We take time today to remember Bridgeport (CT) Firefighters Lt. Steven Velasquez and Michel Baik who were killed on the third floor of a Bridgeport dwelling on July 24, 2010. Lt. Velasquez and Firefighter Baik died in the Line of Duty while operating on the third floor of that wood-frame home. Both the NIOSH report...Read More
All, Bad news out of Turkey as at least 10 Firefighters were killed today and many others were injured while fighting a wildfire in northwestern (Ankara) Turkey. The 5 forestry Firefighters and 5 members of the AKUT rescue organization ( https://www.akut.org.tr/en ) died in the Line of Duty while trying to put out the wildfire raging through an area...Read More
FLORIDA FIREFIGHTER DIES IN THE LINE OF DUTY A 26 years old St. Lucie County Fire District Firefighter died in the Line off Duty after he began feeling poorly while on duty July 21. Jairus Hodge joined the agency in 2022, and became a Firefighter/Paramedic shortly thereafter. As stated, FF/PM Hodge on July 21 was...Read More
Bad news out of Turkey as at least 10 Firefighters were killed today and many others were injured while fighting a wildfire in northwestern (Ankara) Turkey. The 5 forestry Firefighters and 5 members of the AKUT rescue organization ( https://www.akut.org.tr/en ) died in the Line of Duty while trying to put out the wildfire raging through an area of...Read More
ORLEANS, Calif. — Renzo Reginato, a member of the Southern California El Cariso Hotshots, was critically injured while fighting the Orleans Complex Fire in the Northstate. Hotshot firefighter severely injured in Orleans Complex fire. (GoFundMe photo) On July 18, 2025, at approximately 2 p.m., Renzo and two other firefighters were struck by a falling tree during operations near...Read More
A former RCMP dispatcher who claims she developed PTSD after a traumatic 2019 police shooting incident will get her day in court, after a B.C. Supreme Court justice rejected the province’s efforts to have the case thrown out. Melanie Chatterton filed a claim for damages against the Minister of Public Safety, the Solicitor General of...Read More
