Two firefighters responding to a blaze have ended up in hospital after their truck rolled in Manawatū. Fire and Emergency (FENZ) said the volunteer crew was on its way to a vegetation fire when it crashed on Mt Biggs Rd on Friday at 12.20 pm. “Three of our people were injured in the crash,” a...Read More
MARLBORO – Police are at the scene of a serious accident, which has forced the closure of a portion of Route 79 for an indefinite period of time. Route 79, between Station and Harbour roads, is closed due to a “serious motor vehicle accident,” township police posted on its Facebook page about 4 p.m. on...Read More
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is seeking participants for a brief survey about line-of-duty deaths (LODD) and serious injury investigations. If you have already completed the survey, we greatly appreciate your participation. If you have not, we hope you will consider completing the survey and asking others in your department to...Read More
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Tank Explosion Kills Two Firefighters – Carthage, Illinois – October 2, 1997 – USFA Technical Report TR-120 On October 2, 1997, Carthage Clipper Fire Department Volunteer Firefighters Michael Mapes and Douglas Buckert died when a horizontal liquified petroleum gas tank exploded on a farm outside of Burnside, Illinois. The rocketing tank struck...Read More
