A Lakewood Hatzolah Ambulance responding to an emergency call Monday evening, collided with another vehicle, before crashing through a fence and coming to a stop in the front yard of a home. The crash occurred shortly after 10:00PM on Central Avenue. The Hatzolah Ambulance was reportedly headed Westbound on Central Avenue with its lights and...Read More
Police are investigating after a handgun was stolen from a city of Orlando employee on Monday — a crime that has also prompted an internal investigation. District Fire Chief David Harris, 41, left the Ruger LCP .38 handgun in an unlocked city vehicle that was parked at Fire Station 1, city’s main fire station, which...Read More
A firefighter was injured when he fell through a roof while fighting a fire at a Days Inn motel in Liberty, Mo., early Wednesday morning. The fire was reported at the Days Inn near 291 and 152 Highway in Liberty at about 3 a.m. Firefighters said the injured firefighter fell about 10 to 15 feet...Read More
A judge has fined a Montreal suburb $3.7 million after its firefighters made a warehouse fire worse by accidentally starting a second blaze.On Sept. 25, 2004, 120 firefighters were called to the Dyne-a-Pak foam plant in Laval, Que., after fire broke out in a storage room.They used a chainsaw to cut a hole in a...Read More
DEALINGWITH PAIN (A Submitted Commentary from Ray at Urbanfirefighter) RayMcCormack The Scars of Vision Seeing something most will never see is not something you brag about, insteadit is a burden. Silence defines a sacred trust that scenes you see will not beshared without good reason; however, the burden of silence is real. If you are...Read More
