By KABC A blood drive was held Thursday in Santa Ana to help many, including two Orange County firefighters injured in the Silverado Fire. The Orange County Fire Authority says the goal was to get 120 units of blood for the blood bank because it is at a critically low … [Read more...]
By Megan Butler, KTUL TULSA — Owasso police and fire say a man is dead after an explosion at a house near 76th Street North and the Owasso Expressway on Thursday night. Firefighters were initially called to the house for a fire. They rescued a woman inside the home. She … [Read more...]
By Tara ONeill, CT Post A local firefighter was briefly trapped while running low on air battling what fire officials described as a “dangerous” fire in a duplex Wednesday night, officials said. Units were dispatched to a two-family home on Bloomfield Drive around 9:30 p.m. … [Read more...]
By WTOL A Blissfield Township firefighter was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Tuesday while responding to assist at a barn fire in Lenawee County. Joseph Gallo, 34, of Blissfield, served as a captain with the Blissfield Twp. Fire Department. According … [Read more...]
ASST FIRE CHIEF, 42, DIES IN QUARTERS-California
All, We regret to pass on that Sean Laffan, an interim Assistant Fire Chief of the Oakland (California) Fire Department died Monday night after collapsing inside the department’s building. Chief Laffan was 42 years old. Among his survivors is one of his sons, a probationary OFD … [Read more...]
ANOTHER Fire Apparatus Takes The Hit w/Lives Saved-This Time: N.H.
All, Yesterday it was in Alabama, Saturday it was in New Hampshire—and it happens nearly everyday to Firefighters,Cops, EMTs and related highway responders. The decision to position a Dover FD ladder truck to block a crash scene prevented a box truck from crashing into the … [Read more...]
By CBS 2 A man was charged with aggravated arson Sunday after police said he admitted to starting a fire in the Mallers Building on Jewelers Row downtown. Daniel Nieves, 23, of the Belmont Cragin neighborhood, turned himself in at the Grand Central (25th) District police … [Read more...]
Indianapolis FF LODD, 2 FFs Killed-India, Miami-Dade FF Help
All, We regret to pass on that an IFD (Indianapolis) Firefighter died in the Line of Duty following a medical issue after responding to a possible structure collapse Friday. IFD Engineer Matthew Bennett died after complaining of chest pain while responding to a scene on … [Read more...]
By Sarah Danik, Fox 9 For the first time since the pandemic began, a Minnesota fire department is out of service because of a COVID-19 outbreak. The Plato Fire Department is being forced to enact Plan B after too many of its firefighters have gotten the virus or were … [Read more...]
By Jeanette DeForge, Mass Live GREENFIELD, Mass. — An improperly-installed solar system used to power an illegal cannabis growing operation caused a fire that left at least one firefighter injured. The fire was reported at about 12:34 p.m., Monday, at a home at 717 … [Read more...]