BURKE COUNTY, N.C. — First responders across Burke County are rallying to support one of their own after a deputy fire chief suffered a serious spinal injury while responding to a call on icy conditions. Assistant Fire Chief Jon Lowdermilk, a 25-year volunteer firefighter, retired paramedic and rescue squad member, is expected to be hospitalized...Read More
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — A firefighter was injured in a house fire in Philadelphia’s Juniata Park section on Wednesday morning. Flames broke out around 5 a.m. on the 3400 block of Kip Street. Officials say the fire appears to have begun on a porch and spread to a neighboring house and garage area. One firefighter suffered smoke...Read More
DOVER – A Dover fire vehicle was involved in a crash about 100 feet from the station while responding to an emergency call Friday morning. Nobody was hurt. State Highway Patrol Sgt. Clinton Armstrong says the fire chief’s truck – a 2005 Ford F-350 – driven by Captain Mike Mosser was northbound on Wooster Avenue...Read More
Three Minneapolis firefighters received medical attention after responding to a fire in the Phillips neighborhood Thursday morning, and a separate fire in north Minneapolis on Wednesday left one person injured. According to the Minneapolis Fire Department, crews responded to a fire at a three-story residential building on the 2400 block of Elliot Avenue South at around 7:50...Read More
All, We regret to pass on that Washington DC Fire & EMS Department Battalion Fire Chief Keith T. Long, died in the Line of Duty suddenly on Wednesday, February 4, 2026. Chief Long collapsed during a department function. Chief Long, who had been with the department for 38 years, was the Safety Battalion Chief. He...Read More
All, A Camden (NJ) Firefighter became trapped underneath the ice on the Delaware River late this morning. The incident happened at the Wiggins Marina in Camden. The Firefighter’s condition is not publicly known at this time. The urgent search unfolded at Wiggins Marina in Camden when the Firefighter became trapped underneath the ice. The member was...Read More
