DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – As if firefighters needed any reminders, putting out flames isn't the only part of their job that's dangerous. So is responding to accidents on North Texas highways and streets. In Fort Worth Friday morning, a vehicle slammed into the back of a reserve … [Read more...]
BUCKEYE, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) -- A Phoenix woman is facing charges after police said she stole an ambulance from outside a Valley hospital, but it’s now the third time a Buckeye Valley Fire District ambulance has been stolen by patients outside a hospital over the past few years. So … [Read more...]
A car struck a parked ambulance head-on in North Hills early Friday morning, requiring two other ambulances to respond. Los Angeles Fire Dept. paramedics were reportedly treating an overdose patient at the intersection of Chase Street and Sepulveda Blvd. at about 2:30 a.m. … [Read more...]
A Fort Worth Fire Department truck was stolen on Wednesday night in south Fort Worth while the members of its crew were treating a patient, the department said. A person purloined Engine 17 from the Delux Inn near South Freeway and East Seminary Drive. Its crew arrived at … [Read more...]
APOPKA, Fla. — A new top-to-bottom safety review of the Apopka Fire Department sheds some light on the firefighter who died in an accident on duty. The report calls the department “dysfunctional” and says changes must be made. Now, his father hopes the report will lead to major … [Read more...]
A firefighter was injured while responding to a house fire in Vienna just before midnight. Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department units were dispatched to the 1000 block of Westwood Drive NE at 11:58 p.m. yesterday (Tuesday), according to a tweet. “Crews arrived [with] … [Read more...]
OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — An Oklahoma City firefighter was injured after falling through a two-story home while fighting a fire. Firefighters responded to a call on a house fire near SW 25th and Blackwelder around 7 a.m. on Wednesday. Officials say the firefighter was trying … [Read more...]