A Chicago Fire Department battalion chief responding to a call was injured in a crash. Yesterday just before 2300 at the intersection of Fullerton and Pulaski, when the battalion Chief had another vehicle crash into him. Doctors treated him at Illinois Masonic Hospital where he was last listed in fair condition. Two other people were...Read More
EMS LODD AT DOUBLE FATAL EMS CRASH IN ILLINOIS The Secret List www.FireFighterCloseCalls.com It is with deep regret that we advise you that a crash in West Union, Clark County (IL) has killed EMT Richard Poorman, 52, in the Line of Duty, patient Stephen Daugherty, 45 and critically injured others. EMT Bill Crumrin with West Union EMS was driving the ambulance, transporting...Read More
Thanks to Dave Statter www.statter911.com for his work on this story. A 20-year-old volunteer firefighter is in stable condition and being evaluated at the trauma unit at Prince George’s Hospital Center after falling out of a responding fire engine this afternoon. Prince George’s County Fire/Rescue Department Battalion Chief Denise Dickens tells STATter911.com the firefighter tumbled...Read More
An accident in Clark County claimed the lives of Richard Poorman, 52, and Stephen Daugherty, 45, both from West Union. Officials said Saturday night, Bill Crumrin an EMT for West Union was driving an ambulance along Route 1 just outside the city. He was transporting a patient and another EMT, Richard Poorman. That’s when officials...Read More
A chemical plant caught fire early Saturday morning and was still burning as of late Saturday night and it was visible for more than 20 miles away. It all started just before 0600 at the Euclid Chemical Company in rural Sheffield, Illinois. 22 fire departments, 7 ambulance services, and 3 haz-mat teams responded. 7 Fire...Read More
