NASHVILLE EXPLOSION: Here is some of the Nashville FD initial radio traffic from this morning's … [Read more...]
WORKERS COMP DENIALS FOR FIREFIGHTERS? No Surprise * According to the Union in Fairfax County (VA) Firefighters claims related to COVID-19 are being denied. Since March, about 100 of Fairfax County’s Firefighters and Paramedics have tested positive for the coronavirus, which its … [Read more...]
The Nassau County (Long Island, NY) Police Department First Squad Detectives reports the arrest of a Baldwin man for Driving While Intoxicated on Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 2:24 AM in Baldwin. According to Detectives, a Nassau County Police Department Paramedic Ambulance … [Read more...]
While not uncommon, dry ice has made headlines due to the use in storing Covid 19 vaccinations. Fire departments can expect the possibility of increased incidents directly or indirectly involving dry ice. We are providing information for you provided to us by the FDNY containing … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that northwest Illinois volunteer Firefighter died in the Line of Duty last week after returning home from a medical call. Captain Leo W. Werner, 67, was with the Scales Mound Fire Protection District. Captain Werner had responded to a medical call for … [Read more...]
Two FDNY EMS members were robbed at gunpoint after responding to a call for help at a Brooklyn apartment building. The unsuspecting medics went to 330 Frost St. in East Williamsburg around 0240 hours this morning (Saturday) after getting a run about someone with a “medical … [Read more...]
A pair of Emergency Medical Technicians working for a Brooklyn (part of the FDNY 9-1-1 system response) hospital were robbed at gunpoint as they responded to a bogus 911 call at a NYCHA apartment building, officials and sources said today. The EMTs, a 28-year-old woman and a … [Read more...]
AN URGENT MAYDAY From A Firefighter/Paramedic from the Anchorage FD Dear Firefighters / Members of The Secret List: This is a MAYDAY request for someone with TYPE "O" Blood. While most of you don't know me, I am pretty private and not prone to asking people for help. … [Read more...]
COVID-19 vaccines likely will need to be kept at extremely low temperatures. Due to this need, the vaccine dosages are expected to be transported in containers of dry ice. In anticipating increased dry ice injuries and thermal burns that may occur; as a result, the IAFC … [Read more...]
A “real education issue” is partly to blame for a new poll that found more than half of FDNY firefighters plan on skipping the coronavirus vaccine, with some smoke-eaters who have already beaten the bug believing they don’t need the shot, a union head said Sunday. “Thirty-five … [Read more...]