As posted yesterday, to be clear, the incident yesterday in Pennsylvania involved a piece of apparatus being delivered-NOT an in service rig. The man was struck and killed by a New Jersey FD’s brand new aerial ladder truck in Monroe County, PA. The circumstances were pretty unusual-workers at a nearby vineyard saw the car go airborne...Read More
Hey… Two Philadelphia Firefighters fell through a thin fiberglass roof while operating at a 1 alarm fire last night. The fire was at an auto body shop and the run came in around 2111 hours…and was placed under control at 2137 hours. When Philly Firefighters went up on the roof, they may have miscalculated the thickness of the roof,...Read More
Hey… Two Philadelphia Firefighters fell through a thin fiberglass roof while operating at a 1 alarm fire last night. The fire was at an auto body shop and the run came in around 2111 hours…and was placed under control at 2137 hours. When Philly Firefighters went up on the roof, they may have miscalculated the thickness of the roof,...Read More
Two firefighters fell through a roof while battling a one-alarm fire in the Holmesburg section of Philadelphia last night. The fire broke out at an auto body shop at 9:11p.m. The fire, which didn’t cause significant damage, was placed under control at 9:37p.m. When firefighters arrived at the scene, they went up on the roof of...Read More
11-20-08-An internal report has found authorities underestimated the risks posed by a Victorian bushfire that injured a group of New Zealand firefighters in 2006. Eleven fire fighters were injured and forced to run for their lives when they were caught in a flare up near Mansfield in north-east Victoria. The ABC has obtained a report...Read More
