BY STEVE DUNLEAVY 2-10-05".....and again, you keep on thinking over and over, this wonderful life could have been saved but for a lousy piece of rope...." RELICS OF A HERO: Jeanette Meyran, with FDNY friend Marty Curran yesterday, holds pieces of a metal guard from the window … [Read more...]
MASS. HOUSE PASSES LEGISLATION TO HELP FAMILY OF DECEASED FIREFIGHTER
Sentinel & Enterprise Statehouse Bureau Tuesday, December 28, 2004BOSTON -- The Massachusetts House on Monday approved a bill that would allow the town of Lancaster the option of offering town health insurance to the surviving family of deceased volunteer firefighter Martin … [Read more...]
COLORADO FIREFIGHTER HURT ON WAY TO WRECK
Tuesday, February 08, 2005Firefighter Randy Finley, 49, Snyder, suffered scrapes, bruises and a minor concussion Monday night in a crash while en route to assist at an accident scene. Finley was headed east on Interstate 76 nine miles east of Brush, headed for a crash scene about … [Read more...]
SINCE FIRE LIEUT’S DEATH, CITY HASN’T CHANGED POLICIES FOR FIREFIGHTERS
By Michelle KuHERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER Feb 12, 2005In the year since Lexington fire Lt. Brenda Cowan was killed while responding to a domestic violence call, Owensboro has changed its policy to require firefighters to hold back until police have secured a crime scene.Lexington … [Read more...]
3 MS. FIREFIGHTERS INJURED-BURNS
THE SUN HERALD-12/30/04LATIMER, MS - Three Jackson County firefighters were injured Wednesday night while fighting a house fire in Latimer. All three firefighters were in stable condition late Wednesday night, according to Jerry W. Cook, Jackson County fire commissioner. The most … [Read more...]
REPORT ON FIREFIGHTER'S DEATH PAINS FAMILY
State describes struggle, decries lack of safety precautions.By Ihosvani RodriguezMiami BureauFebruary 10, 2005As astonishing as it sounds even to her, Chrissy Mitchell said she reluctantly was learning to cope with the grim details surrounding her brother's death during a … [Read more...]
HEATHER CASPIFirehouse.Com News Firefighters in New Hampshire and beyond are mourning the line of duty death of well-known fire lieutenant and FETN instructor Christopher DeWolf. DeWolf was killed Thursday, January 6 in a single motor vehicle accident during a snowstorm in … [Read more...]