By Lindsay Weber | [email protected] | The Morning Call PUBLISHED: November 20, 2025 Bethlehem firefighters and their supporters called on City Council this week to add firefighters, following a study that found the city’s level of staffing inadequate. The study conducted by the International Association of Fire Fighters, which used city data from 2021 through...Read More
Kat Schneider November 19, 2025 BETHLEHEM, PA. – Bethlehem City Council member Grace Crampsie Smith knows the impact of having a firefighter in the family. When she was 8, her life was forever changed when her firefighter father experienced a life-threatening health event during a call. “First responders risk their lives every day for us, and we...Read More
LehighValleyNews.com | By Will Oliver Published November 19, 2025 In 2025, mandated overtime has happened on “a somewhat routine basis,” according to Bethlehem Fire Chief Matthew Griffin, with firefighters sometimes facing 39-hour shifts in the most extreme cases. BETHLEHEM, PA. — A fun evening of poker more than 40 years ago almost took a turn...Read More
WALLA WALLA, Wash. – A 60-year-old man, identified as Luis Rojas-Ramirez, was arrested after allegedly assaulting paramedics at Capital Call Vineyards on November 14, 2025. According to a police report, the Walla Walla Firefighters/Paramedics Department requested law enforcement assistance due to Rojas-Ramirez’s aggressive behavior. Officer Matthew Greenland and Sgt. Smith responded to the call. Upon...Read More
MANCHESTER, Tenn. (WSMV) – More than 200 customers were without electricity in Coffee County after a fire truck crashed into a power pole on Thursday afternoon. The Summitville Volunteer Fire Department confirmed that firefighters were returning from a call at about 4 p.m. when their truck began hydroplaning and they lost control on Ragsdale Road....Read More
OSWEGO N.Y. — A City of Oswego firefighter was injured while fighting a fire on East 9th Street on Thursday, November 20. The response by the Oswego Fire Department came while most Oswego County Fire Departments were at the Novelis Plant in Scriba, fighting a five-alarm fire. This brief update was provided by the Oswego Fire...Read More
