While there are numerous horrific stories of how this week’s weather has devastated the south, including it impacting numerous Firefighters and departments, this story is absolutely amazing. While responding on a run before tornado approached his community, the Fire Chief of the Shoal Creek (Alabama) VFD, was actually picked up by the tornado, flipped around several times and dropped upside down in...Read More
A newly hired Firefighter was injured while he was in training at a fire training facility in St. Louis. East St Louis (IL) FF Trainee Bobby Cole Jr., 27, was in training Wednesday when he was pinned between a moving fire apparatus and a wall. He suffered a broken pelvis and has serious internal injuries. His Dad, Bobby Cole Sr.,...Read More
On my second night of my control burn for fire school, my crew entered the acquired structure that was lit on fire in one room. The fire was lit in one room and quickly grew to the second ignition area saved for another fire, we would’ve have made it to the fire quicker if someone...Read More
A 66-year-old volunteer Fire Policeman was hit this morning while directing traffic in Hampden Township. William H. Taylor was keeping traffic off Good Hope Road, where flooding from the Conodoguinet River was blocking parts of the road. Around 0800 hours, a white pick-up truck driven by John L. Kurtz, 66,, hit FPO Taylor as it was making a...Read More
