On March 20, 2022 at approximately 1224, the Edgewater Park (OK) Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to a fire in the area of 766 NE Kings Road. The fire was originally reported as a structure fire but was later identified as a rapidly growing grass fire involving several … [Read more...]
NIOSH has released the report on the Line of Duty Death of Farmington (Maine) Fire Captain Michael Bell. Captain Bell was killed while investigating the smell of gas On September 16, 2019 at 0817 hours, an explosion occurred that leveled the building. The Captain, who was … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that a Comanche County/Lawton (SW of Oklahoma City) Firefighter has died in the Line of Duty at the Lake Ellsworth fire on Sunday, March 20, 2022. Crews are still working on the scene of the fire at this time. This afternoon, Comanche County and Lawton … [Read more...]
A Kansas City truck driver was indicted Friday on a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a Boone County Assistant Fire Chief. A Boone County (MO) grand jury entered the indictment against Kevin Brunson for his role in the death of Bryant Gladney, an Assistant … [Read more...]
The Eastland County Sheriff’s Office released information into the Line of Duty death of one of their deputies. Deputy Sgt. Barbara Fenley, 51, died on Thursday trying to evacuate people from the rapidly moving fires. One of the fires crossed into Carbon, Texas where multiple law … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that a Firefighter with the Ebenezer (north of Springfield in Missouri) Fire Protection District died in the Line of Duty in an apparatus crash while responding to a fire call. Firefighter Dustin Brandhorst, 36, died in the crash last night. The crash … [Read more...]
A 49-year-old Firefighter was killed in the Line of Duty at a fire at the former Sheraton hotel on Place Rogier in Brussels (Belgium) this morning. Firefighter Sgt Major Jean-François Spelmans, became trapped under the rubble of a collapsed escalator. The fire in the hotel, where … [Read more...]