While we (logistically) cannot list all job related cancer line of duty deaths from Firefighting, we do want to take a moment to express our condolences in the very sad passing of Seattle FD’s Battalion Chief Dave Jacobs, who has died from cancer. Dave was a major player in fighting for the rights of Firefighters...Read More
A 26-year-old civilian was killed last night in a crash with a responding fire apparatus in Florida. At around 2100 hours, the civilian was driving a pick-up truck east bound while a fire apparatus driven by a Hernando County Firefighter/Paramedic was reportedly heading in the opposite direction. Apparently the civilian veered his truck into the westbound lanes...Read More