A state police cruiser and a Meriden firefighter were struck by a car on I-691 eastbound in Meriden on Sunday. According to the Meriden fire department, emergency personnel were responding to a previous accident around 8 a.m. when a car struck an ambulance causing a chain reaction crash. Fire officials said the car struck a...Read More
The Assistant Fire Chief in Marshfield, MO is hospitalized with severe head injuries suffered during a brush fire New Year’s Eve. Chief Michael Taylor tells KSPR that Assistant Chief Ed Noland was injured when a large tree branch fell about 20 feet and struck Noland in the head. When asked about Noland’s condition, Taylor said:...Read More
The investigation into the incident that nearly killed Tulsa Firefighter James O’Neal has narrowed, with the breathing apparatus he wore at the time of his collapse now at the center of the probe. Tulsa fire spokesman Stan May said during an exclusive interview Tuesday that some early reports indicating a possible heart attack were apparently...Read More
A Lebanon Rural Fire Protection District firefighter was injured Monday while she was assisting another department battle a natural cover fire. The Lebanon Rural department was called to a natural cover fire on Route D near the Camden County line where the Eldridge Fire Protection District was already fighting the fire. At about 7 p.m.,...Read More
