An Allen (Texas) 19-year-old who suffered a heart attack while training to become a firefighter earlier this year is working to make his dream a reality. Jakob Perez has been hard at work since he almost died seven months ago. “Every aspect of living for me has been altered,” Perez said. On May 9th, the...Read More
This morning, Squad 322 from our Pikesville Volunteer Fire Co. was involved in a collision while responding to a rescue incident in Randallstown. Thankfully, we are relieved to report that no one was injured in the accident. Fire department command staff, including Fire Chief Dixon and Assistant Chief Ebbert, were quickly on scene to check...Read More
An Orange County firefighter who suffered spinal cord injuries in a September freeway rollover was released from a Colorado rehabilitation facility Friday. Firefighter Andrew Brown, who had feared being permanently paralyzed when his crew truck crashed returning from a wildfire, walked off a plane at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana to applause and cheers from family...Read More
NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) — Several firefighters are injured and nearly three dozen people are displaced after a massive fire broke out in New Jersey overnight. Firefighters responded to the scene just before midnight on Friday for reports of a fire at an unoccupied residential building on Seymour Avenue. Officials say the three-alarm fire spread to...Read More
(FARGO, ND) – A Fargo firefighter was injured Saturday afternoon while responding to a traffic crash. According to city spokesman Gregg Schildberger, the Fargo Fire Department was on the scene of a traffic crash in the 4200 block of 15th Avenue South just after noon, a Fargo Fire Department member was injured when a vehicle, which...Read More
