By Kim Rafferty, WSAZ Several members of a fire department and emergency services crew in Putnam County are battling COVID-19 right now, and one is fighting for his life. Jason Wurster, a firefighter with the Jefferson Fire Department, and also a paramedic, is on a … [Read more...]
Zoneton (South of Louisville) Fire Chief Rob Orkies is on a ventilator in the hospital in critical condition, battling COVID-19 and cancer. The Zoneton Fire Department and his family are asking for prayers. Chief Orkies was diagnosed with COVID-19 a week into his chemotherapy. … [Read more...]
A firefighter who has battled anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts says he has lost more colleagues to suicide than have died in the line of duty. Brendon Dunn has been a career firefighter in Tauranga for 13 years and in that time lost three colleagues to suicide. One has … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District Captain Dale E. Mosby had died in the Line of Duty. According to the district PIO, Captain Mosby had a long battle with work related PTSD and tragically, on Monday, November 16, 2020, Captain Mosby took his own … [Read more...]
Violence against Firefighters and related first responders has increased since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, according to D.C.’s acting chief of DC Fire & EMS John Donnelly, who said he’s still trying to come to grips with an incident Sunday where a firefighter/EMT was … [Read more...]
Gunfire struck a D.C. Firefighter who was tending to a shooting victim in Southwest Washington, DC this evening. A man and a woman were shot about 1620 hours in the parking lot of a 7-Eleven on MLK Avenue. Someone fired more shots at the scene a short time later, striking a D.C. … [Read more...]
Well known researcher and friend of the fire service Dr. Sara Jahnke and her partners have focused on promoting the health and well-being of Firefighters and military through research, for over 20 years. Harassment and bullying have become a critical area of concern in the … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on the Line of Duty death of Columbus (Indiana) Regional Health EMS Paramedic Scott Gordon. On November 4th, Paramedic Gordon became ill with COVID-19 contracted in the line-of-duty -- less than 48 hours after his EMS partner became ill. He was hospitalized … [Read more...]
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Since 2012, suicides have outpaced line of duty deaths for first responders nationally. It is a statistic Utah’s firefighters are not immune to. Our state has had two firefighters die by suicide in the past year. Jack Tidrow, president of Professional … [Read more...]
The FOX 8 I-TEAM has found the COVID-19 outbreak has hit dozens of Cleveland firefighters, and this comes months after a firefighter contracted COVID and died. The union says the fire department is dealing with more firefighter COVID cases at one time than ever before. As of this … [Read more...]