A Columbus (Ohio) Firefighter was taken to the hospital after being hit by a vehicle while participating in a “Fill the Boot” event ealier today. The firefighter suffered a broken leg after being hit by a vehicle at High Street and North Broadway while participating in the “Fill … [Read more...]
Damn cancer. Actually other words are more often used in describing the #1 killer of Firefighters...but you get what I'm saying. It's a term we hear more than ever these days by firefighters talking in and out of firehouses across North America. Odds are, each of you … [Read more...]
A nasty crash this morning involving a tractor-trailer and a Philadelphia Fire Department tiller ladder truck shut down all lanes of I-95 for more than three hours. Five firefighters were hurt in the crash, which happened around 0320 hours in the southbound lanes of Interstate-95 … [Read more...]
Two Firefighters have died in the Line of Duty-here are the updates: =CALIFORNIA: Engine Operator Ian Howard, 36, with 14 years of service, was assigned to Engine 16 from the Beckwourth Ranger District of the Plumas National Forest (CA) and prepositioned for firefighting at the … [Read more...]
A bad couple of days for Firefighters on the roadways-here are some updates: In Minnesota yesterday, 25-year-old Beartown Michigan Firefighter Alan Swartz and 23-year-old Firefighter James Shelifoe, both of of Baraga, Michigan, were killed when the fire transport truck they were … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on to you that two Firefighters traveling in a Michigan based fire vehicle were killed in the Line of Duty, and others were injured, following a crash this evening on Interstate 35W in Blaine, MN-while enroute to a fire in Utah. The fire transport vehicle … [Read more...]
I'm talking about on fire/EMS runs. So there. Seriously-some interesting discussions going on in relation to what "acts of violence" related PPE fire and EMS personnel should have available, be issued or wearing. Additional discussions continue about how quickly fire/EMS … [Read more...]
The Virgin Islands emergency services community is reeling after, for the second time in less than two weeks, one of their own was shot and killed. This time, last Thursday, it happened at the VIFS Fort Christian Fire Station in downtown Charlotte Amalie. According to police, an … [Read more...]
By Justin Jouvenal August 22 at 6:40 PM When Fairfax County firefighter Nicole Mittendorff hanged herself in April, a fellow firefighter likened the suicide to a “fire bell in the night” demanding an urgent response. It is not known why the 31-year-old took her life, but … [Read more...]
This is a "public safety officer" in Ohio at a recent fire. Their cops respond to fires with turnout gear in the trunks of their patrol vehicles with others bringing the fire apparatus. As you can see by the picture, this individual is not using SCBA, not using protective … [Read more...]