An old friend of Fire Fighter Close Calls TSL (The Secret List), Bill Carey put together a factual review of Firefighter LODD's for 2022: Here is the info from Bill: (entire article link below) along with some thoughts from Frank Leeb. 2022 ended with a total, as of 26 … [Read more...]
EMS Response to Uvalde Shooting Examined – A new series of articles examined the response of emergency medical services at the Uvlade School shooting finding mismanagement of the resources after the shooter was neutralized. A consortium consisting of WAPO, ProPublica and … [Read more...]
The Firefighter who died in the Line of Duty died while fighting a dwelling fire in North Haven early Monday morning has been identified. Firefighter Matthias Wirtz, 46, was a 22-year veteran of the North Haven Fire Department. Arriving firefighters had heavy smoke coming from … [Read more...]
As the year of 2022 has gone on, we have seen more LODD related lawsuits from families against Fire Chiefs, fire departments and property owners. The most recent one is shared with us by Fire Chief/Attorney Curt Varone has brought to our attention. This one, like some others, … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that a Florida Firefighter who was one of the first to respond to a massive fire and explosion at a gas station more than 10 years ago died Tuesday. Michael Riley was 61 years old. In August 2011, Riley responded to a fire and explosion at a gas station on … [Read more...]
'Tis the season!? Absolutely and while we all want and hope for a wonderful time, it doesn't always work that way for Firefighters and our families. Especially these days... Career Firefighters being held over or mandated....! Volunteer Firefighters short staffed, … [Read more...]
The 2 New Tripoli Firefighters killed in the Line of Duty at last evenings fire are FF Marvin Gruber, 59, and Assistant Chief Zachary Paris, 36, both who died at that dwelling fire on Clamtown Road in West Penn Township, near Tamaqua, NW of Allentown. Fireground radio traffic … [Read more...]