COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – The Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD) is responding to an ambulance fire late Thursday afternoon. The fire broke out inside an ambulance at Monterey Road and Lassen Drive, across from Monterey Elementary School. CSFD reported that ambulance crews were on scene of a home for a medical emergency when it...Read More
On Wednesday, June 24, Florissant Fire Rescue’s wildland deployment Type 3 engine was involved in a serious fire incident on Interstate 80 near Wells, Nevada. Most importantly, all firefighters are safe and uninjured. Unfortunately, the apparatus is a complete loss and represents a significant setback to the department’s wildland deployment program. We are currently working...Read More
All, In Canada, Northwest Territories Fire has advised that the “serious incident” involving a bird dog aircraft near Fort Simpson on Wednesday was a crash, and that three people were onboard the aircraft. NWT Fire did not provide information about the occupants or their condition in an update on Thursday morning, nor did the RCMP,...Read More
Three Whidbey Island firefighters were injured today when a home exploded in Greenbank. The firefighters are not yet being identified, but they are from Central Whidbey Island Fire and Rescue, and South Whidbey Fire/EMS; the injured include two chiefs and one firefighter. Two were transported to Providence Regional Medical Center, the third to Island Hospital...Read More
Deputy Fire Chief Dies after Falling Through Floor in Residential Structure During Fire Attack – Lafayette, Indiana – June 25, 2006 – NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Report F2006-24 On June 25, 2006, Deputy Fire Chief Steven Smith of the Wea Township Volunteer Fire Department in Lafayette, Indiana died after falling through a failed section of floor...Read More
A volunteer firefighter responding to a fire call was injured when an alleged impaired driver struck his vehicle early Sunday morning in Frailey Township, according to Pennsylvania State Police at Frackville. The crash occurred around 1:26 a.m. on June 21, 2026, on Fountain Road near the Interstate 81 overpass. According to state police, a 50-year-old,...Read More
