Recently, an FDNY member experienced a potentially life-threatening close call while operating on the roof of a multiple dwelling fire. After completing a roof cut, a member lifted a saw while the blade was still rotating and inadvertently swung it toward another firefighter. The rotating blade cut through the nearby member’s bunker coat at chest...Read More
SAN ANTONIO – Two firefighters were injured Wednesday morning while battling a massive fire at a vacant apartment complex on the North Side. The fire started just after 5:30 a.m. at the Sante Fe Apartments off Blanco Road near Gilbert Lane, prompting a three-alarm response involving approximately 150 firefighters and additional support crews. San Antonio...Read More
STARK COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) – A driver failed to slow down or move over and slammed into a Canton Fire Department vehicle on the scene of an accident Wednesday evening. The crash happened around 11:30 p.m. on I-77 south near milepost 107.5 in Canton. According to Canton police, firefighters were investigating a prior crash around...Read More
All, While not a fire service Line of Duty Death-an active Fire Chief from New Jersey was working his regular job when he was struck and killed by a drunk driver on the NJ Turnpike….reminding us once again-of our greatest risk as Firefighters: Brian Flanagan, Chief of the Ridgeway Volunteer Fire Company, was working for...Read More
A judge has given the City of Cleveland three weeks to turn over records after a fire cadet’s family said he died during a racist hazing incident. On Wednesday, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Timothy McCormick issued the order after hearing arguments in the civil case between the family of Symeon Williams and...Read More
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – A New Hanover County Fire Rescue vehicle ran a red light and overturned, causing a three-vehicle crash that stopped traffic Tuesday evening at the intersection of Market Street and Barclay Hills Drive, the Wilmington Police Department said. The department said the call came in at 6:26 p.m. on Oct. 13. Wilmington...Read More
