BALTIMORE (WBFF) — A Baltimore City fire truck was stolen on Friday morning, according to fire and police officials. Police say around 9:30 a.m., in the 4700 block of Barber Avenue, a 30-year-old man, experiencing a behavioral health crisis entered a Fire Department emergency vehicle and released the brake, allowing it to drift. A spokesman with...Read More
Three firefighters were injured – one of them seriously – while battling a blaze in Birmingham Thursday night. Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service responded shortly before 10 p.m. to a structure fire in the 1200 block of Rev. Abraham Woods Jr. Boulevard. Battalion Chief Jackie Hicks said that location is a duplex that appeared to be vacant at the time...Read More
Apr. 27—MORRISON — The widow of a Sterling firefighter killed in a December 2021 residential fire has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Rock Falls and the two lead firefighters at the scene. Brittney C. Ramos maintains in her lawsuit that Lt. Garrett Ramos died as a result of the fire chief and deputy fire chief not following proper procedures. But...Read More
Apr. 26—A North Apollo house fire has left a man homeless, and state police searching for answers. No injuries were reported after firefighters from multiple companies put out a blaze Wednesday night at 1239 Pegtown Ave. near the borough’s Roaring Run Trail access. First responders were dispatched to the scene, off of River Road at McCain Street around 8:30 p.m. “It’s a two-story, single-family...Read More
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL-02), introduced the bipartisan Providing Resources and Occupational Training for Emotional Crisis and Trauma – PROTECT 911 Act – to address important health and wellness issues for our nation’s 9-1-1 call-takers and dispatchers. The introduction of this legislation follows National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, a time to celebrate and thank...Read More
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – Even before the crash in Westport that killed three people in December of 2021, police records reveal the driver of the pumper, 21-year-old Dominic Biscari, crashed an ambulance on a run. He also crashed into a police car while driving his personal vehicle as he was pulling into the firehouse...Read More
