By Warren Dillaway, Star Beacon Two firefighters were transported to Ashtabula County Medical Center from the scene of a barn and grass fire. The blaze spread quickly along Green Hill Road in an area that borders Sheffield and Plymouth townships on Thursday … [Read more...]
CHICAGO – Two people are injured following a crash involving an ambulance on Chicago’s Northwest Side. A car reportedly struck the ambulance at the intersection of Kimball and Addison, causing the emergency vehicle to flip on its side. Two people inside the ambulance were … [Read more...]
NY LODD UPDATE: FIRE CHIEF COPES WITH RECRUITS DEATH
WATERTOWN — Fire Chief Matthew Timerman went down to see how Peyton Morse and a fellow recruit were doing with training at the New York State Academy of Fire Science on March 3. He gave words of encouragement to Mr. Morse, wished the young recruit well and told him he’d … [Read more...]
As you will recall, on February 18, 2020, Porterville (California) Firefighter Patrick Jones, 25, and Fire Capt. Ray Figueroa, 35, were killed in the Line of Duty fighting the Porterville library fire. After arriving on the scene, they were “unable to confirm if all citizens had … [Read more...]
On December 9, 2018, Worcester (MA) Firefighter Christopher Roy, 36, a 2½-year member of the department was killed in the Line of Duty, leaving behind his 9-year-old daughter, his WFD family, family and friends. The fire was reported at 0358 hours as a basement in a 3 story … [Read more...]
As an update to previous information, we regret that the Selbyville (DE) Fire Company Fire Police Officer has died in the Line of Duty. Selbyville Fire Police Officer Laura Madara was killed in the Line of Duty while operating on the scene of that vehicle crash earlier this … [Read more...]
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC)— Police say a driver was taken to the hospital, and ticketed after a crash involving a fire truck Friday morning. The crash happened near the intersection of Avenue D and North Street around midnight. Police say the driver drove … [Read more...]
Four girls have been charged with arson, accused of setting the fire that destroyed an unoccupied Ferndale Borough house last week and sent a police officer and a firefighter to the hospital, Ferndale police Chief John Blake said Friday. The girls – a 12-year-old from the … [Read more...]
SCHENECTADY – A fire damaged a home late Thursday night in Schenectady in one of two fires reported within four hours of each other, Schenectady fire officials said. In one of the fires, a firefighter was injured, though officials described the injuries as … [Read more...]
Troopers with the Portsmouth Post are investigation a one vehicle crash on Lapperell Rd. A Benton Township Fire Truck, driven by Ralph B Law, age 63 of Peebles Ohio, was responding to a structure fire. While the fire truck was northbound, it drove off the left side of the … [Read more...]