Yesterday we had the pleasure of discussing fire department lawsuit facts (vs myth) in a webinar with long-time friend chief / fire service attorney, Curt Varone. You can get (and view) that entire presentation based upon his research of thousands of cases and related resources … [Read more...]
In what's turning out to be a horrible day, we regret to pass on that a Firefighter in West Virginia was killed in the Line of Duty in a responding fire apparatus crash earlier today. Initial reports are that in Roane County, Station 200 (Clover-Roane Volunteer Fire Department, … [Read more...]
A Lubbock Firefighter & Police Officer were killed and a Firefighter remains in critical condition after they were struck by a vehicle while working an icy wreck this morning. LPD and LFR responded to a single-vehicle rollover crash on northbound I-27 and Drew Street. That call … [Read more...]
Firefighter Line of Duty Death for December 2019
The United States Fire Administration has received notice of the following 6 Firefighter fatalities in the month of December: Name: Michael Christopher Malinowski, Sr. Fire Department: Morton-Rutledge Volunteer FD Rank: Captain Status: Volunteer Date of … [Read more...]
MISSOURI LODD UPDATE: West Peculiar Firefighter Chuck McCormick, 30, was killed in the Line of Duty today. He was a member of the West Peculiar Fire Protection District for three weeks. Firefighter Chuck McCormick is survived by his wife and 3 little boys ages 4, 5 and … [Read more...]
I saw several folks posted their 2020 "wishes" as far as the fire service etc. One was a hope that we all get along better and be nicer. Shut up. Another one was zero LODD's-it's a good goal but impossible to attain. Sometimes we die when we clearly should not-and did not … [Read more...]
An Illinois Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) report details failures in leadership by on-scene commanders during a March 5 (2019) house fire in Bethalto where a collapsed wall killed Godfrey Fire Capt. Jake Ringering and injured three other firefighters. The team was … [Read more...]
Two brothers, both veteran Firefighters: 49-year-old Firefighter Steven Boesl and 47-year-old Assistant Chief Curt Boesl. who worked together on a family dairy farm outside of Brandon, Minn, have been identified as the victims who died after being overcome by fumes coming from a … [Read more...]
Today marks 7 years since Firefighters Tomasz Kaczowka, 19 and Michael Chiapperini, 43 were shot and killed in an ambush attack in West Webster, New York. It was a fire call, on Christmas eve, a car fire with an exposure, the sort of "so called routine job" that all of us turn … [Read more...]
We wanted to specifically highlight today's date, as it is one of the most devastating-if not the most devastating days related to the Line of Duty Deaths of Firefighters in various locations. The following information was taken from our daily FIREFIGHTER HISTORY page … [Read more...]
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