These PA Firefighters had difficult challenges-but were able to keep fighting the fire. A good reminder on apparatus positioning, securing our rigs the best we can (and sometimes, that may not even work!) and always thinking about "what else" may go wrong. No one was … [Read more...]
Firefighters clearing the scene of an attic fire at a Clifton home were swiftly evacuated after workers identified live hand grenades and other weapons in the house.The single-family home on Hillman Street is occupied by a couple and their 20-year-old daughter, said Clifton … [Read more...]
We hope that former EPA chief Christie Whitman is paying attention to the below study...remember her, and her assurances that it was "safe" for Firefighters, Cops, EMT's and other responders to breathe the air around the fallen World Trade Center? It made … [Read more...]
Hamilton County - Police say 22 cars and nine semi-trailers were involved in a deadly chain reaction crash on I-69 Tuesday morning. Three people were killed in the crash, which occurred around 9:45 am. A total of eleven victims were transported to the … [Read more...]
As posted earlier, a 3-year-old girl was killed in Trenton (New Jersey) during last nights accident and a 3-year-old boy suffered fractures in both of his legs. The crash occurred between the Trenton fire apparatus and a Ford Pickup. The driver of the apparatus was identified as … [Read more...]
Seekonk Firefighters were just feet away from tragedy last night (Wednesday) when a roof collapsed in a building that they were inside. Their incident began when a monitored sprinkler alarm sounded in a mixed-use industrial building and the FD responded to investigate. It … [Read more...]
Two members of the Crofton Volunteer Fire Department were transported to to the hospital after their tank-truck overturned while on the way to a fire.Crofton VFD Capt. Rodney Boyce said that the firefighters were responding to a report of a possible gas explosion and a garage on … [Read more...]