Day

March 7, 2011

PEORIA, IL FIREFIGHTERS INJURED IN FALL THROUGH FLOOR

A fire early Sunday at an empty home on Marquette Street injured two firefighters, sending one to the hospital. The Peoria Fire Department received a call about 12:50 a.m. of a fire coming from the basement of 2616 W. Marquette St. Firefighters arrived at the scene and, believing that there were residents inside, entered and...
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NORTH CAROLINA FIRE CAPTAIN FALL THRU THE FLOOR-MINOR INJURIES

A Fire Captain was injured when he fell through a collapsed floor in a house fire early Sunday morning in Forsyth County (Winston-Salem FD) About 21 firefighters responded to the home Erika Williams, located at 3653 Yale Ave. in Winston-Salem, around 2:30 a.m., according to a news release. Upon arrival, firefighters found heavy smoke and...
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Drowned LODD Firefighter Wearing Wrong Equipment: NIOSH

A Kanawha County volunteer firefighter who drowned last year was wearing improper equipment, a federal safety agency has determined. Donnie Adkins, 32, a firefighter for the Glasgow Volunteer Fire Department, drowned last March after a rescue boat he was riding in slammed into a bridge pier and overturned during flood rescue attempts. Adkins and two...
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Good Audio from Firefighter MayDay in Fairfax County, VA

On Sunday evening around 2135 Hrs Fairfa Countyx,VA FF’s responded to Dwelling Fire. Early on a FF got lost in the basement and declared a Mayday. This MayDay had a positive outcome and there is some good audio that can be used for training to go along with this MayDay courtesy of AlertPage.
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