OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) — Thousands of dollars are going to a trio of North Central Florida fire departments. Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia handed out checks to the department during an event in Ocala on Tuesday. Ocala was awarded $6,300, and High Springs was awarded just under $5,000 through the Firefighter Cancer Decontamination Program....Read More
All, A support staff member suffered life-threatening injuries on Tuesday after a fall at the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy in Stow, Massachusetts. It happened at 0930 hours at the burn building on the academy’s campus while members were preparing for recruit training. MFA personnel, many of whom are EMTs and Paramedics, immediately began providing medical aid...Read More
STOW, Mass. — A staff member at the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy was seriously injured Tuesday morning after a fall at the academy’s Burn Building on its campus in Stow. According to officials, the incident occurred around 9:30 a.m. as the staff member was preparing for the upcoming recruit training. Academy personnel—many of whom are trained...Read More
All, Police claim driver who killed 2 Berks Co. Fire Chiefs in crash had ‘crack pipe.’ The driver, Alexander Sepvulveda Rivera, 26, with a history of criminality, claimed to cops that he fell asleep at the wheel before causing the crash that killed Fire Chief Jeffory L. Buck and Assistant Fire Chief Robert R. Shick,...Read More
The union representing Philadelphia‘s firefighters and paramedic units has asked for prayers for two of its members who were injured during a fire on Saturday, April 4. “Please pray for two of our members from Engine 50 who were injured Saturday night fighting a dwelling fire on the 500 W. block of Westmoreland Street in North...Read More
