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...]

2/18/1860 two Boston, Massachusetts firefighters “were killed by falling walls from a building occupied by Manning and Glover, bedding merchants, at 42 Merchants Row, Downtown. Four-alarms were transmitted from Box District 1 - Station 1, during a howling snow storm. The collapse … [Read more...]

2/17/1888 a Louisville, KY firefighter “died from injuries resulting from a cistern exploding.” 2/17/1892 a Hartford, CT firefighter “died from the injuries he sustained while operating at Box 31.” 2/17/1899 “more than two hours after it was believed that the fire at … [Read more...]

2/16/1968 Senator Rankin Fite completed the first 9-1-1 call in the U.S. in Haleyville, Alabama. The Alabama Telephone Company was the service provider, this Haleyville 9-1-1 system is still in service today. On February 22, 1968, Nome, Alaska implemented the second 9-1-1 … [Read more...]

2/15/1952 a Norwich, CT firefighter died from the injuries he sustained after having fallen from an aerial ladder while operating at a fire. 2/15/1952 an Ames, Iowa firefighter died after being coming trapped in a fire in a downtown print shop 2/15/1953 a Miami, Florida … [Read more...]

2/14/2000 Houston, TX two firefighters lost their lives in a McDonald's restaurant arson fire at 12602 Bissonnet. The fire was reported at 4:30 a.m. Engine 76 was the first fire fighting unit on the scene 8 minutes later and reported 6-foot flames visible from the roof. The … [Read more...]

  2/13/1895 three Lynn, MA firefighters died “while operating at a fire on the first and second floors of a four-story frame hardware store. The fire rapidly shot through the roof and the building collapsed, burying twelve firefighters under tons of burning debris. One … [Read more...]

2/12/1852 a Boston, MA firefighter died “while operating at a fire that destroyed a commercial building, the Isaiah Howe’s Building, at 20 Kingston Street. He was killed when he was caught under a collapsing wall. Several other department members were badly injured.” 2/12/1924 … [Read more...]