A Rhodestown Volunteer Firefighter was indirectly hit by lightning while on the scene of a fire in Onslow County yesterday. The FF was at a fire call on Winter Place; it was sparked by a separate lightning strike. While operating at the fire scene, lightning again struck when it hit groundwater before traveling through flood...Read More
A Half Moon Volunteer Firefighter was indirectly hit by lightning while on the scene of a fire in Onslow County yesterday. The FF was at a fire call on Winter Place; it was sparked by a separate lightning strike. While operating at the fire scene, lightning again struck when it hit groundwater before traveling through...Read More
It is with deep regret that we advise of a LODD involving a member of the Altavista VFD in Campbell County, Va. FF Jefferey A. Cocke, 59, died in the Line of Duty yesterday from a heart related issue. Services at this time will be Held at Altavista High School, 3 pm on Sunday August...Read More
2 civilians were killed and 1 is critical from a crash where a responding fire apparatus struck them in an intersection. One man who was a passenger in the back was killed instantly when the vehicle was crushed under the cabin of the Airservices Australia fire apparatus and a woman in the front passenger seat...Read More
By Ashley Luthern An 81-year-old Beaver Township ambulance driver who sideswiped a car earlier this week is no longer permitted to drive fire department vehicles, said the township fire chief. “He is not on any type of leave from the fire department, but he is not driving any fire department vehicles until the investigation comes...Read More
