A firefighter who tried to drive through a herd of cows, causing them to stampede and crush a farmer, has been given a suspended jail sentence. Julian Lawford was driving to a car crash in which a child was trapped when the fire truck was held up on a country road in Somerset by the...Read More
This truck was struck on 12 Dec 2010 on I-70 in Wright City, MO. Crews had been on scene of a motor vehicle crash, and several other crashes occurred while they were working the initial run. The unit pictured responded to assist with traffic control as a number of near misses had been reported. The...Read More
A fire truck responding to a house fire was involved in a crash Friday morning on the city’s West Side. The fire truck was headed westbound on Castroville Road when it approached a group of vehicles that were stopped at a red light, police said. As the fire truck tried to manuever around the vehicles,...Read More
Two firefighters fell through the first floor of a Kentwood house early Monday morning. One sustained a sprained ankle, and the other was not hurt. Firefighters said the fire started at 12:30 a.m. on Arlet Court. First responders said they saw heavy smoke when they got to the vacant house. The firefighters were checking the...Read More
In New Jersey, a father and son firefighting team were injured at a working fire that destroyed a home in Bergen County. Firefighters managed to get all of the residents out of the 3-story home in Wallington. But a firefighter fell through a damaged stairwell and was taken to the hospital. His father suffered minor...Read More
In New Jersey, a father and son firefighting team were injured at a working fire that destroyed a home in Bergen County. Firefighters managed to get all of the residents out of the 3-story home in Wallington. But a firefighter fell through a damaged stairwell and was taken to the hospital. His father suffered minor...Read More
