UNION COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Fire hose damage by vehicles disrupted firefighting efforts Tuesday and crews could not save a house, Wesley Chapel Fire Dept. said. “At some point during that process, a vehicle ran over the fire hose,” said Fire Chief Steven McLendon. … [Read more...]
Authorities are reminding motorists to slow down and move over after a fire engine blocking the scene of a crash was struck by a vehicle on Route 41 in Lake Forest. The Lake Forest Fire Department and Lake Forest Police Department responded around 8:40 a.m. Sunday to the area … [Read more...]
All, Details for the two individual funeral services for Concord-Greene Fire Chief Ralph Stegbauer and Captain Jeff Skaggs (who were killed in the Line of Duty while doing work at their fire station on Saturday) are as follows: CAPTAIN SKAGGS: Visitation for Captain Jeff … [Read more...]
NEWARK, N.J. — A new U.S. Coast Guard report on the deadly Port Newark fire raises new questions about the training of those who battled the blaze aboard a cargo ship loaded with second-hand vehicles bound for West Africa that led to the deaths of two firefighters in … [Read more...]
Texas fire departments are fighting stigma and pushing to provide firefighters mental health help
For more than a decade, Sam Buser watched the lights of fire trucks bounce off the city streets of Houston, heard the roars of burning blazes and stood before the caskets of too many firefighters. He never held a hose or kicked in a door, but, as senior psychologist for the … [Read more...]
Three firefighters are recovering from injuries suffered while fighting a house fire Sunday morning. Fire crews were called to Rocky Gap Lane just before 6:30 a.m. A two-story home was fully engulfed when crews arrived on scene. Charlotte Fire Department tells us three … [Read more...]
SALISBURY, N.C. — A Charlotte man is dead after crashing into emergency vehicles in Salisbury early Friday morning. The crash happened shortly before 5 a.m. on I-85 S near Webb Road in Salisbury. According to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, the driver … [Read more...]