The NFFF has postponed the annual Fallen Firefighter memorial weekend as per NFFF Chair Troy Markel. This is due to the pandemic situation and related logistics. While disappointing, it is important to know that the nation's fallen Firefighters will not be forgotten. On October … [Read more...]
Five people including four Firefighters were taken to hospital in the early hours of this morning after a fire engine crashed on its way to an emergency in south London. Six people were injured in total and had to be cut from the engine and a Range Rover following the incident … [Read more...]
(Video Below) Madison EMT Althea Bernstein, who is Black, told police she was attacked by four white men who sprayed her with lighter fluid and called her the N-word. Madison EMT Althea Bernstein, who is currently studying to become a firefighter and paramedic, told police four … [Read more...]
After several months of avoiding an infection, officials with The Woodlands Fire Department on Friday confirmed three of the more than 140 firefighters on duty had tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Another eight firefighters are in quarantine after being possibly … [Read more...]
More than 200 Jacksonville firefighters are now in self-quarantine under contact guidelines established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after two Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department firefighters tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week. Mayor Lenny … [Read more...]
A garden style apartment building on Spa Road partially collapsed on firefighters Thursday afternoon in Annapolis as they were battling a blaze that had enveloped all three floors, city fire officials said. One Anne Arundel County firefighter was injured in the fire, Capt. Aaron … [Read more...]
This fire has intrigued me from when I first learned about it as a very young Firefighter, so I wanted to pass it on as today is the anniversary. June 26 1964: Marshall’s Creek (PA, about 2 hours NW of NYC) Firefighter’s responded to the community fire siren sounding-it was a … [Read more...]
As a followup to the Line of Duty death of West Virginia Firefighter Russ Roberson, a "friend" of his and fellow Firefighter was arrested for murder and arson yesterday. Robert Lee Beckner, 36, of Iaeger, is charged with first-degree murder and three counts of first-degree … [Read more...]
Russ Roberson, a firefighter in the small town of Iaeger in McDowell County, was fighting a three-structure-wide fire before he tragically lost his life. The Iaeger Volunteer Fire Department had originally extinguished that same fire earlier in the night, but according to State … [Read more...]
Police early Tuesday arrested the man they say killed one woman and injured two others in a shooting at an Applebee's restaurant in northwest St. Louis County. The gunman was a customer at the restaurant in St. John when he left his table about 9:20 p.m. Monday, went outside to … [Read more...]