SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS/WRSP) — A Springfield Fire Engine collided with an SUV Thursday morning. Springfield Fire Chief Brandon Blough says it happened at 8:45 a.m. near the intersection of MLK and Cook Street. The SUV hit the fire engine and then crashed into a light pole. The driver of the SUV was taken to an area...Read More
WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. – Fire officials say two firefighters were injured while battling an apartment building fire in Whitehall Township. It happened Wednesday around 2 p.m. at the Spring Ridge Apartments building in the 1300 block of North 14th Street in Whitehall Township. Whitehall Township Bureau of Fire posted on Facebook saying one firefighter fell down a flight...Read More
All, The official 2022 FDNY 9th Annual Medical Special Operations Conference (MSOC) is quickly approaching. MSOC is open to all Firefighters, EMTs and related first responders and takes place May 12 – 15 at the FDNY Training Academy on Randall’s Island. MSOC consists of workshops, lectures, panel discussions, hands-on skills scenarios and a vendor showcase...Read More
The Official 2022 FDNY 9th Annual Medical Special Operations Conference (MSOC) is quickly approaching. MSOC is open to all Firefighters, EMT’s and related first responders and takes place May 12 – May 15 at the FDNY Training Academy on Randall’s Island. MSOC consists of workshops, lectures, panel discussions, hands-on skills scenarios and a vendor showcase...Read More
With more than three decades under his belt, FDNY Captain Jim Kiesling has experienced “some collapses” while responding to blazes; but he was always able to get out of them by himself. That changed Wednesday, when he was pinned to the ground after a “lean to collapse” while responding to a Brooklyn fire. He said the debris “flattened”...Read More
On March 24, 1972, I was a 20-year-old volunteer firefighter with the Valley Cottage, New York Fire Department. Shortly before 8 AM, five lives were ended and many lives, including mine, were changed forever when a fully loaded school bus was struck broadside by a freight train and dragged one quarter mile down the tracks. We were called,...Read More
