TEXAS FIREFIGHTER KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY-CRASH The Secret List www.FireFighterCloseCalls.com A Texas Volunteer Firefighter died in the Line of Duty yesterday at a wildland fire after he ran a stop sign and was struck by a pickup truck. The pickup, also operating at the scene, was operated by a Texas Game Warden. Firefighter...Read More
RALLS COUNTY, Mo. – A firetruck and semi tractor-trailer collided at 9:06 p.m. Sunday on Route H, seven-tenths of a mile north of Route CC in Ralls County. James F. Calhoun, the firetruck driver, suffered minor injuries but told authorities he would seek his own medical treatment. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports a 1970...Read More
One person was rushed to the hospital Monday morning around 12:30am after he crashed his car into the front of Main-Transit Fire Station 1 on Main Street, ripping down 3 of the 6 fire station bay doors and causing part of the structure’s brickwork to come tumbling down. Main-Transit Firefighters used hydraulic rescue tools to...Read More
FIRE MARSHAL LODD-MEDICAL The Secret List www.FireFighterCloseCalls.com We regret to advise you that on August 26, 2011 South Davis Metro Fire Agency Fire Marshal Steve Cox was performing a firefighter skills fitness test at fire station 81, located in Bountiful, Utah. During that test he collapsed, complained of dizziness and shortness of breath, he was immediately...Read More
The Princeton First Aid and Rescue squad member who was swept away in swift moving flood waters while attempting to search a submerged car during Hurricane Irene has died from his injuries, police said this morning. Michael Kenwood, 39, had been hospitalized since he was pulled from the water early Sunday with undisclosed injuries. He...Read More