A smoke explosion in the attic and downed electrical lines at a multi-unit building in Vallejo confronted firefighters with numerous challenges Tuesday. Firefighters had to declare mayday after the smoke explosion tore through the third floor of the home, Vallejo Fire … [Read more...]
TRUMANN, Ark. (KAIT/Gray News) – A man is in custody after officials say he tried to steal a firetruck Saturday while crews were working to extinguish a fire in Arkansas. Poinsett County Sheriff Kevin Molder said 34-year-old Freddie William English tried to jump into the truck … [Read more...]
DURHAM, N.C. -- Firefighters have a 9 percent higher risk of being diagnosed with cancer and a 14 percent higher risk of dying from the disease than the general adult U.S. population, according to studies by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health and other … [Read more...]
By Chris Carter, KAIT: A Trumann man is behind bars after trying to get behind the wheel of a Trumann fire truck. According to Poinsett County Sheriff Kevin Molder, Freddie William English, 34, tried to jump into a city fire truck while fire fighters were working to put out … [Read more...]
NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — Firefighters are still working to put out hotspots after a massive fire broke out inside a Newport hotel Monday night. Crews responded to the Wayfinder Hotel on Admiral Kalbfus Road shortly after 8 p.m. as heavy flames and smoke could be seen for miles … [Read more...]
While conducting live fire training in an acquired structure I fell through the floor of a covered porch and down an unknown abandoned water well. This training took place in a neighboring fire district, and I was asked to come provide some basic fire behavior confinement and … [Read more...]
By Noah Chast, KTVZ: Fifteen-year U.S. Forest Service wildland firefighter Ben Elkind is at his home in Redmond, recovering from a parachute training accident. It's a situation he knew was possible, but never thought would be a reality. “You just think that you’re not … [Read more...]