FDNY fire marshals have determined the cause of a deadly fire on Oct. 24 in the Bronx was a lithium-ion battery, killing one person. The FDNY has released a new Public Service Announcement (PSA), reminding New Yorkers to charge lithium-ion batteries outside wherever possible. “As I have said before, one death is too many. The...Read More
Firefighters extricated one person in a crash involving an SUV, a BMW sedan, and an ambulance Thursday, Oct. 24 in Hasbrouck Heights, they said. The crash happened at Boulevard and Madison around 11 a.m., toppled a light post, and left several people injured, according to photos from the scene. Photos show a severely damaged black...Read More
Oregon’s wildfire season is expected to continue through this month, but the mental scares and impact of the season on the firefighters who battle blazes near Cottage Grove and across the state, and their families, may last a lifetime, according to Jeff Dill, the founder of Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance (FBHA). Dill established the FBHA...Read More
HARRISON COUNTY, Tex. — A San Diego Fire battalion chief may have been asleep at the wheel when he crashed a department pickup in Texas last month, seriously injuring two fellow firefighters. A newly released report from the Texas Department of Transportation has new details about what may have happened. Batallion Chief Aide Barbat has...Read More
A fire truck crashed in the town of Hancock on Tuesday afternoon. The driver was responding to a wildfire off Oxen Meadow Road in Franklin about 3:26 p.m., according to Christopher Holmes, the chief of the Hancock Volunteer Fire Department and EMS Services. When the driver turned off Route 1 onto Franklin Road, the Ford...Read More
All, THE Chief, Chief of Department, Fire Chief…it is the top dog. Where the “buck” stops… “THE BOSS” There is a WORLD of difference when that “fifth” bugle is earned. Some say it’s a step “away” from the fire department and into City Hall, the Mayor or Elected Officials’ (non-fire) so-called ‘team”…but others see it differently....Read More
