All, Below is a link to a number of no-cost, no-excuses weekly fire department basic company drills. As always, make sure that these — or any related suggested drill or training — are authorized and fall within the policies and operating guidelines of your own department, as … [Read more...]
By Jaymie Baxley, The Pilot Days after receiving one of the state’s highest honors, Pinebluff Fire Chief John McKiver has died. McKiver, whose firefighting career spanned more than four decades, made history as the first Black fire department chief in Moore County. … [Read more...]
By Dave Minsky, Lompoc Record On Dec. 20, 1977 the Honda Canyon Fire — fueled by hurricane-force winds — became a raging inferno that killed four people including installation commander Col. Joseph Turner, three Santa Barbara County firefighters and injured dozens more on … [Read more...]
The Guardian The Controller-General of the Federal Fire Service, Dr. Ibrahim Liman, has said that communities that continue to frustrate fire rescue operations despite many warnings, would be backlisted by the agency. Liman, made this known at a media chat and decoration of … [Read more...]
By Ron Zeitlinger, New Jersey Journal Bayonne firefighters are battling a three-alarm blaze on West 27th Street, between Kennedy Boulevard and Avenue A, authorities said Wednesday afternoon. It appears that at least one firefighter suffered injuries while fighting the … [Read more...]
By Tanasia Kenney, News and Observer When he wasn’t putting out fires, Ralph Jenkins’ family says you could find him out on the water. “Fishing and boating is something he’s always done since he was younger,” his daughter Jennifer Kennedy told WRDW. “It was just something … [Read more...]
By The Daily News Fire swept through half a block in downtown Calumet late Friday night, drawing virtually every agency from surrounding areas to fight it well into early Saturday. By Saturday morning, the buildings from 108 to 120 Fifth Street in Calumet were declared a … [Read more...]
By WCAX Two firefighters were hospitalized for heat exhaustion Wednesday after battling a fire at a vacant building in Bennington. Bennington fire officials say at about 3 p.m., they were called to structure fire at the former CTC Film Developing Business on Benmont … [Read more...]
By Christine Dempsey, Hartford Courant A Stafford firefighter is recovering from injuries suffered Tuesday when she fell and rolled some 20 feet down a steep slope while battling a brush fire, the chief said. She remains in Bay State Medical Center in Springfield, … [Read more...]
By WAND TV Four people were injured in an apartment fire in Beardstown, including three firefighters according to the Beardstown police department. Police say the Beardstown Fire Department were still on scene around 9:00 a.m. Monday morning. The fire happened 8:40 p.m. … [Read more...]