All, Bad news out of California as a Firefighter Pilot has reportedly been killed in the Line of Duty in a helicopter crash while fighting the wildfires in central California. Cal Fire reports the chopper crashed this morning during a water dropping mission over the Hills Fire in western Fresno County, about nine miles south...Read More
Bad news out of California as a Firefighter Pilot has reportedly been killed in the Line of Duty in a helicopter crash while fighting the wildfires in central California. Cal Fire reports the chopper crashed this morning during a water dropping mission over the Hills Fire in western Fresno County, about nine miles south of...Read More
The Coast Guard rescued an injured firefighter from a ridge near Snow Mountain Wilderness in the Mendocino National Forest Sunday evening. At 10:50 p.m. Sunday, Mendocino County Fire Dispatch personnel requested the Coast Guard’s assistance with the rescue of an injured firefighter who was experiencing heat stroke symptoms while working in rough terrain on the...Read More
ROCK VALLEY—A Sioux Center teenager was injured in a crash and a fire truck responding to the accident sideswiped another vehicle Sunday, Aug. 16, three miles south of Rock Valley. Eighteen-year-old Yovani Lopez-Chilel was driving north about 11:45 a.m. when he approached another vehicle that had turned onto Elmwood Avenue from 340th Street. Lopez-Chilel lost...Read More
GARLAND, Utah — A Garland firefighter was injured while battling a house fire Monday night. According to Garland Fire’s Facebook page, crews responded to a house fire on the south end of town around 7:15 p.m. Units from Tremonton also responded. When crews arrived, smoke was coming out of the front and the back of...Read More
A city of Orange firetruck sustained heavy damages after being hit by a Dodge pick-up truck at approximately 8:30 p.m. Monday as the fire department was responding to a call on the interstate. According to a witness on the scene, the fire truck entered the interstate and was hit by an approaching pick-up truck. The...Read More
