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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — A Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Captain was shot and killed Monday evening. According to officials, the incident happened at the 4500 block of Artesa Way South. The victim, who was identified as James Gilliard, 48, was taken to the hospital, where … [Read more...]
This morning, a mentally ill individual threw a brick at an FDNY fire apparatus, and then chased the members of two companies with a knife. The subject then wounded himself when jumping the overpass, to which the same members he attacked then went to work trying to save his life … [Read more...]
A Houston Firefighter was injured while responding to a burning storage unit but not by heat or fire-a woman shot him with a pellet gun. Houston Fire Department Engine 82 was at a storage facility about 11:30 a.m. Friday in the 12400 block of Fondren Road. They were able to … [Read more...]
HOUSTON — A Houston firefighter was injured while responding to a burning storage unit but not by heat or flames. Investigators said a woman shot him with a pellet gun. Houston Fire Department Engine 82 was at a storage facility about 11:30 a.m. Friday in the 12400 block … [Read more...]