It is with deep regret that we advise you of the Line of Duty death of EMT Charles Black of the Superior Ambulance. EMT Black was assigned to the Highland, Indiana base. EMT Black suffered a fatal heart attack Wednesday, August 10th, while transporting a patient from St. Margaret Hospital – North Campus – in...Read More
A fire truck driving in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood this morning clipped a big-rig, which then hit a man on the sidewalk nearby, fire officials said. At about 9:10 a.m., the tiller ladder truck was conducting a routine check and was making a right turn from Mission Street onto New Montgomery Street when...Read More
Thanks to Dave Statter at www.Statter911.com for sharing this story and video with us. Nothing like determination. A Detroit firefighter trying to make the roof with a ground ladder on a front porch rides it down after the ladder pops out from under him. He picks himself up and tries again. The ladder starts to slip...Read More
On August 11,2011 a box call was struck out for a working structure fire on church street Claysburg PA. The box brought Claysburg station 70, East Freedom Fire department 40, Blue Knob station 86, Duncansville station 20, and Allgheny Twp. Station 50 for the air truck. Chief 7001 arrived on scene advising heavy smoke conditions....Read More
A new study published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine reveals that the WTC attacks affected the health of the FDNY resulting in more post-9/11 retirements than expected.Led by David J. Prezant, MD, Chief Medical Officer, FDNY, researchers assessed a total of 7,763 retired firefighters between September 11, 1994, and September 10, 2008, comparing...Read More
A new study published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine reveals that the WTC attacks affected the health of the FDNY resulting in more post-9/11 retirements than expected. Led by David J. Prezant, MD, Chief Medical Officer, FDNY, researchers assessed a total of 7,763 retired firefighters between September 11, 1994, and September 10, 2008,...Read More
