All, The U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) has explained why two Firefighters were arrested while operating at the Bear Gulch fire burning in the Olympic National Forest. The agency stated that its agents were called in to assist after another federal agency—the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)—conducted a criminal investigation, and subsequently canceled its contracts with...Read More
POLK COUNTY, Texas — An East Texas firefighter was hit by a vehicle while directing traffic Wednesday for an emergency response. According to the Goodrich Volunteer Fire Department in Polk County, one of its crew members was directing traffic and wearing a high-visibility vest and operating with emergency lights. The first responder had minor injuries...Read More
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — The Coeur d’Alene Fire Department shared an update on the firefighter who was injured in an ambush shooting in June. CDAFD says Dave Tysdal was shot in the back, which collapsed his left lung, damaged his clavicle, shattered several ribs, and caused spinal swelling. He is being treated at a specialty hospital...Read More
Rombout Assistant Fire Chief John Lucariello has returned home after collapsing at the scene of a fire. Lucariello had been in critical condition at Westchester Medical Center after responding to an Aug. 11 fire. The Rombout Fire Company was dispatched to 70 Mountainview Road in Fishkill at 5:19 a.m. that day for a report of a structure...Read More
HERMISTON, Ore. – One person was sent to the hospital with minor injuries after a crash that involved a fire department’s pick-up truck on Wednesday morning, Umatilla County firefighters said. According to Umatilla County Fire District 1, at about 11:09 a.m. on August 27, crews heard reports of a two-car collision in the area of...Read More
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — One person is dead, and multiple people were transported to a local medical center after a crash involving a Putnam County ambulance and a motorcycle happened Wednesday morning. According to Putnam County officials, the crash occurred around 10:20 a.m. Wednesday on Willow Avenue in Cookeville. Officials said a Putnam County ambulance...Read More
