All, Yesterday, the FDNY, and the fire service as a whole, lost Chief Steve Geraghty from WTC related disease. Steve also served with the Rockville Centre VFD on Long Island as well as an Instructor with the Nassau County Fire Service Academy. In his honor the Bureau of Training … [Read more...]
===THIS THURSDAY: FROM THE INCIDENT COMMANDER AND THE RETIRED CHIEF WHO LOST HIS SON ON A HIGHWAY INCIDENT The monthly NFFF Connect webinar is coming up this Thursday and it will be a special one. It will be about a vehicle crash on an interstate that killed heroic Virginia … [Read more...]
It’s been two months since Apopka firefighter Austin Duran died in the Line of Duty after a trailer filled with sand fell on top of him. The 12-page Apopka police report includes several witness interviews, including one with the firefighter who was sent to help Duran move the … [Read more...]
Probably like you, I like to watch (with intentional self-control) what people are “putting out there” online, and lately, there has been a lot of chatter related to firefighting and searching in vacant buildings. One example: Some reacted negatively on social media to a … [Read more...]
A medical examination found that the death of an on-duty Sun City (AZ) Firefighter in June stemmed from an accidental drug overdose. Shane Godbehere, 36, died in his sleep while he was working at Station 131. He was a 15-year veteran of the department. His sudden death stunned … [Read more...]
All, Once again, we all have an opportunity to HONESTLY use this information to look at our own departments, our own first alarm assignment agencies and mutual aid. Please don't ignore this report....it is JAM PACKED with information for all of us...information we can learn … [Read more...]
At 5 p.m. on August 11, 2021, Frederick County Fire Captain Joshua Laird fell through the first floor of a burning house into the basement. Fifteen minutes later, his body was brought out. An after action report of the death released Friday highlights a host of issues that … [Read more...]