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CONNECTICUT – STATEWIDE MANHUNT UNDERWAY FOR MAN THROWING MOLOTOV COCKTAILS AT LOCAL AMBULANCES

 Joe Knitter    February 27, 2021    No Comments

(WFSB) - State and local authorities are investigating after a man targeted local ambulances with Molotov cocktails. Old Saybrook Police Chief Michael Spera says that a man walked into the Hunters Ambulance Headquarters in Old Saybrook Saturday and threw a Molotov cocktail … [Read more...]

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AMBULANCE STRIKES TREE – DRIVER SERIOUSLY INJURED – NEW YORK

 Joe Knitter    February 27, 2021    No Comments

HENRIETTA, N.Y. (WHEC) — One person is seriously injured after an ambulance crashed into a tree off of East River Road in Henrietta. It happened at around 3:15 p.m. on Friday on the 5800 block. The Monroe County Sheriff's Office says the Penfield Volunteer Ambulance left … [Read more...]

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FIRE CAPTAIN HOSPITALIZED WITH BURNS AFTER BLAZE DISPLACES 49 – PATERSON, NEW JERSEY

 Joe Knitter    February 27, 2021    No Comments

Firefighters quickly went to defensive operations as flames tore through the 3½-story, wood-frame building on North 7th Street after igniting shortly after 2 a.m. Most of the interior collapsed within an hour. The fire captain was taken to St. Barnabas Medical Center in … [Read more...]

 Modern Fire Behavior, News, News Firefighter Close Calls, Safety and Survival

FIRE RAVAGES MULTI-FAMILY, MIXED-USE BUILDING – FIREFIGHTER INJURED – GARFIELD, NEW JERSEY

 Joe Knitter    February 27, 2021    No Comments

The fire broke out shortly before 11:30 p.m. on the second floor of the three-story Maple Avenue building, which houses the Sud's City laundry on Palisade Avenue. It quickly blew through the attic and roof, collapsing a rear portion of the building soon after. A firefighter … [Read more...]

 News, News Firefighter Close Calls, Safety and Survival, STRUCTURAL

FIREFIGHTER ATTACKED WITH GLASS BOTTLE RESPONDING TO INCIDENT – BELFAST

 Joe Knitter    February 27, 2021    No Comments

A firefighter sustained an injury to his face after coming under attack while responding to an incident in Belfast on Wednesday. One Appliance from Whitla Fire Station responded to reports of pallets being burned in Duncairn Gardens at around 6.30pm last night. The team … [Read more...]

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ANOTHER CALL TO 911 – ANOTHER RESPONSE TO WRONG ADDRESS – OHIO

 Joe Knitter    February 27, 2021    No Comments

CLEVELAND — A family is demanding accountability after a 911 call details how a Cleveland ambulance responded to the wrong address while a family waited with a newborn struggling to breathe. For Ernestine Bell, what happened to her grandson was an avoidable mistake. “I … [Read more...]

 News, News Firefighter Close Calls, RESCUE/EMS

FIREFIGHTERS RESPOND TO WRONG ADDRESS FROM 911 CALL – OHIO

 Joe Knitter    February 27, 2021    No Comments

WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, Ohio — After Betty Morrison, 71, called 911, she waited nearly 11 minutes for help to arrive at her door. By the time Warrensville Heights firefighters arrived, she had no pulse. Dispatch recordings revealed firefighters responded to the wrong … [Read more...]

 Fire Communications, News, RESCUE/EMS

UPDATE: DETROIT FIREFIGHTERS CALL FOR CHANGE FOLLOWING DRUNKEN ENGINE CRASH

 Joe Knitter    February 27, 2021    No Comments

DETROIT – Members of the Detroit Fire Department have reached out to Local 4 Defenders with their concerns about the allegations of firefighters drinking while on the job. On Sunday night Trenisha Hawkins’ car was struck by a Detroit fire engine. Hawkins’ sister was sick inside … [Read more...]

 APPARATUS/VEHICLE/HIGHWAY, News

MASSIVE FIRE BURNS IN COMPTON – FIREFIGHTER INJURED – CALIFORNIA

 Joe Knitter    February 27, 2021    No Comments

A massive fire visible across Los Angeles burned material in a commercial yard and destroyed parked buses early Friday. CBS Los Angeles reports the inferno erupted in Compton before dawn and consumed stacks of pallets in a very large industrial yard. Flames then … [Read more...]

 News

LAFD FIREFIGHTER INJURED WHEN THREE BUILDINGS BURN – CALIFORNIA

 Joe Knitter    February 27, 2021    No Comments

A Los Angeles firefighter was injured Friday battling a blaze in Westlake that damaged a Craftsman-style home, a fourplex and another structure. The fire was reported about 3:50 p.m. at 1521 W. 8th St. as an outdoor blaze that was “lapping up to the eaves” of the house, said … [Read more...]

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