There will be a Lexipol & IAFC webinar next week, Wednesday, September 16, 1 pm Eastern / 10 am Pacific and it will be featuring: -FDNY Chief of Department John Sudnik... -Seattle Fire Chief Harold Scoggins... -Chief of Champaign IL Fire Chief Gary Ludwig (Immediate Past … [Read more...]
As a warning, this is an absolute commentary about fireground radio use, so if that's not something you're interested in, skip to your next page-or change channels. See what I did there? And in addition, I'll start out with a disclosure. I have a significant history of … [Read more...]
A Seattle man is being charged with shooting a Portland Firefighter with a ball bearing during a riot in July. Jesse Herman Bates, 38, was hit with a civil disorder complaint in the July 13 attack on the Portland Firefighter with a “wrist-rocket” style slingshot at the scene of a … [Read more...]
The Columbia (SC) Fire Department had to break up an overcrowded pool party where hundreds of revelers ignored the city’s mask ordinance and social distancing mandates. At about 6 p.m. on Saturday, the fire department got tips from concerned citizens about a massive pool party … [Read more...]
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — Following two shootings in a little more than two months, an Elizabeth City fire station is on track to get bulletproof walls. Shots were most recently fired July 15 near the station on Harney Street, which is manned 24-hours a day. At least one round went … [Read more...]
WASHINGTON (WJLA) — When D.C. firefighters responded to the report of a fire in Northeast Thursday evening, a man suspected of setting the fire attacked Fire Engine 8. As they were trying to put out the fire, which was outside in the 300 block of 18th St. NE, the man became … [Read more...]
When D.C. firefighters responded to the report of a fire in Northeast Thursday evening, a man suspected of setting the fire attacked Fire Engine 8. As they were trying to put out the fire, which was outside in the 300 block of 18th St. NE, the man became aggressive toward the … [Read more...]
A man from Patten (Maine) is facing charges Tuesday after threatening to shoot a Firefighter. 49-year-old Fred Whitney called the Patten Town Office a little after 10:00 a.m. saying Firefighter allegedly cut him off and threatening to shoot that Firefighter. Whitney later called … [Read more...]
Maryland's Montgomery County Fire Rescue CO. 8 Firefighters in Gaithersburg were awakened to the sounds of gunshots IAO an adjacent lot to the rear of their quarters this weekend. Police arrived and found 1 adult gunshot victim who was transported with serious life threatening … [Read more...]
VIRGINIA BEACH — On Wednesday, Virginia Beach Fire Chief David Hutcheson stood in the same location at Atlantis Apartments where paramedics tried to save the life of a Virginia Beach man who lost control of his motorcycle on June 28. A memorial with candles, flowers … [Read more...]