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•April 24, 2025

FIREFIGHTER RESCUED FROM ROOFTOP AT HOUSE FIRE – PENNSYLVANIA

COAL TOWNSHIP — An emergency situation occurred at Thursday...

•April 24, 2025

CHICAGO FIRE LODD FUNERAL INFO (The Secret List)

All, Captain/EMT David J. Meyer, assigned to Truck Company...

•April 24, 2025

HAZMAT ICON RICHARD CARTWRIGHT DIES

By Hazmat Nation: Hazmat Nation readers will know Richard...

•April 24, 2025

MAINE FIREFIGHTER DIES BY SUICIDE

By Bangor Daily News: A Bangor firefighter died by...

•April 24, 2025

19-YEAR-OLD ARRESTED, CHARGED WITH ARSON OVER NJ WILDFIRE

By NBC News: A 19-year-old from Ocean Township, New...

•April 24, 2025

Fire Chief MAYDAY: While In Indy, Ohio LODD Update (The Secret List)

All, While in Indianapolis attending the FDIC (Fire Department...

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•April 24, 2025

CHICAGO FIRE LODD FUNERAL INFO (The Secret List)

All, Captain/EMT David J. Meyer, assigned to Truck Company 29, died in the Line of...

•April 24, 2025

Fire Chief MAYDAY: While In Indy, Ohio LODD Update (The Secret List)

All, While in Indianapolis attending the FDIC (Fire Department Instructor’s Conference) on April 11, Chief...

•April 23, 2025

CHICAGO FIRE CAPTAIN KILLED IN FIRE COLLAPSE (The Secret List)

All, We regret to pass on that a nearly 30-year veteran with the Chicago Fire Department...

•April 22, 2025

KY FIREFIGHTER LODD-Responding Vehicle Crash-Medical (The Secret List)

All, We regret to pass on the Line-of-Duty Death of past Chief, Firefighter Charlie Shaw...

•April 22, 2025

UT FIREFIGHTER DIES IN QUARTERS, NC FIRE CHIEF OCC. CANCER DEATH (The Secret List)

All, We regret to pass on that a Firefighter with the South Jordan (Utah) Fire...

•April 20, 2025

Dispatchers, NIOSH Leader Dies Suddenly, Ohio LODD Funeral Info, Oklahoma Bombing (The Secret List)

All, Funeral and visitation arrangements have been announced for John Saunders, the Greenwich (Ohio) Firefighter...

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•April 22, 2025

FLORIDA AMBULANCE LEAVES ROADWAY, THREE INJURED

SUWANNEE COUNTY, Fla. (WCTV) – Three people were injured on Monday after a Suwannee County...

•April 22, 2025

THREE INJURED IN AMBULANCE INVOLVED CRASH IN ILLINOIS

Peoria Police said three people were injured in a crash involving an ambulance and another...

•April 19, 2025

MONTANA WOMAN KILLED IN COLLISION WITH AMBULANCE

BIG SKY, Mont. — One woman is dead after her northbound vehicle drifted into oncoming...

•April 17, 2025

INDIANA GIRL STRUCK AND KILLED BY AMBULANCE

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A 13-year-old girl was killed and another child was injured when...

•April 17, 2025

E-BIKE COLLIDES WITH AMBULANCE IN TEXAS, CYCLIST KILLED

SEABROOK, Texas (KTRK) — One person has died after colliding into an ambulance while riding...

•April 16, 2025

CAR, AMBULANCE COLLIDE IN CALIFORNIA

An investigation is underway after a Glendale Fire Department ambulance was involved in a crash...

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