All, Here’s an update from UL-FSRI’s Fire Safety Academy, Beginning TODAY Tuesday, October 6, Advanced Problem Solving (APS) will become the first training platform to integrate with UL’s FSA, making it easier for fire departments to access, assign, complete, and track FSA training within the systems they already use. Additional training platform integrations are in...Read More
A Firefighter faces charges after being accused of driving under the influence while operating a responding fire apparatus in Smithfield, Virginia. On September 21, the apparatus was responding to a possible structure fire when it crashed and overturned. Officials say the driver, a 31-year-old Firefighter, was transported to a local hospital for evaluation and later...Read More
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two firefighters escaped without injury Wednesday morning after falling eight feet through a floor into a basement fire while responding to a residential structure fire. Crews were dispatched at 6 a.m. Wednesday to a fire at Alcazar Street and Marquette Avenue, near Louisiana Boulevard. The building was a vacant structure that showed...Read More
Firefighter Fatally Injured After Being Struck by Hoseline and Falling From Ladder During Second Alarm Fire in Convent School – St. Rose’s Academy Fire – San Francisco, California – October 6, 1893 On October 6, 1893, San Francisco Fireman John Cronin of Engine Company 19 fell to his death after being struck by a loose...Read More
Two Firefighters Killed By Collapsing Walls During Conflagration That Destroyed Forty Buildings – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – October 4-5, 1839 On the night of October 4-5, 1839, Philadelphia Volunteer Firemen Thomas Barber and William P. Moreland of the Good Will Engine Company were killed when they were caught under collapsing walls while operating at a fire...Read More
