Firefighters work in varied and complex environments that increase their risk of on-the-job death and injury. NFPA estimates that 68,085 firefighter injuries occurred in the line of duty in 2015. An estimated 29,130 (42.8%) of all firefighter injuries occurred during fireground operations. Each year, NFPA studies firefighter deaths and injuries to provide national statistics...Read More
Three firefighters suffered minor injuries battling a house fire late Wednesday morning in northern Hamden. But working smoke detectors were credited with saving the lives of a couple who got out just before flames engulfed one side of the home at 757 Choate Ave. “That’s a huge relief,” Fire Chief David Baradesca said at the...Read More
BELCHERTOWN — A University of Massachusetts Amherst student denied assaulting a paramedic in a campus dormitory early Saturday morning, an action that police said prevented emergency personnel from caring for a woman who was unconscious and vomiting. Jordan E. Ortiz, 20, of Marhsfield, pleaded not guilty in Eastern Hampshire District Court Monday morning to five...Read More
A pedestrian who narrowly missed serious injury or possibly death when he walked into a Toronto fire truck with its sirens blaring is being scorned on social media. A dashcam video posted on YouTube on Monday appears to show a person attempting to cross the median at St. Clair Avenue West and Caledonia Road when...Read More
A Spring Hill firefighter found out just how dangerous a rattlesnake can be even with its head cut off. Kyle Watson was evacuated by helicopter from a remote trail at the Creeks Bend Natural Wildlife Area in Maury County, when he came across a juvenile timber rattlesnake while hiking with his wife and three children. There...Read More
