Courier & Press Western KentuckyAugust 17, 2004 ANTON, Ky. – An Anton Volunteer Fire Department member and his family were injured when a fire department tanker truck they were driving overturned. Anton Fire Chief Robert Newman said the wreck occurred about 5:45 p.m. Sunday on Frostburg Road, a mile north of Anton, as department member...Read More
Aug 19, 2004 NEW BERLIN, IL – Six members of Loami’s volunteer fire department were injured, one critically, late Tuesday after an allegedly drunken driver slammed into a van parked at a fire scene just west of New Berlin. The driver, Patrick J. Heinen, 35,of Alexander, was charged by the Sangamon County state’s attorney’s office...Read More
When the ambulance she was riding in veered off the West Virginia Turnpike and smashed into a rock wall…. 9-13-04-Charleston WVA, A 9-year-old McDowell County girl remained in critical condition Sunday in a Charleston hospital after an ambulance accident that killed her mother. The West Virginia State Police said Jeanie Hunt, 33, of Avondale died...Read More
As an over excited rookie I was to stage our utility truck for a possible (unknown) fire, as I approached the truck I only did a “look down both sides” vehicle check. When I drove off I didn’t see or remember the air supply line connected at the back of the truck, which was still...Read More
“Before I could figure out what was going on I heard the Lt. yelling firefighter down send me an ALS unit” !!! I reached to tighten the coupling and as I touched the wrench to it was struck by a massive hammer blow and a stream of water, and found myself laying in the middle...Read More
FREDERICTON, Canada – Two firefighters from the Nashwaak Valley FD were injured when their truck overturned while responding to a dwelling fire. The truck skidded into a ditch and rolled several times, scattering equipment and supplies across the road and into a ditch. Both firefighters were conscious, but with cuts and bruises, when EMS arrived....Read More
