The California Professional Firefighters published a new video examining the effects of post-traumatic stress on firefighters and the need to help our own. The six-minute video that highlights the story of Brendan McDonough, the lone survivor of the Granite Mountain Hotshot crew that was overrun by fire in June 2013, and his struggle with PTSD...Read More
Korea Biomedical Review President Moon Jae-in reemphasized his will to establish a new specialty hospital for firefighters, an idea he had floated since taking office in May. In Korea, there are specialty hospitals to exclusively care for soldiers and police officers but none for firefighters. Moon announced his plan on specialty hospital for firefighters at...Read More
Three California teenage friends died in an Oct. 31 car crash; two of which graduated from the Menlo Park fire explorers and planned to apply to the fire academy. Matthew Cruz, 18, Ricardo Torres, 19 and Andrew Gonzales, 19 died when their vehicle ran off an embankment. Torres and Gonzales were members of the Fire...Read More
A Mayday was declared and three Indianapolis firefighters sustained minor injuries in a fall on the fireground Oct. 31. Tom Dolan shared some photos from the fire scene with Fire Engineering. According to Indianapolis Battalion Chief and PIO Rita Reith, crews were operating at a working fire in an abandoned residence when the spongy second-story...Read More
