By The Progress: Clifford “Butch” Dunlap, 75, perished in the fire that took place at his 50 Coalward Street, Winburne, Cooper Township home, according to fire officials and family members. Butch’s son, Bobby Dunlap — who is also the current Winburne Fire Chief — told The Progress that Butch had been a part of active...Read More
By The Times Recorder: Area fire departments are getting more than $200,000 this fiscal year from the provincial government for efforts to prevent firefighters’ exposure to cancer-causing chemicals. The Ontario government announced earlier this month it is investing $30 million over three years to provide 374 municipal fire departments with funding to support cancer prevention...Read More
By WHAS 11: Six firefighters were injured while on the job Thursday. Ted Shields, the fire chief of the Northeast Nelson Fire District, said the fire happened around 12:50 p.m. on Main Street in Fairfield, Kentucky at the Old Henry McKenna Distillery. He said five of the firefighters were injured because a ceiling collapsed and...Read More
By The Enterprise: Avon Firefighter Justin Powers died unexpectedly on Christmas Eve, the Avon Fire Departments said in a written statement Thursday. “It is with profound sadness that the Avon Fire Department announces the active-duty, off-duty death of Firefighter and Paramedic Justin Powers. Firefighter Powers died unexpectedly on Dec. 24, 2024,” the statement said. Powers...Read More
Yoson Porter recalls that ever since he was a young kid he dreamed of some day being a hero. That dream was realized recently when the 19-year-old Euclid High School graduate and former student at the Mentor Fire Academy used his training to help save the life of a man involved in a motorcycle crash...Read More
At least three firefighters and two civilians were hospitalized while several families were displaced after a massive fire spread through rowhomes in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Thursday. The three-alarm fire started around 4:30 p.m. along the 700 block of Cedar Street and spread to multiple homes. Large flames rose from the roof of one of the...Read More
