A Wilmington (Delaware) woman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for setting a fire that resulted in the deaths of three firefighters in 2016. Beatriz Fana-Ruiz was drunk and on anxiety medication when she set a fire in her father’s home on the 1900 block of Lakeview Road … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that a Summit Fire & EMS Firefighter fell to his death early this morning from the rooftop of a five-story condominium in Copper Mountain where he was operating at a fire. Ken Jones, 46, a beloved 20-year veteran of the fire department, had climbed to the … [Read more...]
For those younger readers of The Secret List & FireFighterCloseCalls.com , today, “Pearl Harbor Day” remembers the attack on Pearl Harbor, which was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States at our naval base at Pearl Harbor, … [Read more...]
Units responded to a crash involving a Forest Park fire-medic unit and car in Forest Park (near Cincinnati, Ohio) on Thursday night. The crash occurred at the intersection of Chase Plaza Drive and Smiley Avenue just after 9:30 p.m. Officials said three medics were initially … [Read more...]
THIS MORNING at 0345 hours, San Antonio Fire AP 35 was struck while blocking for traffic on 410 westbound at Ingram Rd. AP 35 personnel were inside their apparatus at the time of the incident. They then shifted to address the driver of the other car who was pinned. The other … [Read more...]
BLACKFORD COUNTY — Multiple people were seriously injured when an ambulance ran into the back of a semi trailer in Blackford County Monday morning. Blackford County Sheriff Jeff Sones said an IU Health Lifeline Ambulance was on an emergency transport to Muncie around 10 a.m. when … [Read more...]
One woman was critically injured and four firefighters were treated for injuries suffered Sunday morning on the city’s South Side in a crash that was apparently the result of faulty breaks on the fire engine. About 0700 hours, a CFD fire engine was headed north on South King … [Read more...]