Hey, 2 Firefighters with the Mountain View (North Carolina) VFDwere injured Friday when their apparatus rolled over as they were responding toa call. The crash happened around 1900 when the tanker carrying about 1,000gallons, went out of control as it was going into a curve, It went off the roadto the right, near a bridge...Read More
SELFISH motorists are putting the lives of the seriously ill at risk by crashing into, holding up and even menacing ambulances trying to get the sick and injured to hospital. Documents obtained under Freedom of Information laws reveal dangerous drivers in Victoria are causing an average of a crash a week with ambulances, with the...Read More
By Jill Gosche An ambulance transporting a patient to a hospital struck a car attempting to turn at SR 101 and TR 15 in Clinton Township Saturday afternoon. Deputy Denny Wilkinson of Seneca County Sheriff’s Office said a 1997 Ford F-350 ambulance, which is county-owned and used by Green Springs EMS, was traveling southbound on...Read More
Because the firefighters union rejected a new contract that proposed sweeping changes to pensions and other benefits for new employees, the mayor said, hiring new firefighters would cost millions of dollars that city taxpayers could not afford. Some claim rejecting the grant was the city’s way of retaliating against the firefighters’ union for failing recently to...Read More
A four-alarm fire in Brighton this morning destroyed four businesses, in a blaze that blanketed the area with thick smoke, caused flooding on nearby streets, and injured at least two firefighters. At its peak, the early-morning fire drew more than 100 Boston firefighters. Early this afternoon, engine and ladder companies were still pouring water and...Read More
A four-alarm fire heavily damaged the Endicott Hotel and Green Martini Restaurant and sent four Concord firefighters to a nearby hospital Sunday morning. Firefighters said the fire started just before 7:30 a.m. in the restaurant under the hotel. First-responders found heavy smoke and fire showing from the building. Officials said there were several apartments located above...Read More
