It was 112 degrees beneath a cloudless sky, and a firefighter battling the still-nascent Route fire near Castaic was in need of medical assistance. The next alert came five minutes later. "It started one, then another, and then there was a page that covered two of them," … [Read more...]
A new article (and an online firefighter training program) “Hierarchy of Contamination Control in the Fire Service” co-authored by some phenominal fire service scientists Gavin Horn, Kenny Fent, Denise Smith, and Steve Kerber, has been published. This document covers fire service … [Read more...]
The Fire Chief as well as the father of Watertown NY Firefighter Peyton Morse has been subpoenaed to testify in front of a New York grand jury investigating Morse’s death after a training incident. Watertown Fire Chief Matt Timerman has also been subpoenaed. Chief Timerman and … [Read more...]
Lower Manhattan’s 9/11 Tribute Museum —founded by FDNY Rescue 2 Firefighter (Ret) Lee Ielpi, father of Fallen FDNY Firefighter Jnathan Ielpi (9/11/01) a nearly 30,000-square-foot space located three blocks from the World Trade Center site — closed its doors yesterday afternoon, … [Read more...]
The rental house that was the scene of a fire that killed the two Maryland sisters on vacation with their family in Noyak (Town of Southampton, Sag Harbor Long Island, NY) earlier this month did not have a rental permit or working smoke alarms. Sisters Jillian Wiener, 21 and … [Read more...]
A Palm Beach Gardens Firefighter has died after a hard fought battle with cancer. Captain Brian Wolnewitz, 44, lost his battle with stage 4 lung cancer Tuesday morning. Wolnewitz was a Suncoast High School graduate who went on to the University of Florida before attending … [Read more...]
Two Akron firefighters were injured early Monday when a house exploded while they were battling a fire. Firefighters were called to the home on Winton Ave. just before 2:30 a.m. When they arrived, they found flames in the back of the home. Moments later, the house exploded. … [Read more...]