All, 40-year-old Firefighter John R. Gaudet, an 11-year veteran of the Binghamton NY Fire Department is the member who lost his life. Firefighter Gaudet died in the Line of Duty after a wall collapsed on him while operating at the fire last night. “JR” Gaudet is a Binghamton native who leaves behind his wife and...Read More
TOWN OF DEWITT, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — A volunteer firefighter for the East Syracuse Fire Department was sent to the hospital Wednesday after the ladder truck he was on collided with a roll-off truck. The firefighter had to be cut out of the truck and suffered minor injuries, East Syracuse Fire Chief Paul Haynes told NewsChannel...Read More
The Forest Service just days ago issued a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST “EXPOSURE” INFORMATION BULLETIN to instruct wildland firefighters who responded to the recent California fires to track their smoke exposure. Usually, wildland firefighters respond to fires burning organic materials in the forest, but these fires burned through entire neighborhoods, exposing them to toxic smoke from industrial materials that...Read More
Michigan State Police is reminding drivers to pull over for emergency vehicles after a fire truck was hit Wednesday night. At around 8:06 p.m., troopers were dispatched to eastbound I-196 near Chicago Drive for a box truck that ran off the roadway and rolled onto its side. The Grandville Fire Department responded to the scene...Read More
A retired firefighter who miraculously survived the devastation of 9/11 has died by suicide after suffering trauma from the attack for decades. Thomas ‘Tommy’ Dunn had been a firefighter for less than a year when two hijacked passenger jets crashed into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The new recruit had been busy that...Read More
All, We regret to pass on that last night, a Binghamton NY Firefighter was killed in the Line of Duty while operating at a multi alarm fire in their downtown. The Firefighter was transported from the scene to Wilson Hospital, where he was pronounced. Two other Binghamton Firefighters were injured. They are being treated at...Read More
