A Victoria (TX) Fire Department firefighter was injured at about 1100 hours today during a rappelling training exercise. “Our first concern is for our injured firefighter,” said Victoria Fire Department Chief Taner Drake. “The injury appears to be serious, but not life-threatening.” The training was part of a re-certification exercise for members of the High...Read More
All, As you know, Firefighter Zachary Taylor “Zach” Whitacre, 21,of Gore, VA, died in the Line of Duty yesterday as result of an apparatuscrash. Zach was born on November 13, 1990 in Winchester, VA. He was aVolunteer Firefighter for Gore Volunteer Fire & Rescue, Frederick CountyCompany 14, in Gore and a 2009 graduate of James Wood High School....Read More
A Titusville firefighter is accused of putting a dangerous substance in another firefighter’s canteen as part of an ongoing series of incidents. Firefighter-paramedic Randy Moore was arrested today and taken to the Brevard County Jail, according to Titusville police. On Thursday, Lt. Phil Jones discovered a substance in his canteen that smelled like a petroleum-based solvent. According...Read More
A Titusville firefighter is accused of putting a dangerous substance in another firefighter’s canteen as part of an ongoing series of incidents. Firefighter-paramedic Randy Moore was arrested today and taken to the Brevard County Jail, according to Titusville police. On Thursday, Lt. Phil Jones discovered a substance in his canteen that smelled like a petroleum-based solvent. According...Read More
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — A driver suspected of fatally hitting a Shelby firefighter on Interstate 80 in western Iowa has been ticketed for driving without proper registration. The firefighter, Michael Collins, was hit last September while directing traffic at an earlier accident near the Shelby exit in Pottawattamie County. The Iowa State Patrol says a...Read More
According to the Kinston Free Press, Trooper Jackie Rogers says Joseph Heck of Greene County will be charged with making an improper lane change after crashing an ambulance in Kinston on Wednesday. Two people were airlifted from the First Med ambulance after it hit an East Carolina vending truck on Highway 11. The ambulance flipped...Read More
