We regret to pass on that Assistant Chief Charles “Chuck” Scottini (Laramie County, Wyoming) passed away peacefully with his family by his side this morning, April 24th, 2021 after a long 6 month battle with COVID 19. Chuck contracted COVID while on a wildland fire assignment in … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that Seguin (near San Antonio) Texas, Firefighter/Paramedic Roger Dean (age 31) died yesterday after a battle with COVID-19 in a Houston hospital. Dean has been with the Seguin Fire Department since 2018 and was promoted to Field Training Officer in 2019. … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that Midfield (Alabama) Fire Chief Donald Jones died Wednesday afternoon. Chief Jones, 59, died around noon Wednesday after going into cardiac arrest during lunch. The Chief has served Midfield since 2020, coming to the city after spending 26 years with the … [Read more...]
By Liz Bishop, CBS Albany Asst. Chief Jim Brooks Jr. of Whitehall suffered a ruptured aorta while responding to a fire in the town of Dresden last May. He died four months later after complications set in. The 45-year-old Brooks reportedly racked up nearly a million dollars … [Read more...]
This Thursday (tomorrow), April 22, 2021, at 1300 hours eastern. the NFFF will feature a webinar with Deputy Chief James Forgo, Prince William County (VA) Fire and Rescue Department. Chief Forgo will talk about the tragic fire in that large residential structure that killed … [Read more...]
WATERTOWN — National investigators were in Watertown for three days talking to city fire department officials and family members as part of their investigations into what caused the death of city firefighter Peyton L.S. Morse, who suffered a medical emergency while he was … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER & EMS COVID UPDATE: NOTE: A 23 year old Massachusetts Firefighter is in a medically induced coma. Brett Bertram, Firefighter-EMT with the Plainville FD, came down with the virus last weekend and his condition worsened to the point where he had to be taken to … [Read more...]
Two Firefighters were killed in the Line of Duty, one was injured and one civilian is unaccounted for, after an electricity storage facility caught fire in southern Beijing (China) yesterday. A total of 235 firefighters and 47 fire companies worked the fire at the storage … [Read more...]
State and national investigators were at the state fire academy Wednesday as part of their investigations into what caused the death of city firefighter Peyton Lane S. Morse, who suffered a medical emergency while he was involved in a training exercise there in early … [Read more...]
As a follow-up to last evenings TSL posting, Lacon-Sparland (IL) Firefighter Chaise Mangold died from injuries sustained on April 10 in a fire at a family property. FF Mangold, 21, was working on a truck when gas fumes built up in the shed, and there was an explosion about 1515 … [Read more...]