12 firefighters are recovering this morning. They were hurt when a home exploded in the town of Constantia, NY. The owner was returning home when she notice thick smoke coming from the house last night. She and a neighbor called 9-1-1. When firefighters arrived, there … [Read more...]
SC ASS’T FIRE CHIEF DIES AT SCENE
Update: The coronor says the death does not appear to be heat related. A Low Country firefighter died today on duty at the scene of a house fire. Assistant Chief Lee Walters with the Sheldon Township Fire Department on Bray's Island collapsed after 20 minutes on the … [Read more...]
3 OHIO FF’S HURT AT VACANT BUILDING FIRE
Three firefighters were taken to the hospital after a late-night 4-alarm fire at a business in St. Clair Township near Cincinnati. The fire started at a vacant building on Hamilton-Eaton Road that once housed a tool rental company. Witnesses reported seeing several people running … [Read more...]
ASBURY - This Marshall County community is mourning the death of a 17-year-old junior volunteer firefighter who was killed Wednesday night when a firetruck answering an alarm lost its brakes, smashed through the railing of a single-lane bridge and tumbled into a creek.Alethea … [Read more...]
“HELL NIGHT” FIREFIGHTER LAW SUIT SETTLED
The family of a Memphis Fire Department recruit who spent eight weeks in a coma following a training exercise known as "hell night" has settled a lawsuit with the city.43-year-old James Coleman suffered permanent brain injury after he collapsed October 12th, 2004, following a … [Read more...]
Salt Lake City FD Hazardous materials crews responded to a hydrochloric acid spill in Salt Lake City. Officials said the acid is threatening a nearby tank of sulfuric acid. and two firefighters were injured after inhaling the fumes. The spill happened at 2200 West 1100 … [Read more...]
CAL & NEV FIREFIGHTERS BURNED IN WILDLAND FIRE
Six firefighters have been injured battling a wildfire northwest of Winnemucca, the Bureau of Land Management said Wednesday. Three of the six were flown to Humboldt General Hospital in Winnemucca. Two then were flown to the burn center at University Medical Center in Las Vegas. … [Read more...]