This is an update from the Dolan fire in California, near Big Sur. This is an evolving situation, and here is what they can confirm right now: A shelter deployment involving 15 Firefighters from the Dolan Fire occurred approximately at 0831 (today) on Tuesday, Sept 8, 2020, in … [Read more...]
NEW ZEALAND: A former professional firefighter recruit received serious burns and blistering to both hands during a live fire training exercise because the trainer failed to identify that his gloves were too small. And in another example, a recruit firefighter stubbed out a … [Read more...]
A First-year Firefighter on the elite Helena Hot Shot Fire crew died early Wednesday morning in a single-vehicle rollover crash in Idaho while returning from a fire. Firefighter Sara Madsen, 24 years old, of Tetonia, Idaho, was pronounced dead at the scene in that crash south of … [Read more...]
As a warning, this is an absolute commentary about fireground radio use, so if that's not something you're interested in, skip to your next page-or change channels. See what I did there? And in addition, I'll start out with a disclosure. I have a significant history of … [Read more...]
Detroit Fire Department Sgt. Sivad Johnson died in the Line of Duty on Aug. 21 while trying to rescue girls who were drowning off Belle Isle Beach. Sgt Johnson comes from a family of firefighters, including his father and a brother. As you may recall, Sgt Johnson was with his … [Read more...]
A Seattle man is being charged with shooting a Portland Firefighter with a ball bearing during a riot in July. Jesse Herman Bates, 38, was hit with a civil disorder complaint in the July 13 attack on the Portland Firefighter with a “wrist-rocket” style slingshot at the scene of a … [Read more...]
Someone stole a fire truck from a fire station in Sheridan. It happened yesterday morning just before noon in Polk county. The truck is a 2019 Ford F-550. It says Sheridan Fire District on the side. On August 31, 2020, between 11 AM and noon, the Sheridan Fire District’s … [Read more...]
A team of FDNY firefighters used a rare “roof-rope” maneuver to rescue a panicked woman from a high-rise apartment fire on Tuesday (today). The blaze tore through an apartment on the 16th floor of a building on Lenox Avenue, near West 134th Street, around 1:25 p.m. on Tuesday, … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that a Texas Firefighter was killed and another Firefighter was injured in the Line of Duty Monday battling a wildfire in the Northern California forest. A second Firefighter was injured and is being treated. The Firefighters were operating in Mendocino … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that 54-year-old Goffstown (New Hampshire) Fire Captain Steven W. Tower died today after becoming ill during a physical ability test at New Hampshire Fire Academy in Concord. On-scene Firefighters and Paramedics immediately rendered care and Concord Fire … [Read more...]
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