One firefighter was injured when two firefighting apparatus collided during a structure fire in the Philippine city Cagayan de Oro Sunday. A police report said that a fire truck from Gaisano Fire Volunteer group hit a rig from the Chinese Fire Volunteer department at an … [Read more...]
A firefighter and a fire captain with the Tempe (Ariz.) Fire Department suffered second-degree burns Saturday morning while providing mutual aid at a Phoenix apartment fire. Both firefighters were transported to a hospital with shoulder, neck and hand burns. According to … [Read more...]
One Anchorage firefighter was transported to the hospital Friday after suffering minor injuries at a duplex fire. The firefighter was later released. The nature and extend of the firefighter’s injuries were not reported. According to KTVA, firefighters were on scene within … [Read more...]
Two Los Angeles firefighters and their patient were taken to the hospital Wednesday morning when their ambulance and a passenger car collided. The other vehicle was attempting to make a left turn into the path of the ambulance. Fire officials said the firefighters and their … [Read more...]
While battling a house fire Thursday, two Wade Hampton (S.C.) firefighters suffered minor burns when a portion of the roof collapsed on them. The firefighters were otherwise unhurt, and the extent of their burns or if they required hospital care was not reported. Fire … [Read more...]
While not a line-of-duty death or injury, Louisiana Battalion Chief Thomas Ledet experienced the worst call of his life when he responded to a fatal vehicle crash involving his son. Reed Ledet, 22, veered his personal vehicle off the highway shortly after 5 a.m. Tuesday, … [Read more...]
Editor's note: This piece originally appeared in the National Volunteer Fire Council's Helpletter. By Hersch Wilson If this hasn’t happened to you as a volunteer fire department officer, it probably will. It goes something like this. First, there is a high-speed, head-on … [Read more...]
On the morning of June 26, the Maywood (N.J.) Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire on Route 17 northbound. The apparatus was positioned uphill and a distance from the fully involved vehicle. As crews were masking up, one of the struts from the front hood of the vehicle … [Read more...]
Sunday, a St. Louis Fire Department captain fell into a burning attic space while venting a roof; other firefighters on the roof pulled him to safety. The captain, a 25-year veteran, suffered first- and second-degree burns to his face and hands. He was transported to a … [Read more...]
One civilian and five firefighters were transported to the hospital during a three-alarm apartment building fire Saturday. The nature and cause of the firefighters’ injuries was not reported. DC Fire and EMS posted on its Twitter page that all five were treated and … [Read more...]