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•June 6, 2026

OIG REPORT: DOT FACILITY DID NOT HAVE WORKING SPRINKERS, FIRE ALARM SYSTEM FOR YEARS

BALTIMORE, MD (WBFF) — A Department of Transportation (DOT)...
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•June 6, 2026

FDNY FIREFIGHTER SUFFERS SERIOUS INJURIES AT STATEN ISLAND APARTMENT FIRE – NEW YORK

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Firefighters battled a blaze Thursday...
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•June 6, 2026

UPDATE: BOSTON FIREFIGHTER KILLED AT FIRE SCENE AND JUST WARNED OTHER FIREFIGHTERS TO “GET BACK” PRIOR TO COLLAPSE

BOSTON — Fallen Boston firefighter Robert “BK” Kilduff Jr. had warned...
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•June 6, 2026

FORT WORTH FIREFIGHTER DIES AFTER BATTALING CANER WHILE FIGHTING TO FIND KIDNEY DONOR FOR WIFE

A Fort Worth firefighter who was battling stage 4...
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•June 5, 2026

IN. FIREFIGHTER Death, DOUBLE FATAL Fire Apparatus Resp Crash (The Secret List)

All, We regret to inform you, from the Indiana...
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•June 5, 2026

RESPONDING FIRE APPARATUS INTERSECTION CRASH RESULTS IN 2 CIVILIAN DEATHS, FIREFIGHTERS INJURED

A crash today between a Riverside County (CAL) Fire...
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•June 5, 2026

IN. FIREFIGHTER Death, DOUBLE FATAL Fire Apparatus Resp Crash (The Secret List)

All, We regret to inform you, from the Indiana National Guard and the Indianapolis Fire...
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•June 2, 2026

“Pull The Handle!!” BFD FF Daughter Reminds Us, Maine FF Update (The Secret List)

All, In yesterday’s Line of Duty Death Funeral for Boston Rescue 2 Firefighter Robert “BK”...
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•June 1, 2026

IL FF DIES ON DUTY, Volunteer Firefighters, FDNY Hi-Rise Seminar (The Secret List)

All, We regret to pass on that an on-duty Firefighter from the Harlem-Roscoe FD (near Rockford,...
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•May 30, 2026

MARYLAND FIREFIGHTER, 44, DIES IN THE LINE OF DUTY FOLLOWING SHIFT (The Secret List)

All, We regret to pass on the Line of Duty Death of Prince George’s County...
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•May 29, 2026

Maine Explosion Video (The Secret List)

All, The injured Maine Firefighters/EMS members and civilians continue to recover, and by all indications,...
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•May 27, 2026

MAINE SFMO RELEASES DETAILS OF LODD FIRE & EXPLOSION (The Secret List)

All, The Maine State Fire Marshals’ Office Releases Preliminary Findings in Robbins Lumber Fire and...
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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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•April 16, 2026

FIREFIGHTER INJURED BY WOMAN WITH KNIFE AT WELFARE CHECK CALL – TEXAS

SAN ANTONIO — A welfare check at an off-campus housing complex near the University of...
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