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 multi-company training at their Regional Fire Operations Training Center today. He began feeling poorly and...Read More
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 talked about. I think this Personal Survival page fits that...Read More
