Trumbull Street was a very small street located in the South End of Boston, near West Brookline and Tremont Streets. On the night of October 1, 1964, a passerby spotted a fire on Trumbull Street and pulled Box 1671 located at Shawmut Ave. and West Brookline Street. Fire Alarm … [Read more...]
$600 GOOF IN TA’S NEW FIRE RADIOS
The NY/NJ Transit Authority lost $600,000 - and precious time - when a project to improve radio communications for firefighters handling emergencies in underwater tunnels was scuttled, the Daily News has learned. TA-hired engineering companies spent at least two years … [Read more...]
‘TIPSY’ BRAVEST A LITTLE TOO BRAVE
September 23, 2006 -- An allegedly drunk off-duty city firefighter answered the alarm at a North Jersey shopping center by rushing to the scene in a stolen firetruck - and nearly hitting first responders at the scene, police said yesterday."I'm on the way!" Bronx firefighter … [Read more...]
DRUNK FIREFIGHTER CHARGED-STOLE & RESPONDED WITH APPARATUS
A firefighter from Rockland County (N.Y.) has been charged with DWI after he reportedly stole a fire truck and drove it to a fire in New Jersey. The firefighter, Ray Oprey, was reportedly drunk when he said he heard fire sirens in Rockleigh and headed to the firehouse to … [Read more...]
MIAMI-DADE FIRE OFFICIALS DISCIPLINED IN RECRUIT’S DEATH
MIAMI -- Three years after Miami-Dade firefighter recruit Wayne Mitchell died during a training exercise, some fire officials are now facing disciplinary action. In August 2003, Mitchell went into a burn room in Port Everglades, which was meant to simulate the smoke and fire he … [Read more...]
N.C. FIREFIGHTER STRUCK & KILLED DOING HYDRANT DUTY
TAR HEEL, N.C. -- A volunteer firefighter was killed in an on-duty crash early Friday morning on Highway 87 outside Tar Heel, while a second person was hospitalized in critical condition. Ron Allen, who served in the Tar Heel Fire Department, was marking fire hydrants along … [Read more...]
FDNY FF’S RETIRING AT HIGH RATES DUE TO MEDICAL
September 21, 2006 -- New York's firefighters are retiring at five times pre-9/11 rates because of heart and lung diseases blamed on the attacks, the department's chief medical officer said yesterday during a Washington meeting with congressional leaders. "In the work they do, … [Read more...]