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ENGINE DRAGS HOSE THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD – VIRGINIA

 Joe Knitter    April 14, 2021    No Comments

Check out this video from Faquier County, Virginia, of a Lois Volunteer Fire Department engine dragging a hoseline through a residential neighborhood.  Video courtesy of https://www.facebook.com/robynbeier     … [Read more...]

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RUNAWAY CAR FIRE – PENNSYLVANIA

 Joe Knitter    April 14, 2021    No Comments

A car fire on the move in Sadsburyville, Pennsylvania.  Video courtesy of https://www.facebook.com/fotis.petropoulos.142 … [Read more...]

 APPARATUS/VEHICLE/HIGHWAY, News, Vehicle Safety

ENGINE STRUCK WHILE RESPONDING – VIRGINIA

 Joe Knitter    April 14, 2021    No Comments

According to Loudoun County Combined Fire and Rescue System Public Information Officer Laura Rinehart, a tractor-trailer on Rt. 15 crashed into a firetruck from Station 10 as it was pulling onto the highway from the Stumptown/Lucketts Road intersection shortly after 6 … [Read more...]

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FF FALLS THROUGH FLOOR AT MOBILE HOME FIRE – LOUISIANA

 Joe Knitter    April 14, 2021    No Comments

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – One Shreveport firefighter suffered minor injuries when Tuesday morning when he fell through the floor of a mobile home while fighting a fire. At 6:15 a.m. Tuesday, Shreveport firefighters responded to reports of a mobile home fire at Forest … [Read more...]

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AMBULANCE STRUCK, OVERTURNS – NORTH CAROLINA

 Joe Knitter    April 14, 2021    No Comments

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – An overturned ambulance is causing traffic backups in downtown Raleigh on Tuesday. The incident occurred around 3:22 p.m. on S. Dawson Street just sound of the intersection with W. Lenior Street. The only people in the ambulance were EMS workers. It … [Read more...]

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FIREFIGHTER SERIOUSLY INJURED RESCUING VICTIM FROM HOUSE FIRE – TEXAS

 Joe Knitter    April 13, 2021    No Comments

FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A Fort Worth firefighter was injured while rescuing a fire victim in the back of a home in East Fort Worth shortly after noon on Tuesday, April 13. It happened in the 2600 block of Wilkinson Avenue at Beach Street. Firefighters found light smoke … [Read more...]

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OCCUPANT RESCUED, FIREFIGHTER INJURED IN HOUSE FIRE – ALABAMA

 Joe Knitter    April 13, 2021    No Comments

MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — At approximately 11:18 PM, Mobile Fire-Rescue Department companies were dispatched to the 100 block of Silverwood St in Midtown Mobile. Multiple witnesses called 911 to report a residence on fire in the neighborhood and that the homeowner was possibly … [Read more...]

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BUCKEYE, ARIZONA FIRE CHIEF DIES OF CARDIAC ARREST DUE TO COMPLICATIONS OF COVID-19

 Joe Knitter    April 13, 2021    No Comments

PHOENIX — Buckeye Fire Chief Bob Costello died at the age of 62 on Thursday from cardiac arrest due to complications of COVID-19, the city said Monday. “Chief Costello was a true visionary for Buckeye,” Buckeye Mayor Eric Orsborn said in a press release. “His quiet, comforting … [Read more...]

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DETROIT AMBULANCEHITS SUV, CRASHES THROUGH FENCE & BRICK WALL

 Joe Knitter    April 13, 2021    No Comments

DETROIT (FOX 2) - An EMS unit crashed into an SUV, then careened through a wrought iron fence and through a brick wall Sunday night in Detroit. "When I came outside I saw the black truck right there, SUV right there, and an ambulance right there with just the lights on," said … [Read more...]

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FIVE INJURED IN AMBULANCE CRASH – VIRGINIA BEACH

 Joe Knitter    April 12, 2021    No Comments

VIRGINIA BEACH (WAVY) — Several people were taken to the hospital after a multi-vehicle crash involving a privately-owned ambulance near Sentara Princess Anne Hospital on Monday morning. Police later clarified that five people in total were hurt. All had non life-threatening … [Read more...]

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