By KCTV: A man in Missouri serving life in connection with the deaths of six Kansas City firefighters will soon be getting released from prison. The United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri vacated Richard R. Brown’s life sentence. The court resentenced Brown to time served. Brown was convicted in 1997 in...Read More
By KETK: A firefighter died in Titus County on Friday as the Tri-Lakes Volunteer Fire Department was responding to the scene of a grass fire. According to a witness at the scene, firefighters responded to the 1400 block of FM 21 in the Blodgett community on Friday to battle a reported tractor fire that had...Read More
All, We regret to pass on that Washington DC Fire & EMS Department Battalion Fire Chief Keith T. Long, died in the Line of Duty suddenly on Wednesday, February 4, 2026. Chief Long collapsed during a department function. Chief Long, who had been with the department for 38 years, was the Safety Battalion Chief. He...Read More
By IAFF: Congress has approved a 2026 funding package advancing key IAFF priorities, including protecting health care for 9/11 responders through the World Trade Center Health Program, and boosting fire service staffing and equipment grants nationwide. The package was signed into law by President Donald Trump, officially funding the U.S. government through Sept. 30, 2026....Read More
The below NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP) report and slides were published this morning: F2023-03 NY: Career Firefighter Dies While Trapped during Overpressure Events in a Mixed-Use Structure – New York Report: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/firefighters/programs/pdfs/f202303.pdf Slides: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/firefighters/programs/pdfs/f202303RS.pdf This report is NIOSH’s final pre-2025 case. FFFIPP continues to accept requests for serious injury and...Read More
Today is January 23, 2026, an important fire service date “we must know.” January 23, 2005, was “Black Sunday” in New York when FDNY Lt. Curtis W. Meyran (covering Ladder 27 that day) and FF John G. Bellew (Ladder 27) died in the Line of Duty at an apartment fire in the Bronx. Four other...Read More
