By Jim McKeever Staff writer A DeWitt muffler and brake shop got an unexpected drive-through customer Wednesday. A 200-pound tire came loose from an East Syracuse firetruck, rolled about 1,000 feet down Erie Boulevard East and crashed through a window at Monro Muffler Brake. No … [Read more...]
By Eyewitness News' Ken Rosato (New York-WABC, June 4, 2005) — A police officer remains hospitalized this morning, after a fire truck crashed into his car in the Bronx. The officer was on his way to work when the accident happened. The fire truck was on a call. Eyewitness … [Read more...]
L.A. FIREFIGHTER DEATH PROMPTS “WARNING” TO FIRE DEPT’S NATIONWIDE
LOS ANGELES – Fire departments nationwide are being urged to ban rides on the back of engines after a rookie Los Angeles firefighter was run over last year. The death of Jaime L. Foster prompted an investigation by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. … [Read more...]
UPDATE & FOLLOWUP: FIREFIGHTER CRITICALLY INJURED IN PA.
A while back we emailed you about a firefighter critically injured at a structure fire in Conshohocken, PA.. Here are the details and follow up. The ladder pipe was accidentally charged causing water to be sent through its straight, stacked tips at 90 P.S.I. The stream struck the … [Read more...]
REPORT SAYS CALIF. FIREFIGHTER’S DEATH ACCIDENTAL
May 25 (ABC7) — A state report says a Southern California wildfire that killed a Bay Area firefighter was deliberately set, but the tragic result was an accident. Novato firefighter Steve Rucker was killed in San Diego County almost two-years-ago, fighting a wildfire that … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER’S FAMILY OK’S $2.8 MILLION SETTLEMENT
Tuesday, May 24, 2005 By RENEE WINKLER Courier-Post Staff CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY The widow and adult sons of a West Deptford volunteer firefighter, who died of burns he suffered in a fire on New Year's Day 2001, agreed Monday to accept $2.8 million to settle a product liability case … [Read more...]
May 21, 2005-TWO MISSISSAUGA high school students setting off on a long weekend trip to Algonquin Park are in serious condition after a Mississauga fire truck rolled onto their compact car yesterday. Two fellow students suffered minor injuries in the noon-hour collision at Dundas … [Read more...]