A firefighter has suffered potentially life-threatening injuries after a fire truck crashed into a tree south of Brisbane. A Queensland Fire Department spokesperson said emergency services were called to the crash on Beaudesert Beenleigh Road at Mundoolun, west of Tamborine Mountain, at about 9:30am. “There was one occupant in the vehicle at the time,” they...Read More
BALTIMORE (WBFF) — An Anne Arundel County Fire Department fire engine was destroyed after a blaze on Monday. Baltimore City firefighters helped extinguish the flames of a fire that began in the 500 block of Ensor Street around 2:00 p.m. on June 30. It’s unclear if anyone was injured in the fire, but the fire engine...Read More
It’s always difficult to be a firefighter, but this past week the intensity and dangers to the job have risen. While the nation mourned an ambush in Idaho that left two firefighters dead and one injured, Vallejo and Vacaville have been frustrated after a local incident left a firefighter with concussion-like symptoms after he was...Read More
In light of a deadly 2023 Columbus fire truck crash in Gahanna costing Columbus more than $1 million in settlements and repairs, the city is investigating how the Division of Fire handled disciplining the firefighters involved. Columbus Fire Chief Jeffrey M. Happ did not discipline him, but the driver of the fire truck was convicted of vehicular...Read More
