All, We regret to pass on that Rutland-Dundee Fire Protection District Firefighter Greg Witt has died following a medical emergency that occurred during that scheduled training exercise on Wednesday, October 21. Firefighter Witt joined the Rutland-Dundee Fire Protection District in January 2019. He was also a proud United States Marine, and he gave his life...Read More
All, We regret to pass on that two Polish Firefighters were killed while operating at a fire. It happened on October 16 in Nisko, a town in southeastern Poland. A shop and warehouse selling farm machinery parts caught fire. As the fire spread, it cut off the way out for two of them, Firefighters Wojciech...Read More
All, We regret to pass on that U.S. Forest Service Firefighter Kaitlyn “KK” Gallagher of Alexandria, Louisiana was killed in the Line of Duty. FF Gallagher died on October 14 as she was hit by a tree when responding to the Broken Creek Fire, a 10-acre wildfire which is now contained, that happened in Rapides...Read More
A judge has given the City of Cleveland three weeks to turn over records after a fire cadet’s family said he died during a racist hazing incident. On Wednesday, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Timothy McCormick issued the order after hearing arguments in the civil case between the family of Symeon Williams and...Read More
A Baltimore judge granted a defense motion to toss three counts of second-degree murder against the man charged in the 2022 Stricker Street fire. James Barnett, 58, is on trial for the fire that killed three Baltimore City firefighters and seriously injured a fourth. The state and defense rested their cases late Tuesday afternoon, and...Read More
All, We regret to pass on that the Buckholts Volunteer Fire Department (SE of Temple, Texas) is mourning the loss of one of their Firefighters who died in the Line of Duty in a single vehicle crash while responding to a call yesterday. Twenty-six-year-old Rick Joseph Fuentes was responding to that grass-fire call when the...Read More
