DETROIT – Members of the Detroit Fire Department have reached out to Local 4 Defenders with their concerns about the allegations of firefighters drinking while on the job. On Sunday night Trenisha Hawkins’ car was struck by a Detroit fire engine. Hawkins’ sister was sick inside … [Read more...]
A massive fire visible across Los Angeles burned material in a commercial yard and destroyed parked buses early Friday. CBS Los Angeles reports the inferno erupted in Compton before dawn and consumed stacks of pallets in a very large industrial yard. Flames then … [Read more...]
A Los Angeles firefighter was injured Friday battling a blaze in Westlake that damaged a Craftsman-style home, a fourplex and another structure. The fire was reported about 3:50 p.m. at 1521 W. 8th St. as an outdoor blaze that was “lapping up to the eaves” of the house, said … [Read more...]
BONNIE, IL — A Waltonville firefighter suffered minor injuries Wednesday night while working a residential structure fire in Bonnie. According to Assistant Waltonville Fire Chief Scott Pennington, they responded around 6:25 p.m. Wednesday to a report of a fire at a home in the … [Read more...]
CANTON Police are looking for a man accused of shooting a passing ambulance and two other vehicles during a domestic dispute Thursday afternoon. Warrants have been issued for the arrest of Willie Edward Evans Jr., 36, of Columbus Avenue NW. Firefighters called police at 3:25 … [Read more...]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (FOX 46 CHARLOTTE)- Paramedics could soon be carrying guns if a bill is passed by North Carolina lawmakers. The bill would allow paramedics to carry concealed firearms only when responding to tactical calls when law enforcement is on the scene as well. “It’s … [Read more...]
As an Elk Grove Village Fire Dept. battalion chief was rolling up to a traffic accident with other fire department vehicles on the scene, the SUV he was driving was rear-ended by a civilian vehicle unable to change lanes fast enough to avoid an accident. The crash occurred at … [Read more...]
On the morning of February 24, 2021 the Wyandanch Fire Company (NY) was activated for a reported residential structure fire on South 27th Street, off Long Island Avenue. The Suffolk County fire-rescue dispatch center was taking multiple calls, from nearby neighbors reporting the … [Read more...]
A Queens man assaulted two firefighters responding to a medical emergency at a housing development, prosecutors said Wednesday. Clarence Smith, 37, attacked the firefighters as they were providing medical assistance to a person at NYCHA’s Queens Bridge North Houses on … [Read more...]
KING WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A Mangohick Fire Department truck was responding to a nonemergency call Wednesday evening when the vehicle came off the narrow road, over turning in a steep ditch. The crash occurred at 8:40 p.m. on Herring Creek Road. The crash left one … [Read more...]