Phoenix (AZ) Firefighter Rick Telles passed away in his home under hospice care yesterday afternoon at the age of 44 from a Line of Duty Death. He was diagnosed with cancer nearly three years ago which metastasized over the last year. Workers compensation accepted the claim … [Read more...]
Two City of Social Circle (Georgia-east of Atlanta) Firefighters were injured (one seriously) from a crash while responding to a structure fire. NOTE: The crash occurred at the same location as last week's MVC incident that injured two firefighters with Walton County Fire … [Read more...]
An engine company returning from a medical call was involved in a crash yesterday. Loudoun County Engine Company 603 (Middleburg) was involved in a single-vehicle crash around 2300 hours. Engine 603 was returning from a mutual aid emergency medical call in Fauquier County when … [Read more...]
The injured Clinton Firefighter remains hospitalized in critical condition, but is slowly improving. Firefighter Adam Cain's medical condition remains critical since that January 5 fire and explosion at Clinton's Archer Daniels Midland plant, that killed Clinton Fire Lieutenant … [Read more...]
The greatest chance we have to get seriously injured or killed (traumatically) in the Line of Duty is on the roadways highways and interstates. It seems lately there isn't a day that goes by where we aren't provided with details to back that statement up. While some are as bad … [Read more...]
Another tough week for the North American Fire Service. Below are the funeral details for both Lt Hosette and Firefighter Pollard. We also are providing links related to those two incidents to further honor their lives. One is an OSHA report on firefighting at combustible dust … [Read more...]
The city of Wilmington (Delaware) and its mayors' "failure to care" and "indifference" led to the deaths of three Wilmington firefighters and serious injuries to another three in a row home arson in Canby Park in 2016, according to the latest round of court documents filed in a … [Read more...]
This is a specific request for Firefighters who have or still serve as members of the military. The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation is working with the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) to create a guide for fire departments to assist with the behavioral health … [Read more...]
As an update to yesterday tragic event in Clinton, Iowa, Lt. Eric Hosette, 33, was severely injured after that explosion rocked those silo storage bins. Lt. Hosette was taken to Mercy Medical where medical crews tried to revive him but were unsuccessful, and he died in the Line … [Read more...]
An early morning crash involving an ambulance on I-40 Eastbound just west of the Maumelle exit in Little Rock has interstate 40 at the 141-mile marker closed. The crash happened just before 0600. Arkansas State Police are working the accident and have confirmed one person is … [Read more...]
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