By Alex Kreitman BEAUFORT COUNTY, SC (WCSC) – One person was killed and three others were sent to the hospital Tuesday after an ambulance crash in Beaufort County. According to South Carolina Highway Patrol, the ambulance was traveling north on Old Sheldon Church Road when the vehicle ran off the right side of the roadway,...Read More
A MAN who allegedly assaulted paramedics and police officers is due to appear before magistrates today. Wayne Kielkowski, 29, of Stockford Avenue, Mill Hill was charged with seven offences including grievous bodily harm with intent to a woman paramedic, two counts of actual bodily harm, racially aggravated common assault, criminal damage and racially aggravated threatening behaviour. He...Read More
Authorities are trying to figure out why a car that was initially stopped near an intersecton started moving again and was struck by a fire engine hustling through an intersection to get to a fire alarm call this evening in the West Pullman neighborhood. Five of six people in the car were seriously hurt, including...Read More
FIRE CHIEF TAKES HIS OWN LIFE (Chief Kyle Ienn of Ralston NE-RIP) Ralston Volunteer Fire Department Chief Kyle Ienn, 40, took his own life in Omaha late last night/early this morning. Many of you may know Kyle with his well known work with the NFFF-he was also a long time subscriber and good friend to...Read More
As posted previously, 2 Braden TN FF”s were struck on I-40 last night. A pickup truck pulling a trailer struck them as they were operating on the highway. One of the Firefighters was on the step at the rear of the 2000 International 4900 Crew Cab pumper truck loading equipment after putting out a grass...Read More
Jury selection begins today in U.S. District Court in the discrimination lawsuit filed by a former Erie firefighter who lost her job after setting a small fire in a bathtub amid a suicide attempt in 2006. Jurors will be asked to decide whether the city was justified in terminating Mary Wolski in 2007, or whether...Read More