Hey… On the evening of December 27,1983 a warehouse was the scene of the worst disaster and Firefighter LODD loss of life in the history of the Buffalo NYFD. The warehouse had contained an illegal 500 gallon propane tank whose valve was broken off while it was moved and the building was in the...Read More
A "hero" firefighter is dead and his son seriously injured after a fire truck rolled while racing to a car crash yesterday afternoon. Ray Barrett was killed on a winding stretch of State Highway 35, north of Gisborne on the rural East Cape. His firefighter son Tahi was airlifted by helicopter to Gisborne Hospital with...Read More
Boone County – A Jamestown firefighter is hospitalized with several injuries after he was struck by a semi-truck Friday morning. Fred Long, 46, was struck on I-74 while he was responding to a property damage accident near the 54 mile-marker in Boone County. Investigators say the semi-truck jackknifed as the driver was trying to avoid...Read More
Indianapolis – Responding to a 911 call for help, four Pike Township firefighters ended up in their own emergency when their fire engine crashed into a tree. It happened inside Eagle Creek Park just before 11:00 am Friday. All the firefighters on board the engine were taken to Methodist Hospital complaining of neck, back, knee...Read More
Fire Engine careens into hydrant A Salt Lake City resident outside Thursday evening saw a fire truck slide down a slick Browning Avenue, near 1300 South and 1300 East, and slam into a hydrant. Glen Jefferies said the engine was not speeding, but it still lost control on one of the steeper, slicker parts of...Read More
ROLLOVER CRASH TAKES THE LINE OF A NEW ZEALAND FIREFIGHTER-OTHER FF SERIOUS The Secret List – www.FireFighterCloseCalls.com A Firefighter from the Hicks Bay Voluntary Rural Fire Force was Killed in the Line of Duty at the scene of a fire apparatus rollover on State Highway 35 in eastern Bay of Plenty. Another Firefighter has been airlifted in...Read More
