Below is the link to the Myrtle Beach Police radio traffic, where Police Officer Jacob Hancher was shot and killed in the Line of Duty, and another injured. Officer Hancher was killed Saturday after a shooting near Yaupon Drive in Myrtle Beach o Saturday evening. Following the … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that a 53-year-old Fire Chief from Italy was killed in the Line of Duty yesterday. The volunteer Fire Chief, Rinaldo Challancin, from Arnad (NW Italy), was killed while operating during massive storms when a tree fell on him during a rescue operation in the … [Read more...]
According to a letter sent to New York lawmakers late Wednesday, the U.S. Treasury Department has agreed to stop siphoning cash away from the Fire Department’s 9/11 treatment program, but it remains unclear when or if the FDNY would get its missing money back. The federal … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that a South Holland, Illinois (near Chicago) Firefighter died in the Line of Duty during a dive training session in Kankakee Wednesday afternoon. The incident took place at Haigh Quarry. Firefighter Dylan Cunningham, 29, of Thornton died at 2240 last night … [Read more...]
The next installment of the IC to IC program on NFFF Connect is TODAY September 24th at 1:00 pm EST. They will be having a discussion with Assistant Chief Robert Wilkins, Philadelphia Fire Department , the Incident Commander of that house fire that killed a Firefighter in … [Read more...]
Salem Fire Chief Rick Todd, has died due to complications from COVID-19. Salem is near Clarksburg. By all accounts, he was a very popular Chief & Instructor. He was also a retired Captain and an original member of the career staff of Bridgeport Fire Department and a founding … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that Firefighter/EMT Charles C. “Dog” Woods, age 58 died in the Line of Duty yesterday, Wednesday September 23, 2020 while on the scene of a house fire in Marion, VA. Both the Adwolfe & Marion FD's responded to that fire around 0206 hours. The occupant was … [Read more...]
The Idaho Statesman One person is dead after a single-engine airplane fighting the Schill Fire crashed to the ground outside of Emmett on Tuesday evening, according to Idaho Fire Information, which is operated by the Bureau of Land Management. On Wednesday, BLM said pilot … [Read more...]
In New Jersey, Samantha Gill, a South Jersey Firefighter - EMT who responded to the World Trade Center following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks died Friday at her home after a lengthy illness. She was 46. “She had the personality of an angel who would always compliment you … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that Volusia County EMS Paramedic Gerald "Jerry" Jones died after a battle with COVID-19, passing away on Sunday, September 20, 2020. Paramedic Jones was quarantined on Aug. 6 after he was exposed to someone who had tested positive for coronavirus, … [Read more...]