RECENT TRAGIC, OFF-DUTY FIREFIGHTER DEATHS There have been several off duty Firefighter deaths that we are passing on: California Firefighter, 25, drowns four years after dad’s LODD A California Firefighter drowned in the Pacific Ocean this week – just four years after his Firefighter dad died on the job. Oakland Firefighter Caeden Laffan, 25, died...Read More
We regret to pass on that Past Chief, active Firefighter, and current NY State Fire Instructor James J. Koral died yesterday at around 1000 hours He had responded to an alarm with the Twin District Volunteer Fire Company as stand-by crew for a run-on Thursday, June 27, 2024, that saw him return to service at nearly 09:45 hours...Read More
KERN COUNTY, Calif. — Facilities of the 911 emergency system are being drowned in a flood of trivial calls, officials said at a news conference Monday. Held at Kern County Public Health’s Mt. Vernon Avenue headquarters in Bakersfield, leaders from the 911 system continuum — from firefighters to dispatchers to medical workers — urged the...Read More
