State workplace regulators said Monday they have launched an investigation into the death of an inmate firefighter in San Diego County this month, the second fatality involving a prison firefighter in California this year. In fact, the only state firefighters to be killed in the line of duty this year were prisoners, Cal Fire officials...Read More
Sadly, these days, the “active shooter” run is more common than any of us would like. And more so than ever, fire / EMS departments are involved at different levels-from responding-to becoming the tragic victims. Active-shooter incidents are a classic high-risk, low-frequency event. Most firefighters may never experience one-but the potential is always there….and for...Read More
The Firefighter who died in the Line of Duty Tuesday was severely cut with a chainsaw that another inmate Firefighter was using while they were working together to fight a fire. Firefighter Frank Anaya, 22, was tasked with clearing brush cut by another Firefighter to build a fire containment line around a mobile home park....Read More
A Firefighter died in the Line of Duty yesterday from injuries sustained with a chainsaw while battling a brush fire near Lakeside, California. A chainsaw hit one of the main arteries in his leg, leading to the death of Firefighter Frank Anaya, an inmate Firefighter in the Line of Duty. Firefighter Anaya, 22, was working...Read More
We regret to pass on the Line of Duty Death of Firefighter William “Bill” Jaros, a Forest Service Firefighter for more than 12 years, most recently as a member of Engine 312 on the forest’s Gasquet Ranger District/Smith River National Recreation Area in California. Last Saturday, July 8, Firefighter Jaros was on a conditioning hike...Read More
Chief Clarence Edward Wilburn II, a longtime Firefighter and Paramedic who responded to Ground Zero and served as a first responder in the wake of 9/11, died Wednesday in Hospice of Northwest Ohio in South Toledo. He was 58. He had pulmonary fibrosis, thought to be a result of breathing the dust, smoke, and ash...Read More
