All 2 volunteer Firefighters were critically injured Thursday when a tanker truck from the Ingalls Volunteer Fire Department crashed on Highway 51, about 10 miles east of Stillwater, Oklahoma, after a tire failure caused it to leave the roadway. The tanker, fully loaded with water and reported to be returning from a run, suffered a...Read More
All, The below NIOSH report and slides were published today. F2026-07 ME: Lumber Mill Silo Fire and Subsequent Explosion Kills Two Firefighters and Critically Injures Thirteen More – Maine Report: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/firefighters/programs/pdfs/f202607.pdf Slides: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/firefighters/programs/pdfs/f202607RS.pdf Additionally, here is a video interview with the Searsmont Fire Chief James T. Ames: Conversations with Carrigan: Searsmont Fire Chief James Ames Take Care. Be Careful....Read More
Fourteen Persons Killed Including Assistant Fire Chief in Explosion of Dynamite Truck – The Roseburg Blast – Roseburg, Oregon – August 7, 1959 On August 7, 1959, a parked truck loaded with two tons of dynamite and over four tons of ammonium nitrate caught fire outside a supply store on the edge of downtown Roseburg,...Read More
Two Firefighters Killed in Fire Collapse of Warehouse – Herrmann Warehouse Fire – Goose Island, Chicago, Illinois – August 7, 1932 On August 7, 1932, Chicago Fire Lieutenant Victor Strubbe and Pipeman James Murphy of Engine Company 30 were killed in the line of duty when a four-story wall collapsed on them while they were...Read More
Firefighter Killed and Fifteen Others Trapped in Canopy Roof Collapse During Three Alarm Fire in Meatpacking Plant – Memphis, Tennessee – August 7, 1950 On August 7, 1950, Memphis Fireman Robert W. Fortune of Engine 10 died while operating at a fire involving a meatpacking plant. The fire was caused by workers using an acetylene...Read More
FUNKSTOWN- One firefighter suffered smoke inhalation, and dozens of mutual aid personnel were brought in to help fight a major fire outside of the City of Hagerstown late Thursday morning. Calls came in around 10:53am on Thursday, August 6th, for a structure fire at a home in the 200 block of Emmert Road, near the...Read More
