A New York state appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit against the Manlius and Pompey Hill (NY) fire departments in the Line of Duty death of a Volunteer Firefighter (2 FF’s were killed) operating at a Pompey house fire in 2002. The state Supreme Court Appellate Division concluded the law granting personal immunity to Volunteer Firefighters does not apply to...Read More
At 0831 hours, 12 December 2010, Engines 12, 19, 8 Rescue 12, Truck 2 and Battalion 3 were dispatched to a structure fire at 71st St and 2nd Ave N. Engine 12 gave a report of a 2 story wood frame house with, heavy smoke coming from the roof. Engine 19 reported on the scene...Read More
Around 1500 today, the Millville NJ FD received a call that there had been a partial collapse at a theater, and about 20 minutes later, there was a larger collapse. Workers had been restoring the historic theater. A crew of about a dozen workers were inside the Levoy when one of them noticed the plaster beginning to slip in...Read More
Too Close to Home Part1: Suicide at Station 13 JEMS article reprinted Wayne Zygowicz | | Thursday,December 27, 2007 Littleton’s Station 13,geographically separated from the rest of the city’s fire stations by thewindingPlatteRiver, is located in a quiet, affluent neighborhood. Throughoutthe department, Station 13 is known for low-call volume, compared to the otherseven stations. However,...Read More
An Alachua, Florida man became Baker County’s 11th traffic fatality of 2010 when his southbound pickup drifted into the opposite lane on SR 121 the morning of November 22 and was slammed by a northbound limerock truck. Firefighter Robert H. Gasche, 54, died at the scene just north of the Union County line and the...Read More
Too Close to Home Part1: Suicide at Station 13 JEMS article reprinted Wayne Zygowicz | | Thursday,December 27, 2007 Littleton’s Station 13,geographically separated from the rest of the city’s fire stations by thewindingPlatteRiver, is located in a quiet, affluent neighborhood. Throughoutthe department, Station 13 is known for low-call volume, compared to the otherseven stations. However,...Read More
