Kripplebush Firefighter Bill O'Connell can drive a company firetruck to and from an emergency scene. So can one other firefighter in his department.But unless they're headed to an emergency, hundreds of volunteer firefighters in the region are breaking the law every time … [Read more...]
Two firefighters were injured while battling a two-alarm house fire in south Houston Sunday afternoon. Firefighters arrived at the working house fire in the 5700 block of Martin Luther King around 4:45 p.m. and received reports that children might still be inside. A second … [Read more...]
Austin City Manager Marc Ott no longer plans to cut library hours to save money. But he said he does want some firetrucks to at times operate with fewer firefighters.Ott on Thursday announced those changes to the $20 million cost-cutting plan he unveiled earlier this month.He had … [Read more...]
Officials who oversee Provincetown (MA) 75 volunteer firefighters — still reeling from a ladder truck crash caused by an alleged drunken driver — are considering explicit rules about drinking and coming to work.The board of fire engineers is thinking about … [Read more...]
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...]