WASHINGTON – A D.C. firefighter is in stable condition after being struck by a ladder truck and medevacked to an area trauma center Thursday afternoon. According to the D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department (FEMS), units responded to a report of a structure fire in the unit block of Galveston Street SW at 1:49 p.m. While...Read More
OTERO COUNTY, Colo. (KKTV) – Colorado State Patrol responded to a crash on Highway 50 just west of Rocky Ford late Wednesday morning involving a Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control (DFPC) vehicle. State troopers said at around 11 a.m., they were called to a crash involving a DFPC Silverado truck and a white...Read More
Syracuse, N.Y. — The driver who hit and critically injured a woman out for her early morning walk is a Syracuse firefighter. Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick confirmed that Ryan Lewis, 25, was the driver who hit Carol Olech Monday morning in Geddes. Lewis is a full-time Syracuse firefighter, Fitzpatrick confirmed. Syracuse Fire Chief Michael...Read More
Grayson County, Ky. (WBKO) – Two Grayson County firefighters were injured while attempting to extinguish a housefire on Tuesday, July 21, according to an initial report from K105. WBKO has confirmed that one of the men injured was Leitchfield Fire Chief, Tim Duvall according to Grayson County EMS Director, Carey Sims. At approximately 9:10 p.m., The...Read More
All, A D.C. Firefighter is in serious but stable condition after being struck by a ladder truck. The FF was flown to an area trauma center Thursday afternoon. DCFD units responded to a report of a structure fire in the unit block of Galveston Street SW at 1:49 p.m. While on scene, the Firefighter was hit by...Read More
Fire and Explosion During Oil Refinery Kills 10 Industrial Firefighters and 7 Others – The Union Oil Refinery Fire – Romeoville, Illinois – July 23, 1984 On July 23, 1984, a fiery explosion rocked a 151,000 barrel-per-day refinery in Romeoville, Illinois near Chicago. Seventeen people died in the disaster. Ten of the dead belonged to...Read More
