From TheIowaChannel.comJune 30, 2004DES MOINES, Iowa -- A Des Moines firefighter was hurt on the job Wednesday when a roof fell on him. Brian Fousek, 45, was fighting a fire in a single-car garage at 111 E. 28th St. at 2:45 a.m. The garage was engulfed in flames. When Fousek shot … [Read more...]
GUN PUT TO FIREFIGHTER’S HEAD DURING RESCUE ATTEMPT IN TACOMA
The Associated Press 3/8/2005TACOMA, Wash. (AP) A woman being carried out of a burning house put a gun to a firefighter's head and pulled the trigger repeatedly but was out of bullets following the shooting death of her boyfriend, police say.The woman, in her late 50s, was … [Read more...]
Units arrived on scene with heavy fire showing from a three story OMD, first in engine laid in ladder to the front. Command requested the second alarm struck. The operator of Quint 39 was critically injured when the stream from a ladder pipe struck him and knocked him off the top … [Read more...]
2 LANSING, MI FIREFIGHTERS INJURED-BURNED IN HOUSE FIRE-FLOOR COLLAPSES.
Lansing State Journal 2-22-05The floor of a burning house in Lansing dropped from beneath them as Lt. Marie Rosicky and firefighter Wesley Demps were making their way out Monday afternoon. In just a flash, Rosicky found herself dangling over the raging basement fire she'd been … [Read more...]
BRONX FIREMEN DOOMED BY A SERIES OF FAILURES
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Tuesday, January 25th, 2005 A possibly broken water pump, a blocked fire escape and a lack of safety ropes may have contributed to the deaths of two Bronx firefighters, FDNY brass said yesterday as they pledged to consider reforms. Fire officials were able to … [Read more...]
FAMILY OF FALLEN FIREFIGHTER SUES CITIES
Copyright 2004, The Associated Press July 1, 2004, 10:48 AMEDTGLOUCESTER CITY, N.J. -- The family of a firefighter killed in a July 4, 2002 blaze that also took the lives of three young girls and two other firefighters is suing. The family of Thomas Stewart III accused … [Read more...]
CENTERVILLE, Ohio -- Police and firefighters evacuated two dozen apartments after a fire raced through a Centerville apartment complex early Monday morning. The blaze happened about 2 a.m. at the Revere Village Apartments on Route 48 near Spring Valley Road. Authorities said all … [Read more...]