This morning, a mentally ill individual threw a brick at an FDNY fire apparatus, and then chased the members of two companies with a knife. The subject then wounded himself when jumping the overpass, to which the same members he attacked then went to work trying to save his life … [Read more...]
An out-of-service FDNY apparatus caught fire while heading to Brooklyn on Wednesday. The rig was traveling on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge that connects Staten Island and Brooklyn shortly after 3 p.m., the Staten Island Advance reports. It was on its way back from a department … [Read more...]
AUSTIN, Texas — A woman has died after crashing into a stationary firetruck that was responding to another crash. According to the Austin Police Department, India McKinley, 35, was driving a 2015 Dodge Dart southbound on the 12600 block of North Interstate 35 when she … [Read more...]
KINGWOOD, WV—A Rowlesburg man was charged with DUI after police say he nearly hit a firefighter who was directing traffic at an accident. John Walter Loughrie, 57, was arrested Sunday. According to the criminal complaint by Preston Sheriff's Deputy First Class W.E. Crawford, … [Read more...]
TANKER DRIVER SUFFERS INJURIES AS TANKER ROLLS AWAY AT SCENE
On Friday October 16th at 1309hrs. The Citizen's Vol. Fire Co. in York Co. PA was dispatched mutual-aid to Hopewell Twp. for a Residential Structure Fire. Upon arrival of the mutual-aid department's Asst. Fire Chief, it was noted that the operation was going to be exterior due to … [Read more...]
A San Pablo man was arrested on suspicion of striking an on-duty firefighter with his vehicle in Petaluma early Saturday, police said. Petaluma police responded at about 3:11 a.m. to a call from their city’s fire department reporting that one of their firefighters “had just … [Read more...]
A Bremerton (Washington) Firefighter was flown to Harborview Medical Center with a leg injury Saturday after being pinned between two cars while performing a medical evaluation on a suspected impaired driver. The Firefighter, 50, was called out about 0200 hours to evaluate a … [Read more...]
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A Northern Wake Fire Department tanker crashed while responding to a Raleigh house fire Monday evening. The fire occurred in the 4400 block of Dewees Court off Ebenezer Church Road. Officials said the call came in around 10 p.m. One woman was … [Read more...]
A 27-year-old driver has died from injuries in a crash involving a Cincinnati Fire Department ambulance last evening. The crash occurred on Central Parkway near Marshall Street in Camp Washington Thursday sometime around 1900 hours. 2 Cincinnati Fire Department personnel suffered … [Read more...]
COLONIE — An Albany Fire Department ladder truck was stolen sometime Sunday night or Monday morning. Police were notified of the stolen fire truck when a passerby saw it parked in the 1500 block of State Street in Schenectady at 7 a.m. Monday. Colonie police are investigating … [Read more...]