BROOKE GARNERCourtesy of The Prince George's County GazetteA fire on the first floor of a District Heights residence the afternoon of June 29 left four people injured. The fire started around 1 p.m. It spread to the second floor and fire officials learned that several residents … [Read more...]
FIREMAN HURT IN LEAP MAY SUE
NY Daily News-March 1, 2005-A firefighter injured in the Bronx blaze that killed two of his fellow Bravest in January plans to sue the city for unspecified damages, his lawyer said yesterday. Attorney Michael Block said the city's failure to provide safety ropes for his client, … [Read more...]
2ND REPORT REJECTS STATE’S CONCLUSION ON 2001 FIREFIGHTER
January 15, 2005 sjnewsco.com James Heenan died on March 24, 2001, of burns received fighting a house fire in West Deptford on Jan. 1, 2001. Heenan fell through a floor into the basement where he was trapped by burning debris for at least 20 minutes. Almost three years later, the … [Read more...]
KY FIREFIGHTER INJURED WHEN CHIMNEY FALLS ON HIM
A Clark County firefighter was injured fighting a house fire Wednesday morning when parts of the chimney of the house fell on him. The fire happened at a house on Route 15, which is also known as Ironworks Round. LEX 18 photojournalist Devon Ramage was videotaping the scene when … [Read more...]
DC FIREFIGHTER FALLS IN ELEVATOR SHAFT
A Washington DC Fire Sgt was critically injured, a toddler was killed and about 20 other people were also injured yesterday in a fire that forced hundreds of people out of an up-scale high-rise apartment building in far Southeast Washington. The cause of the fire at the Marbury … [Read more...]
FDNY FAST-TRACKS RADIO RECORDING SYSTEM
BY WILLIAM MURPHYSTAFF WRITER January 29, 2005After years of delay, the death of three firefighters has prompted the city to rush through a new program to record radio transmissions at many emergency scenes.A pilot program in a Bronx command should allow for a much better … [Read more...]
INVESTIGATORS SAY SEVERAL THINGS WENT WRONG IN DEADLY FIRE
"... An available thermal-imaging camera was not used by rescue teams that made multiple attempts to locate Fierro once it was realized he was missing..."By Jeff LehrGlobe Staff WriterOne of the two Diamond firefighters who were with Carthage firefighter Steve Fierro just before … [Read more...]