All, We regret to pass on that a Dauphin County (near Harrisburg) volunteer fire chief died in the Line of Duty Thursday at a wildland fire training academy in Cumberland County. David Warfel was Forest District Maintenance Supervisor at Weiser State Forest and was leading training at the Wildland Fire Academy at Shippensburg University at...Read More
LOVE COUNTY, Okla. (KTEN) – Love County Sheriff’s deputies say a drunk driver crashed into a Love County fire truck protecting the scene of a crash on I-35 Thursday morning. The truck was parked on the shoulder near mile marker three when a man rear-ended the vehicle. No firefighters were hurt, but the driver was...Read More
ROCKDALE TOWNSHIP — A Cambridge Springs Volunteer Fire Department pumper truck sustained minor damage when a 17-year-old struck it in a crash over Memorial Day weekend, according to a report from Pennsylvania State Police at Meadville. Neither the two drivers nor two passengers in the firetruck were injured in the crash, which took place Saturday...Read More
All- UL’s FSRI along with the Fire Protection Research Foundation, a research affiliate of NFPA, we are issuing a safety advisory around potential hazard involving fire blankets used for electric vehicle fire suppression efforts with battery involvement. Key takeaways: Experiments conducted by both organizations have demonstrated a potential explosion hazard when fire blankets are used during...Read More
All, Eight Firefighters in a remote northern Alberta town became trapped last night as wildfires closed in on communities across the province, forcing thousands to evacuate. The 8 Firefighters were forced to shelter in place and are waiting for rescue as the fire moved toward Chipewyan Lake, about 450 kilometers north of Edmonton. The Firefighters were responding to a...Read More
