All, On Monday, May 24, 2021, West Yellowstone Interagency Fire Center Smokejumper/Firefighter Tim Hart was working the Eicks Fire in New Mexico when he was injured in a hard landing while parachuting into the Eicks Fire. Unfortunately Tim died in the Line of Duty … [Read more...]
ELKO – Elko City Council and Elko County Commissioners have agreed to a $150,000 settlement with the victim of a November 2019 crash involving a fire truck driven by an Elko Fire Department volunteer firefighter and with the victim’s parents. Commissioners agreed Wednesday … [Read more...]
DES MOINES, IOWA — A Des Moines firefighter is recovering at home on Thursday after being injured on Wednesday by a collapsing ceiling in a burning home. It happened in the 1700 block of Lyon Street just before 5:00 p.m. A firefighter was injured when part of a ceiling … [Read more...]
ELKHART, Ind -- The call for the abandoned restaurant came in just after two o'clock this afternoon for a heavy fire on Cassopolis street in Elkhart. The Elkhart police department were the first to arrive to what used to be the Chicago Bar and Grill restaurant. Once … [Read more...]
Update: Feud Between FFs Led to LACoFD Shooting (The Secret List)
All, Initial reports from the LA County Sheriff's Dept. is that the shooting at a LA County Fire Station in Agua Dulce (about 45 miles north of Los Angeles) in which one firefighter killed a colleague and critically wounded a captain was the violent culmination of a work … [Read more...]
NEW YORK - Under a new pilot program, city EMTs who are answering a 911 call regarding a mental health emergency will be accompanied by social workers, instead of police. The Behavioral Health Emergency Assistance Response Division, or “B-HEARD,” aims to reduce potentially … [Read more...]
A Newark firefighter was hurt Monday while battling a two-alarm blaze at a church rectory in the city’s North Ward, officials said. The firefighter was hospitalized with second-degree burns to his ears and neck after a fire at St. Lucy’s Church, according to Newark Public Safety … [Read more...]
San Diego will pay $900,000 to an 82-year-old woman whose foot and ankle were crushed when her car collided with a city fire engine that sped through a red light while heading to an emergency in 2018. The settlement approved by the City Council last week covers Marlowe Berg’s … [Read more...]
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - One firefighter suffered a second-degree burn and three others were shocked while trying to extinguish a fire near Mission and Irvington roads on Tuesday morning, June 1. The fire happened in the 4800 block of South Fickett Avenue. It involved … [Read more...]
A mother and her 5-year-old child were rushed to a hospital with serious injuries Tuesday afternoon after their car smashed into an ambulance in Atlanta. The people inside the ambulance suffered minor injuries in the crash, which happened in the 3700 block of Hogan … [Read more...]