After the suspected overdose death of an off-duty city firefighter in January, New Britain suspended seven firefighters and fired another in connection with an apparent ring that used drugs at various firehouses, city officials said. In addition, nearly a half-dozen firefighters … [Read more...]
A Bureau of Land Management Firefighter went missing over the weekend in Sierra Vista. Coronado National Forest officials say 38-year-old Patrick Gladics was working out of the Sierra Vista Municipal Airport when he failed to report for duty Sunday morning. Investigators describe … [Read more...]
A Firefighter from Conejos County (Colorado) died in the Line of Duty after responding to a wildland fire on Sunday. Harold Joe Cordova, 83, died after working the fire. Cordova was called out to a grassland fire near Manassa, a small statutory town in southern Colorado, to help … [Read more...]
Early this morning at approximately 06:13AM Company 7, South Hill VFD in Virginia was dispatched to a two vehicle MVC SB I 85 at the 1MM. While crews were on scene working the two vehicle MVC, with Engine 72 and Chief 7 blocking the left lane of I 85 NB to protect crews on … [Read more...]
The mother of Former Buffalo Fire Commissioner Garnell Whitfield was one of the 10 murder victim's in Saturday's mass shooting. The gunman opened fire at the Tops Friendly Markets store, killing 10 people and wounding 3. The commissioners mother, Ruth Whitfield, 86, was on her … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that a Minnesota Firefighter was killed in the Line of Duty during storm watch-when a grain storage bin was taken down by wind, killing that Firefighter. The Blomkest Firefighter was leaving his farm for storm-spotting duty and was killed a result of the … [Read more...]
A Seminole County firefighter shot and killed a 24-year-old woman before taking his own life outside a home in Titusville on Thursday morning, according to police. In an unsigned statement, the Titusville Police Department identified the slain woman as Haley Friedel. The … [Read more...]