Recently, an FDNY member experienced a potentially life-threatening close call while operating on the roof of a multiple dwelling fire. After completing a roof cut, a member lifted a saw while the blade was still rotating and inadvertently swung it toward another firefighter. The rotating blade cut through the nearby member’s bunker coat at chest...Read More
A judge has given the City of Cleveland three weeks to turn over records after a fire cadet’s family said he died during a racist hazing incident. On Wednesday, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Timothy McCormick issued the order after hearing arguments in the civil case between the family of Symeon Williams and...Read More
A Baltimore judge granted a defense motion to toss three counts of second-degree murder against the man charged in the 2022 Stricker Street fire. James Barnett, 58, is on trial for the fire that killed three Baltimore City firefighters and seriously injured a fourth. The state and defense rested their cases late Tuesday afternoon, and...Read More
A Firefighter faces charges after being accused of driving under the influence while operating a responding fire apparatus in Smithfield, Virginia. On September 21, the apparatus was responding to a possible structure fire when it crashed and overturned. Officials say the driver, a 31-year-old Firefighter, was transported to a local hospital for evaluation and later...Read More
We all join the Hayward (California) FIre Department and the Hayward Firefighters IAFF Local 1909 in mourning the loss of Brother Firefighter Paramedic Travis Foster. Travis has served the Hayward community since February 2018 and was a deeply valued member of our department and Local 1909. After struggling with PTSD and the cumulative impacts of his...Read More
In his 1863 Gettysburg Address, President Abe Lincoln spoke at the dedication of a national cemetery for soldiers who died at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. Lincoln’s short (1 minute & 56 seconds) redefined the purpose of the war as a fight to preserve a democracy where self-government would survive…..in his words the...Read More
