All, A volunteer Firefighter died in the Line of Duty yesterday while operating at a wildfire in northern Florida. Hilliard Firefighter James “Kevin” Crews (Hilliard is in Nassau County near Jacksonville) suffered an unspecified medical emergency while suppressing a brush fire. FF Crews was treated and rushed to a hospital, where he died Thursday evening....Read More
QUEENS, New York (WABC) — Six firefighters were injured, including one seriously, while fighting a blaze in Queens on Thursday. FDNY officials say the fire broke out around 6:45 p.m. in a vacant, two-story rectory, then spread to a vacant church next door. Both are over 100 years old. Officials say 84 units and 270 fire...Read More
Marion County Public Health Department issued order on April 23 Photo by: Decatur Township Fire Department Facebook page Decatur Township Fire Department By: Kara Kenney Posted 56 minutes ago INDIANAPOLIS — The Marion County Public Health Department has issued a notice of violation to the Decatur Township trustee after inspectors found mold inside the fire department. WRTV...Read More
All, Next week there will be a special webinar on one of the most important court rulings in recent fire service history: the Line-of-Duty Death of Lt. Garrett Ramos of the Sterling (IL) Fire Department. This single family dwelling fire and his Line of Duty Death resulted in a civil lawsuit that ultimately delivered a...Read More
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (WCIV) — A firefighter sustained non-life-threatening injuries when an explosion occurred while crews were combating a house fire in Moncks Corner Monday evening, according to a Berkeley County official. The Berkeley County Emergency Management official said the initial call for the fire came in just before 4 p.m., when the fire was...Read More
DYERSBURG, Tenn. — A firefighter was injured after battling an apartment fire Wednesday in Dyersburg, the fire department said. The Dyersburg Fire Department (DFD) said it got a call in the afternoon about a fire at an apartment complex on Wilson Circle. Once there, firefighters “promptly” worked to get the fire under control, DFD said....Read More
