By KOB: A wildfire in Grants destroyed six homes and left two firefighters injured Sunday night. The chief of the Grants Fire Department says it started as a brush fire in a field, then spread to houses behind that field. KOB 4 asked the GFD about a potential cause, and they did not rule out...Read More
By FOX 5/KUSI: A hidden camera was reportedly discovered in the women’s bunkroom at El Cajon Fire Station 8, prompting an investigation into potential privacy violations, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune. The device, resembling a common household item, was allegedly placed in a location where female firefighters, medics and EMTs sleep and change clothes. The San...Read More
By WJAC: Several firefighters were transported to the hospital with unknown injuries after a house fire in Altoona that left one woman dead. According to a Facebook post by the Three Springs Volunteer Fire Company, five firefighters from the Altoona Fire Department were transported for undisclosed injuries. According to a Facebook post by a family...Read More
By WBOY: Benji Barksdale, who started his fire service career in West Virginia and served during the Sept. 11th attacks as Battalion Chief at the Pentagon, has passed away according to a Facebook post by the Spelter Volunteer Fire Department. According to the post, the department learned of Barksdale’s passing on Saturday, April 26. Barksdale began...Read More
SWANSEA, Mass. (WJAR) — An ambulance that was reported stolen in Swansea was recovered overnight in Providence. Around 12:30 a.m. Sunday, Swansea Police responded to a report that an ambulance from the Swansea Ambulance Corps was stolen during a medical call. A little more than 30 minutes later, Rhode Island State Police and Providence police...Read More
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV/Gray News) – A Missouri woman accused of fatally stabbing a paramedic who was trying to help her has been charged with murder. The Clay County Prosecutor’s Office announced Sunday evening that 38-year-old Shanetta Bossell has been charged with murder in the first-degree and armed criminal action in the death of 29-year-old...Read More
