Volunteer Firefighter Fu Chia-sen was killed during a search and rescue mission at a landfill construction site in Taichung City early on Sunday. Fu was pronounced dead after he was pulled out of the dirt at the site. Taichung Deputy Mayor Hsiao Jia-chi said that although Fu was a volunteer, the city government would offer...Read More
Syracuse FF Richard Barone is back to work at Fire Station Number 5. Just last week, he and his partner, Harry Dodge, were completing the roof ventilation of a burning apartment building, but things didn’t go according to plan. "Unbeknownst to us, the attic was full of fire. Usually it’s just full of smoke and...Read More
A woman was critically injured, two firefighters were hurt and more than 30 people were displaced when an early morning fire Sunday destroyed a 112-year-old building in Norwich. The woman, who was not identified, was dragged by her feet out of her apartment kitchen by her son and a neighbor before firefighters arrived. She lived...Read More
A DeBusk (TN) volunteer firefighter was struck by a vehicle while directing traffic near an accident scene on the Newport Highway on Sunday afternoon. Firefighter Michael Wayne McKinney, 27, was helping direct traffic on U.S. Highway 321 when he was struck by a pickup truck driven by Dale Kite, 78 Trooper David Good, who investigated the...Read More
The Detroit Fire Department almost lost another firefighter in a suspected arson fire when power lines fell across the top of a ladder truck on Sunday, shocking a 7-year veteran. “Sparks were flying,” arson investigator Steve Varnas said this morning. Engine 33 responded Sunday to the fire in a vacant house near South Bayside and...Read More
OMAHA, Neb. — Two Omaha firefighters were injured after being hit by an SUV on Interstate 80 late Saturday night. Tom Bartek and Sam Gruber were putting an accident victim into an ambulance near the 42nd Street exit when the SUV driver lost control, slid on the interstate and hit them. One of the...Read More
