12-year-old Harrisburg Middle School student is recovering at the hospital after being involved in a motorcycle accident on Odell school road in Concord. Police and witnesses said the accident happened as a fire truck was driving around bend and the motorcycle was unable to stop in time. The accident happened at about 2:30 p.m. in...Read More
12-year-old Harrisburg Middle School student is recovering at the hospital after being involved in a motorcycle accident on Odell school road in Concord. Police and witnesses said the accident happened as a fire truck was driving around bend and the motorcycle was unable to stop in time. The accident happened at about 2:30 p.m. in...Read More
On Saturday 10-09-10 at about 1400 hrs the crew at one of our stations was back the engine back into the bay which is narrow for the equipment stored there at the station. Following department SOPs one of the firefighters was behind the engine on the drivers side as a backer guiding the driver into...Read More
While operating at the scene of a possible commercial fire, a drunk driver went past the police barricades and came into the scene where he was stopped after hitting a curb. The barricades where approx. 1/2 mile from the scene but the driver managed to get around and encroach the scene before being stopped and...Read More
Firefighter falls through cabin floor EMMITSBURG — A firefighter/emergency medical technician fell through a hole in the floor of a burning cabin Friday afternoon and "mayday" was declared, said Jim Click, deputy chief for Vigilant Hose Co. "He was holding himself up (with his hands)," Click said. "This was on the second floor." Firefighters...Read More
Between the beginning of 2007 and the middle of 2008, the Chicago Fire Department experienced a growing number of suicides within its ranks. Over the course of 18 months, seven firefighters had taken their own lives. "I’ve been on the job for 21 years and only knew of a few before then," Dan DeGryse,...Read More
