Horrible news out of Baltimore City as they have now announced that 3 Firefighters have been killed in the Line of Duty at that fire and collapse this morning. 2 Firefighters were pronounced dead at Maryland Shock Trauma. Another Firefighter was pronounced dead at the scene. … [Read more...]
It was a rough Monday morning for New Braunfels Firefighters, (and cops) who escaped serious injury after their fire and police vehicles were hit by Interstate 35 traffic. One vehicle struck a fire truck at the scene of a wreck involving a suspected drunk driver, with the second … [Read more...]
Reports are that two Firefighters have been rescued in serious condition and at least one other Firefighter remains trapped in a vacant home on fire in Southwest Baltimore, according to the Baltimore City FD. Around 0600 today Monday, Firefighters arrived on the scene of a … [Read more...]
January 23, 2005 was “Black Sunday” in New York when FDNY Lt. Curtis W. Meyran (covering Ladder 27 that day) and FF John G. Bellew (Ladder 27) died in the Line of Duty at an apartment fire in the Bronx. Four other FF’s were injured: Jeffrey Cool (Rescue 3) the late Lt. … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on the very sad news that fire service legend, author, speaker, founder of FIREHOUSE Magazine (1976), and the title he was most proud of, FIREFIGHTER, Dennis Smith has passed away. While much will be shared about Dennis in the coming days, we wanted to pass on … [Read more...]
Covington firefighter Dave Studer will be remembered for his banter, his joking, his playful kidding of fellow firefighters – a big personality that helped make a stressful job easier to bear. FF Studer was in the hospital for about three weeks being treated for COVID-19. “He … [Read more...]
My attempt at writing the below linked article was to provide a very basic but very honest “firehouse talk” article about cancer. So yep-I was diagnosed late last summer. Some people are afraid of even the word cancer. I completely understand. That said, this piece has some … [Read more...]