Amid loving memories and hundreds of photographs, Elizabeth Greene spent yesterday preparing to eulogize her husband, volunteer firefighter Michael Greene, who died in the line of duty."We're all just absolutely devastated," said Elizabeth, 42, who'd been married to Greene for 15 … [Read more...]
FDNY HONOR FOR FATHER’S DAY HEROES
The FDNY honored three fallen firefighters with a new rig yesterday as their loved ones marked the five-year anniversary of a fatal Father's Day blaze in Queens that claimed the lives of "the best of the Bravest.""It's a painful remembrance," said Denise Ford, whose husband … [Read more...]
A Saturday fire injured four firefighters, destroyed a vacant house and required a neighboring family to evacuate when their house also succumbed to the blaze. The fire in a vacant house at 2311 Bowie St. was reported at 12:45 p.m. Firefighters arrived to find that house … [Read more...]
CITY & FF’S FAMILY – POSSIBLE SETTLEMENT-MEMPHIS HELL NIGHT
Memphis attorneys and the family of a firefighter injured during Hell Night are talking about a possible settlement. The former recruit spent nearly two months in a coma and now the family wants the city to pay up.It was all about alleged hazing at the Memphis fire department … [Read more...]
CALIF. FIREFIGHTER BURNED: KNEES & LEGS
A Vallejo firefighter suffered burns on her knees and lower legs while fighting a fire at a Vallejo apartment complex Thursday morning. A dog also perished in the blaze at 121 Louisiana Street, Capt. Paige Meyer said. The blaze started in the kitchen and spread to a … [Read more...]
INADEQUATE PLANNING BLAMED FOR FIREFIGHTER’S DEATH IN TRAINING
MONTREAL (CP) -- Inadequate planning for a water rescue training manoeuvre was one of the causes behind the boating accident that killed a 20-year-old Hudson, Que., volunteer firefighter last June. That is among the findings of a workplace safety board investigation into the … [Read more...]
CITY FIREFIGHTER’S HEROIC EFFORT SAVES TWO BOYS
LANCASTER CITY, PA - Without so much as an oxygen mask, goggles or helmet, veteran firefighter Terry Bracken rushed into a burning Lancaster city home Tuesday morning and carried out two unconscious children. The boys, who are 2 and 4, were trapped in a second-floor bedroom … [Read more...]