Late this afternoon a fire apparatus was struck on I-84 in Orange County, New York. Initial reports are that a tractor trailer struck the fire department special operations vehicle from the Mountain View Fire & Rescue near the Pennsylvania state line. Reports are that 2 members … [Read more...]
Initial reports from Buck County (PA) as an aerial truck (tower) collapsed this morning. Unconfirmed initial details are that the rig was flying the flag for Memorial Day, a fire run was dispatched and while retracting the ladder there was a failure of some kind. Injuries are … [Read more...]
Two members of the Pedernales Fire Department crew were transported with non-life-threatening injuries after an engine collided with a tree. According to PFD, it happened at around 10:30 a.m. during the annual Briar Cliff annual memorial festivity. The driver of Engine 801 … [Read more...]
One person was transported to CaroMont Regional Medical Center following a crash involving a Gastonia fire truck Thursday morning. Gastonia Fire Department's Ladder 4 was headed to Interstate 85 south just before 10 a.m. to help clean up a diesel fuel spill from a … [Read more...]
Rookie Firefighters Emircan Çolak, 28 and Mehmet Ali İnal, 24, were both thrown onto the roof of the apartment opposite the fire station-and both have now died in the Line of Duty. Both Firefighters had only 1 year of service on the Istanbul Fire Service. WHAT … [Read more...]
Tragic news from Istanbul, Turkey as a fire department aerial tower failed resulting in the Line of Duty Death of a Firefighter and the critical injuring of another. From the below videos-the rig looks to be relatively new-if not brand new. When the ladder of the truck broke … [Read more...]
Two people inside a stolen car were killed when they crashed into a suburban Denver fire station while trying to flee police. A Westminster police officer found himself behind the stolen vehicle just after 2 Thursday morning and tried to pull it over, but the driver refused to … [Read more...]
An 18-year-old volunteer firefighter was badly injured in a crash on Monday morning while responding to an emergency in Johnston County. Thornton was responding to a medical call in his role with the Blackman's Crossroads Fire Department. Firefighter Cecil Dale Thornton, a … [Read more...]
A North Carolina volunteer Firefighter was seriously injured after being ejected from his truck in a single vehicle accident in Johnston County (SE of Raleigh). The crash was reported at 0924 hours yesterday (Monday) south of Four Oaks. Firefighter Cecil Dale Thornton, 18, … [Read more...]