TRENTON — Firefighters and first responders suffering from job-related stress would have access to a 24-hour, seven-days-a-week hotline under a bill approved by an Assembly panel recently.The bill calls for the state Division of Fire Safety, with the help of the University … [Read more...]
Kicking in a Garage Door? IC Dancing with Fire? WTF!!! … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTERS ARE PEOPLE TO – FROM FIRE CHIEF MAGAZINE
We tend to look at the people who run into buildings when the rest of us are running out of them as mythic beings. I know that I do. I have a cousin, long retired, who was a Chicago firefighter for decades. Every holiday we would hear of his exploits, with one story sure to be … [Read more...]
ORANGE COUNTY (CALIF) FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDIC LINE OF DUTY DEATH, COLLAPSE DURING TRAINING
It is with great sadness that we relay the announcement about the sudden passing of Orange County (CA) Fire Authority Firefighter/Paramedic Jim Owen, from OCFA Chief Keith Richter. FF/PM Owen collapsed during a "Training Activity Group" , which is basically a … [Read more...]
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Taxi crashes into ambulance in Brookline
WELCOME TO PERSONAL SURVIVAL BY FIRE CHIEF PAT KENNY (Ret.)
Welcome to a new page and hopefully the addition of a positive chapter consistent with the mission of Firefighter Close Calls, which strives to bring forward issues involving injury and death to firefighters. These are often issues that are ignored, quickly forgotten or just not … [Read more...]