NOTE-these also includes the Bridgeport CT double LODD report that had been previously released by other sources, but not officially by NIOSH Aug 09, 2010 Career fire fighter dies from fall off fire escape ladder – Illinois <a href=”http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/reports/face201025.html”>http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/reports/face201025.html</a> Sep 24, 2010 Fire fighter suffers sudden cardiac death while fighting wildland fire – Virginia...Read More
On July 10, 2011 at 1830 hours, a CalFire Firefighter, while acting as a back-up person for an engine company, sustained a serious head injury when he became pinned between 2 CAL FIRE engine companies. The incident occurred following release from a companies cover assignment at Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit. An Amador-El Dorado Unit (AEU) engine strike...Read More
Flames, smoke inside of truck on neighborhood street – ByKevin Zawacki A fire truck caught fire in Nyack at about 4 p.m. today. The truck—from West Harrison—was in the area for a drill, authorities said. The incident occurred near the Birchwood Avenue and Midland Avenue intersection. The inside of the truck caught fire, smoking up...Read More
By Andrew SeymourOTTAWA — An alcoholic who was once saved from nearly drowning by police was sentenced to time served Monday for spitting on them.Alam Gabriel Buoc, 23, admitted spitting in the face of an Ottawa paramedic, police officer and special constable on Oct. 30 following his arrest for being intoxicated in a public place.Buoc...Read More
Attached are pictures from the accident today. The pictures get progressively frightening, especially the one showing the log through the passenger side headrest. Thankfully there was no one in the seat as the crew member was in the back with the patient. Current status is that one crew member should be discharged shortly. The patient...Read More
By Jess RollinsState troopers continue to investigate the cause of a head-on ambulance crash that injured three and killed the patient.Also injured was the driver of a dump truck who swerved to avoid slowing traffic and into the ambulance’s path just before impact.Missouri State Highway Patrol spokesman Sgt. Jason Pace said that the dump truck...Read More
