All, An Ohio Fire Paramedic was taken to the hospital after being stabbed while preparing...
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•July 7, 2026

PA FIRE CHIEF LODD-Medical (The Secret List)

All, We regret to pass on that a longtime Carbon County (NW of Allentown PA)...
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•July 13, 2026

AMBULANCE STOKEN FROM FIREHOUSE – FLORDIA

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and the Jacksonville Fire Department confirmed with Action News Jax that...
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•July 9, 2026

Ohio Fire Medic Stabbed By Patient (The Secret List)

All, An Ohio Fire Paramedic was taken to the hospital after being stabbed while preparing...
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•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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