A driver is in the hospital after colliding with an Houston, TX Fire Apparatus. It happened on Telephone Road and Airport late last night. Police say a fire truck was responding to an emergency call when it collided with a car at the intersection. The driver of the car was taken to the hospital with minor injuries....Read More
The town is repairing one of its firetrucks after it plunged into the Kennebec River taking two firefighters with it. Town officials still don’t know for sure what caused the rescue vehicle to shift into travel mode during an annual pump test at the boat landing off Patterson Bridge Road on June 3. But selectmen,...Read More
Hey, Many of you come from or have family members in the fire service-along with yourself….kind of a "family affair" in bunker gear. Some in your own departments, some in others, but Brothers, Sisters, Grandparents, Aunt’s and Uncles, Mom’s and Son’s, Mom’s and Daughters and Father’s and Son’s are a nice "icing on the cake" in firefighter...Read More
Two firefighters are in noncritical condition after responding to a house fire on the 500 block of Summit. The fire broke out just before 4 p.m on Wednesday in the front bedroom of the house. Nobody was inside at the time. Fire officials said one firefighter suffered heat exhaustion while trying to put out the...Read More
When the Ladd, Ill., fire department called for backup to a highway crash, two firefighters found their route blocked by drivers going the wrong way on the shoulder to escape the backup. Their 21st-century response: Bitching out the drivers on Facebook. After posting a photo of the traffic flustercuck on I-80 in the desolate parts...Read More
