CHESANING, Mich. – While fighting a fire on Monday afternoon, a Tri-Township firefighter, Captain Zachery Theile, was injured and transported to a local hospital. Units from multiple fire departments were dispatched to the scene of a fire at a large commercial storage facility. Tri-Township firefighter injured fighting fire (Courtesy – Tri-Township Fire Department) Theile was...Read More
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC/Gray News) – A Birmingham first responder knows firsthand just how dangerous the job can be. Lt. Jerald Allman has served with the Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service for more than 20 years. And for the last year, he has continued to serve his community as an amputee after being injured on the...Read More
A Manteca Fire Department engine was involved in a crash as it was responding to a medical call on Friday, the department said. Officials said Engine Company 247 was heading to the call around 10:20 a.m. when it collided with a sedan at the intersection of Yosemite and Washington avenues. No one was injured in...Read More
Mark Viniello via Reuters By Blake Ellis, Melanie Hicken, Kyung Lah and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN CNN — Tuesday, January 14, 2025 Less than a month before fires swept across Los Angeles, a group of longtime firefighters gathered at City Hall to plead for more resources. They...Read More
LOS ANGELES — What haunts firefighter Brett Klemme is not the flames. It’s the photographs. On Jan. 7, the day the wildfires of Los Angeles ignited and forced mass evacuations, Klemme recalled, he entered a burning house in Pacific Palisades and saw photos of two young children that reminded him of his own. Klemme, 39, said he...Read More
The average caller would never know, but dialing 911 during an emergency isn’t possible in several Missouri counties. While the call will go through, in parts of southeast Missouri, the number is instead rerouted to a traditional 10-digit landline. But that won’t be the case for long. Thanks to federal funds, 911 dispatchers and call...Read More
