In November, a Neodesha, Kansas gas plant explosion shook the entire town. It also threw firefighter Landon Woodward face first into the side of the engine. It took crews from 22 fire departments bring the blaze under control. While Woodward came away from the fire … [Read more...]
A 22-year-old firefighter was charged with arson in connection to a March fire at an unoccupied home. A 22-year-old female was also charged; there is no indication she is affiliated with the fire department. Cody Plummer was a member of the Lappe (Ontario) Fire Department when … [Read more...]
Since this past winter, Bangor, Maine officials have been marking vacant or otherwise unsafe structures with a red and white metal X in an effort to protect firefighters. The move, reports the Bangor Daily News, comes on the heels of the spike in foreclosed and abandoned homes … [Read more...]
Two Antioch, California, firefighter suffered minor injuries from an electric shock while fighting a two-alarm house fire Sunday night. The shock came after firefighters had cut the structure’s main power. Capt. George Laing, spokesman for the Contra Costa (Calif.) Fire … [Read more...]
Two proposed laws that would alter how firefighters in Michigan are trained have been approved by the state’s senate. One bill would establish improved training standards, something that’s not been updated for 30 years, and allow flexibility for training requirements to be set … [Read more...]
An unoccupied structure of balloon-frame construction with a fire in the basement can be a recipe for disaster. Fifty-two firefighters responded to such a blaze at 10:25 p.m. May 6 in Northport, N.Y. Two firefighters from the Northport Volunteer Fire Department suffered … [Read more...]
A Canadian coroner’s inquest into the 2010 training death of Point Edward (Ontario) volunteer firefighter Gary Kendall is looking at the safety procedures and training practices in place at the time of Kendall’s death. Kendall was participating in an ice-rescue refresher … [Read more...]