WESTLAKE, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Two Los Angeles City firefighters and one other person were hospitalized following a structure fire Saturday afternoon in the Westlake neighborhood. The L.A. Fire Department says one of the firefighters was struck by a vehicle while working on scene. That firefighter and another man who was rescued from a burning...Read More
Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University are conducting a study to better understand the prevalence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and concussion among firefighters. There is quite a bit known about the potential long-term consequences of TBI in the general population and in other high-risk groups, particularly military populations, but first responders, and firefighters specifically, remain...Read More
Three drivers were arrested on suspicion of DUI after a series of separate crashes at the same Simi Valley freeway scene early Sunday morning, including one that left a Ventura County firefighter significantly injured, authorities said. The chain of events began at 2:22 a.m. on the 118 Freeway near Tapo Canyon Road, according to California...Read More
Firefighter Killed After Falling Through Roof During Training Center Fire – Los Angeles, California – September 27, 1980 On September 27, 1980, Los Angeles City Firefighter Frank Hotchkin of Ladder 1 was killed in the line of duty during a fire at the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Training Center in the Elysian Park section...Read More
Battalion Chief Killed in Natural Gas Explosion in Illegal Marijuana Grow House – The Bronx, New York – September 27, 2016 – FDNY Safety Command Investigative Report SB/16 On September 27, 2016, FDNY Battalion Chief Michael Fahy was fatally injured by flying debris from an explosion on the top floor of a building suspected of...Read More
