Fire Chief Brad Cox has been downgraded to serious condition at USA Medical Center. 8:50 a.m. Dauphin Island Police Department has confirmed Dauphin Island’s fire chief and two firefighters were injured while battling a blaze on Barcelona Drive. Fire crews from throughout the area rushed to Dauphin Island Monday night to battle a massive blaze...Read More
A former Lakeside firefighter died yesterday after suffering a heart attack while helping at the scene of a fire at a neighbor’s house on Oct. 2, according to The Post-Standard. Earl "Rocky" Devereaux, 59, collapsed during the fire at 363 Lakeside Road and died shortly after noon two days later at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health...Read More
Fire Commissioner Salvatore J. Cassano announced the start of a Modified Response pilot program in Queens, where firefighters will stop using lights and sirens when responding to certain non-fire and non-life threatening emergencies. The three-month pilot program, which is in effect beginning Oct. 4, could reduce the number of fire apparatus responses using lights and...Read More
We have received word that Firefighter Thomas Innes, 61 yrs. old, of the Hindsboro Community FPD passed away on Saturday evening, Oct. 2nd at approximately 10:45 p.m. The wake will be on Thursday at the Krabel Funeral home in Oakland, IL, 215 E Main St. and the funeral will be on Friday. FF Innes is...Read More
