Hey.. Here are some updates and a message below: UPDATE: WISCONSIN LINE OF DUTY DEATH: MORE DETAILS RELEASED: Lt. Rick H. Borkin, a 16-year veteran of the Thiensville VFD, died Monday evening after experiencing respiratory problems during a training exercise at the Milwaukee Area Technical College campus in Oak Creek, the Ozaukee...Read More
Lt. Rick H. Borkin, a 16-year veteran of the Thiensville Volunteer Fire Department, died in the Line of Duty Monday evening after experiencing respiratory problems during a training exercise at the Milwaukee Area Technical College campus in Oak Creek, Ozaukee County Coroner John Holicek said this morning. "He had a history of respiratory problems but...Read More
A group of Detroit firefighters sought treatment at Detroit Receiving Hospital this evening after breathing fumes and smoke from a fire today that was apparently set by a thief stealing copper wiring from a vacant Detroit school. All are expected to recover, but could suffer lasting damage to their lungs from poisons in insulation that...Read More
A doctor and nurse accompanying the four-week-old boy escaped injury along with the two ambulance crew. The baby was being taken to Leeds General Infirmary from a hospital 70 miles away on the year’s coldest day when the crash happened on the M62 close to the city. A second ambulance raced to the...Read More
WISCONSIN FIREFIGHTER DIES IN THE LINE OF DUTY AT TRAINING The Secret List www.FirefighterCloseCalls.com We regret to advise you of the Line of Duty Death of Lt. Rick Borkin of the Thiensville (WI) FD. The students had just completed live fire training (exterior natural gas props) and were in the process of picking up hose...Read More
PITTSTON – A firefighter was hospitalized and a couple had to jump off a second-story roof after flames tore through an apartment building on Parsonage Street early Monday morning. A Pennsylvania State Police fire marshal photographs the second floor of an apartment building on Parsonage Street in Pittston that burned early Monday morning. The...Read More
