Hey, Here are two items for you - one is a free program related to CARDIO & FIREFIGHTERS and the other is a brand new NIOSH report that gives you the facts on how an Assistant Chief was killed in a fire/structural collapse. CARDIO FIREFIGHTER: Free Scenario-Based … [Read more...]
NORTH CAROLINA FIREFIGHTER LINE OF DUTY DEATH FOLLOWING TRENCH RESCUE
All, A 17-year veteran of the Orange Rural Fire Department (near Chapel Hill, N.C.) died in the line of duty earlier today (Monday). The Firefighter was found unresponsive at the main station around 1330 in downtown Hillsborough after a rescue call earlier in the day. Revival … [Read more...]
By Joe Utter, iFiberOne: An Okanogan County firefighter has been identified as the firefighter burned in the Grass Valley Fire in Douglas County. Okanogan County Fire District 8 Chief Ed Townsend says firefighter Brett Read, 38, was injured Saturday while he and another … [Read more...]
By Jordan Cutler-Tietjen, Sacramento Bee: A vegetation fire Friday afternoon evolved into a structure fire south of Mather, injuring one firefighter in the process. The blaze was contained and smoldering, though not yet extinguished, at 1:45 p.m. Friday, according to … [Read more...]
By Natalie Tarangioli, KGUN9: Tucson firefighters are learning how to defend themselves in dangerous situations. Firefighters tell KGUN9 that staffing shortages in the department mean fewer first responders on certain calls. They're now learning a new skill at the Public … [Read more...]
By NECN.com: A firefighter is recovering after getting injured while battling a fire at a vacant building in Willimantic early Wednesday morning. Officials said the firefighter suffered a minor back injury while fighting the fire that broke out at a vacant building on Chapman … [Read more...]
By Jeremy Fox, Boston Globe: Everett firefighters are mourning the loss of a trailblazer. Susan Pipitone, the department’s first and only active-duty female firefighter, will be buried from an Everett funeral home Saturday, three days after she died from occupational … [Read more...]
By Good4Utah: A Layton firefighter who was severely injured during SWAT training this week is now recovering in the hospital. Brian Cunningham’s wife called it a “freak accident” during a simple training exercise. The team was practicing busting open doors with small … [Read more...]
By Lizzy Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle: For more than four hours, no one heard from Braden Varney. The 10-year veteran of California’s firefighting force had been dispatched to bulldoze a firebreak on a precarious ridge near Marble Point in Mariposa County, an effort to … [Read more...]
RIP John Olson of Whelen Engineering (The Secret List)
All, In my years as a firefighter, even before I started, as just a young kid, like many of us-the noise, the sirens and the lights of flashy fire apparatus racing to help people was always intriguing. As I got older, I started getting more interested in firefighting, company … [Read more...]
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