2/25/1882 a Corvallis, Oregon firefighter died at a grain mill fire when a wall of the structure collapsed and fell on him. 2/25/1900 a Detroit, MI firefighter died of the injuries he sustained after being caught under a falling smokestack. 2/25/1936 a Terre Haute, IN … [Read more...]

2/24/1857 a Springfield, OH firefighter was killed from the crushing injuries he sustained while operating at a house fire, when a portico had fell on him. 2/24/1862 a Boston, MA firefighter suffocated from heavy smoke, during at a four-alarm fire in the building at North … [Read more...]

2/23/1991 One Meridian Plaza fire claimed the lives of three firefighters in Philadelphia, PA, one of the most significant high-rise fires in U.S. history. “Construction on the 492’ tower began in 1968, was completed in 1972 and approved for occupancy in 1973. Built at the corner … [Read more...]

2/22/1922 a Manitowoc, WI firefighter died after he was overcome by smoke while fighting a fire at the meat market, grocery store and residence 2205 Marshall Street, around midnight. He died from the effects without regaining consciousness. With other members of the company he … [Read more...]

2/21/1897 a Hartford, CT firefighter “died of the injuries he sustained while operating at Box 26.” 2/21/1899 a Milwaukee, Wisconsin firefighter died from injuries he received at the Wisconsin Chair Company fire in Port Washington, WI. On 2/19/1899 at 9:15 p.m. a fire was … [Read more...]

2/20/2003 The Station Nightclub fire at 211 Cowesett Avenue, Warwick, RI left over one-hundred dead and more than two-hundred injured. The fire started at 11:08 p.m. while the band Great White opened with the song “Desert Moon” using pyrotechnics devices as part of their act that … [Read more...]

2/19/1901 four New Haven, CT firefighters were killed after they were crushed in a wall collapse. 2/19/1902 two Milwaukee, WI firefighters were killed by a falling wall at Smith Steel Casting fire, on Barclay Street. 2/19/1912 a Saint Paul, MN firefighter “died in a fall … [Read more...]