Perhaps you caught the rant by JJ Watt and thought the same thing some of us did. Some Firefighters? Some Fire Officers? Some Fire Chiefs? If you didn't - take a look-we've attached it for you so you can share it as well. Or maybe not. It's a simple but no BS message that … [Read more...]
The West Virginia State Fire Marshal’s Office has identified arson as the cause of an early morning Sunday fire that resulted in the Line of Duty death of that 38 year old W.Va. Air National Guard Firefighter. The airman assigned to the 167th Airlift Wing in Martinsburg was … [Read more...]
Grim news this morning out of the eastern panhandle area of West Virginia (I-81 area south of the Maryland line, west of the DC area) where a Firefighter was killed in the Line of Duty at a fire in the area of Kearneysville during the night. Initial reports are that members were … [Read more...]
NASHVILLE EXPLOSION: Here is some of the Nashville FD initial radio traffic from this morning's … [Read more...]
The Oklahoma City Fire Department is mourning the death of a Firefighter who died after his battle with COVID-19. Major Andy Davis with Fire Station 10-C, a 20-year veteran of the department, succumbed to his hard-fought battle with COVID-19 Thursday afternoon-Christmas eve. … [Read more...]
On Christmas eve 2012, Firefighters Tomasz Kaczowka, 19 and Michael Chiapperini, 43 were shot and killed in an ambush attack in West Webster, New York. It was a fire call, on Christmas eve, a car fire with an exposure, the sort of “so called routine job” that all of us turn … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that veteran FDNY EMT has succumbed to the coronavirus, becoming the 12th FDNY member claimed by the pandemic. EMT Evelyn Ford, currently assigned to the Emergency Medical Dispatch unit with 27 years of service with FDNY/NYC-EMS, died late yesterday. She was … [Read more...]
Best friends who served for decades as Firefighters in Lower Paxton Township have now both died of the coronavirus. Edward F. Hine dedicated 55 years of his life to the Colonial Park Fire Co. He joined the department Sept. 1, 1966 at the age of 25, and filled various … [Read more...]
A wonderful man that nearly everyone who ever attended FDIC in Indy will recognize, has sadly passed away. We regret to pass on the sudden death of Rodger J. Birchfield, longtime photographer and historian of the Indianapolis Fire Department. Birchfield, 81, was just 10 days away … [Read more...]
A drag race resulted in major damage to a fire station in Manatee County (Florida, near Bradenton) fire station around 0600 this morning. While the driver was left with critical injuries, the Firefighters in quarters were uninjured. Southern Manatee Fire District station 5 (on … [Read more...]