Two crashes, including one in which a semi tractor-trailer struck a Liberty Township (Area of Cincinnati, Ohio) fire truck, closed northbound Interstate 75 in Butler County overnight. The first crash was reported just before the exit for Ohio 129 and Liberty Way about 1100 … [Read more...]
Another fire apparatus/vehicle has been struck on an Interstate-but thankfully this time no Firefighters were injured. A York Area (York, PA) United Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief escaped injury this morning as his command vehicle was struck by a tractor trailer on Interstate … [Read more...]
A new US cancer database - the Firefighter Cancer Registry which was fully funded by Congress in June - aims to track the careers and health histories of thousands of firefighters in order to better understand the link between emergency work and disease, writes Victoria … [Read more...]
This fire has intrigued me from when I first earned about it as a very young Firefighter, so I wanted to pass it on as today is the anniversary. June 26 1964: Marshall's Creek (PA, about 2 hours NW of NYC) Firefighter's responded to the community fire siren sounding-it was a … [Read more...]
Ever approach a scene and be unable to see the scene because of wayyy too many warning lights being used at "hi intensity" all at the same time? Of course you have. Some fire apparatus operators shut many of their lights off. Some leave all lights on and then add floodlights, … [Read more...]
As an update to yesterdays tragic incident in Port Jervis, New York, it turns out that it was a Firefighter that was struck and killed by the responding ambulance. 22-year old Port Jervis Firefighter Nicholas McKeon was struck by that ambulance as it was leaving its bay for a … [Read more...]
Tragic news out of Port Jervis (Orange County, NY) where a 22-year-old man who was sleeping in front of an ambulance bay when he was run over by an ambulance as it pulled out at 0549 hours, this morning. Port Jervis Ambulance crews immediately treated and rushed the man to the … [Read more...]
Firefighter Line of Duty Death for May 2019
The United States Fire Administration has received notice of the following 5 Firefighter fatalities in the month of May: Name: Kody Vanfossan Rank: Firefighter Status: Paid-on-Call Date of Incident: 5/05/2019 Fire Department: Christopher Fire Department … [Read more...]
The volunteer fire/EMS/rescue service in North America is in a major and measurable crisis...not "gonna be in a crisis"...it IS in a crisis and few want to genuinely fix the problem. Now, when we say fix the problem, I mean fix it so when whoever dials 9-1-1, they hear fire … [Read more...]
Rookie D.C. Firefighter. Dane Smothers Jr. was pinned between two firetrucks at the scene of a house fire in August 2017. Now, he's suing the DC Fire Department for that crash that caused his critical injuries. Smothers is taking the department to court because he fears … [Read more...]
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