A team of FDNY firefighters used a rare “roof-rope” maneuver to rescue a panicked woman from a high-rise apartment fire on Tuesday (today). The blaze tore through an apartment on the 16th floor of a building on Lenox Avenue, near West 134th Street, around 1:25 p.m. on Tuesday, … [Read more...]
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — Following two shootings in a little more than two months, an Elizabeth City fire station is on track to get bulletproof walls. Shots were most recently fired July 15 near the station on Harney Street, which is manned 24-hours a day. At least one round went … [Read more...]
Firefighters in northern California say they are gaining control over historic, deadly wildfires that have burned more than one million acres. However, researchers and former firefighters working on a new study fear the responders battling the blazes are in danger of suffering … [Read more...]
A California Fire Commander's vehicle was broken into, wallet stolen out of his fire department vehicle and his bank account was drained while he was operating at a fire. It was the latest robbery to occur amid fear and panic over wildfires in Santa Cruz. Cops said they are … [Read more...]
Congressman Max Rose (D-N.Y.) praised President Donald Trump for signing into law the Safeguarding America’s First Responders Act on Aug. 14. Rose has led the effort in the House to guarantee that public safety officers who catch the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus while on … [Read more...]
The Volusia County Fire Department is changing some of its policies after four Firefighters tested positive for COVID-19. County officials say a total of 19 firefighters are now at home in self-isolation, where they'll remain for at least the next five days. The county says they … [Read more...]
When Wisconsin Firefighters arrived in the town of Trenton, fire from a car fire had spread to a nearby home. And at that point, Veteran Firefighter Robert “Bob” Stanczyk felt fine. “Our fire officer on the truck came up, grabbed the nozzle, and I was backing him up,” Stanczyk … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that Cleveland (Ohio) Fire Lieutenant Richard Petras died on Saturday from complications of COVID-19. Lieutenant Petras was 51 years old. He apparently had been suffering from the virus for about a week and passed away at a Cleveland hospital. Francis Lally, … [Read more...]
Four firefighters were overcome by fumes after stumbling onto a drug mill operating in the basement of a Paterson home. The firefighters were responding to a small fire in the basement of the Illinois Avenue home when they were overcome just before 1:30 a.m.Thursday. They … [Read more...]
Extreme cold weather that affected the water supply and poor building conditions were some of the factors that contributed to the death of a Pennsylvania firefighter in a structural collapse while battling a blaze in an 1800s row house, according to a newly released … [Read more...]