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REPORT: Firefighter Killed: Shot During EMS Incident—Wisconsin

 Billy    January 21, 2021    No Comments

(LINK TO FULL REPORT BELOW) Firefighter Mitchell F. Lundgaard was a married father of three who joined the Appleton department in 2005. On May 15, 2019, Firefighter Lundgaard was killed, and a police officer and a civilian were injured after being shot while on an emergency … [Read more...]

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FDNY AMBULANCE WINDOW SMASHED BY BOLT, CREW OK

 Rick Markley    January 2, 2021    No Comments

By John Annese, New York Daily News A large metal bolt smashed the window of a moving Fire Department EMS ambulance in Brooklyn, and police are looking into whether the object was intentionally thrown. The EMS crew was driving south on Marcus Garvey Blvd. near Quincy St. in … [Read more...]

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INITIAL FIRE RADIO TRAFFIC-NASHVILLE EXPLOSION

 Billy    December 25, 2020    No Comments

NASHVILLE EXPLOSION: Here is some of the Nashville FD initial radio traffic from this morning's … [Read more...]

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West Webster NY, Christmas Eve-Remembering “Multiple Firemen Down” (Radio Traffic, Learning Opportunity)

 Billy    December 24, 2020    No Comments

On Christmas eve 2012, Firefighters Tomasz Kaczowka, 19 and Michael Chiapperini, 43 were shot and killed in an ambush attack in West Webster, New York. It was a fire call, on Christmas eve, a car fire with an exposure, the sort of “so called routine job” that all of us turn … [Read more...]

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AGAIN: 2 FDNY EMS MEMBERS ROBBED AT GUNPOINT

 Billy    December 12, 2020    No Comments

Two FDNY EMS members were robbed at gunpoint after responding to a call for help at a Brooklyn apartment building. The unsuspecting medics went to 330 Frost St. in East Williamsburg around 0240 hours this morning (Saturday) after getting a run about someone with a “medical … [Read more...]

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NYC EMTs ROBBED AT GUNPOINT WHILE RESPONDING TO FAKE 9-1-1 CALL

 Billy    December 8, 2020    No Comments

A pair of Emergency Medical Technicians working for a Brooklyn (part of the FDNY 9-1-1 system response) hospital were robbed at gunpoint as they responded to a bogus 911 call at a NYCHA apartment building, officials and sources said today. The EMTs, a 28-year-old woman and a … [Read more...]

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CHARLOTTE FIRE APPARATUS STRUCK BY GUN FIRE AT SHOOTING SCENE

 Billy    December 7, 2020    No Comments

A Charlotte (NC) FD apparatus and two other cars were struck by bullets this morning in southwest Charlotte. Engine 5 was struck with a round in their windshield. They were responding to backup Engine 43 on a different shooting. Cops are investigating the shooting that happened … [Read more...]

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OUR LADY OF ANGELS & FIREFIGHTERS DECEMBER

 Billy    November 30, 2020    No Comments

The Our Lady of Angels fire anniversary (Dec. 1, 1958) in Chicago where 92 kids and four nuns lost their lives – a day in 1958 where the heroics of Chicago firefighters were well documented. 3 VIDEOS OF THE OUR LADY OF ANGELS SCHOOL … [Read more...]

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SHOOTING OF FIREFIGHTER ONCE AGAIN HIGHLIGHTS INCREASED DANGER FOR ALL FIRE & EMS PERSONNEL

 Billy    November 24, 2020    No Comments

Violence against Firefighters and related first responders has increased since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, according to D.C.’s acting chief of DC Fire & EMS John Donnelly, who said he’s still trying to come to grips with an incident Sunday where a firefighter/EMT was … [Read more...]

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D.C. FIREFIGHTER SHOT AT SCENE-MINOR INJURIES

 Billy    November 22, 2020    No Comments

Gunfire struck a D.C. Firefighter who was tending to a shooting victim in Southwest Washington, DC this evening. A man and a woman were shot about 1620 hours in the parking lot of a 7-Eleven on MLK Avenue. Someone fired more shots at the scene a short time later, striking a D.C. … [Read more...]

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