Associated Press-12-18-04 LANSING, Mich. (AP) _ An Oceana County fire chief and three other men were charged Friday with scheming to illegally tap into the Michigan State Police radio system. The radio system is supposed to be used by law enforcement or other public service … [Read more...]
Firefighters Jacob Cook, Robert Henderson and Abe Wheeler EVANSTON - A day after two volunteer firefighters lost their lives in a fiery explosion, investigators resumed the search for clues into the cause of the town house blaze and ensuing blast. The victims of Monday's fire … [Read more...]
CITY DENIES RESPONSIBILITY FOR FIREFIGHTER’S DEATH
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- City officials were not negligent in the death of a Lexington firefighter killed in the line of duty, attorneys said in response to a lawsuit. Lt. Brenda Cowan was fatally shot last year while responding to a domestic-violence call. The executor of Cowan's … [Read more...]
TRAINING BURN: BUT WE WERE STILL INSIDE!
It was during a training of structure fire and I was inside the middle of doing the training when my partner passed out in the middle of searching part of our training.He was claustrophobic and forgot to tell me about it. So we"re in the middle of doing a search of a two … [Read more...]
SEAT BELTS…………AGAIN??!!!
We, the volunteer bunk crew on Monday and Wednesday nights from 11pm to 6am enjoy all your tips, suggestions, and we apply them asap! But one Monday night around 3am we were responding to automatic fire alarm at a local motel. A full crew was inside the engine. We … [Read more...]
IT'S OK TO BE GUNG HO….HOWEVER:
my right foot fell beneath the pumper..... I was in the Fire Department for about 1 year and was 18 years old, my company responded to a district call for a dumpster fire. The dumpster was found to be directly adjacent to a taxpayer building so we tried to … [Read more...]
Story by nbc4i.com COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A Columbus firetruck that was responding to a crash involving a school bus collided with a vehicle Friday on the way to the scene, NBC 4 reported. Both crashes occurred at about 8:45 a.m. One person was hurt in the crash that occurred at West … [Read more...]