SEATTLE — A Seattle firefighter was assaulted after responding to reports of an automatic fire alarm in a Phinney Ridge building Wednesday, according to Seattle police (SPD). Seattle police responded to 6119 Phinney Ave. N after a firefighter reported being assaulted by a suspect while responding to an automatic fire alarm in the building, according to...Read More
The National Firefighter Registry (NFR) for Cancer: Alaska Firefighter Meeting is scheduled to be held on August 21, 2026, via Zoom or in person at the Ketchikan Fire Department in Ketchikan, Alaska. This meeting will connect fire service leaders from Alaska with a team from NIOSH to discuss firefighter health and wellness research and findings, as well as the National...Read More
Assistant Chief Killed and One Firefighter Injured by Roof Collapse During Commercial Storage Building Fire – New Carlisle, Indiana – August 5, 2014 – NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Report F2014-18 On August 5, 2014, New Carlisle Indiana Assistant Chief Jamie Middlebrook died after being trapped under a roof collapse while fighting a fire in a commercial...Read More
All, Two people (including a Firefighter) are being treated for burns — (the FF flown to the Westchester Medical Center Burn Unit) — after a gas pump somehow exploded in Albany Tuesday. At around 1515 hours fire and emergency units responded to the Albany Department of General Services, for reports of an explosion at the...Read More
Three Firefighters Killed in Backdraft Explosion While Battling Suspicious Fire in Drug Store – Kansas City, Missouri – August 5, 1929 On August 5, 1929, Kansas City Firemen John Morris, Frank Loncar, and Roy Rutherford died of the injuries they sustained while operating at a fire at a drug store in the southern portion of...Read More
Four Firefighters Fatally Burned During Fire and Explosion at Gasoline Transfer Station – Refiners Oil Company – Cincinnati, Ohio – August 5, 1920 On August 5, 1920, three Cincinnati firefighters were fatally burned and another firefighter received serious burns that led to his death the next day when three above ground gasoline storage tanks exploded...Read More
