SELMA, Ala. — Multiple shots were fired at two Selma ambulance workers while they were responding to a suspicious emergency call, WSFA reported. Care Ambulance area manager Jamie Lee said a driver and a paramedic answered the call on Friday expecting to check a patient’s blood pressure in the 1900 block of St. Phillips Street....Read More
ARLINGTON, Wash. (AP) – Arlington Police are investigating after an ambulance went off a road and crashed while transporting a woman to a local hospital. Granite Falls Fire Chief Jim Haverfield tells The Daily Herald that two Granite Falls firefighters had a patient on board Friday when their ambulance went into a ditch filled with...Read More
An armed robber stuck a handgun in a Trenton fire captain’s face while he was on a call in the Chambersburg neighborhood Tuesday night, fire officials said. The fire captain, from Engine Co. 7 on Hamilton Avenue, was not injured during the 6:45 p.m. incident on Cummings Place, officials said. Trenton police detectives are investigating...Read More
The Kansas City Star, in a monthslong investigation, found widespread problems within America’s fire service. Topping the list was that, in tragedy after tragedy, firefighters paid the price when fire departments didn’t learn from others’ mistakes. firefighter-fatalities_-better-training-might-help-avert-fire-deaths-_-the-kansas-city-star CLICK HERE for the report: Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/article118921298.html#storylink=cpyRead More
Police Chief Robin Lees said whoever shot at a city firetruck late Monday while it was leaving a call – wounding a firefighter – has a “specific grudge” against the fire department. Lees, however, would not say what leads him to believe that. An investigation is ongoing, he said. In the meantime, police will accompany...Read More
A Flint apartment complex fire that left three firefighters injured last month pushed the Flint Fire Department to its limits that day. Not only did it require every firefighter on duty that day — 14 in all — the fire at Village Shores Apartments also forced the city to call in mutual aid because the department’s...Read More
