That’s the aim of a new tool in firefighters’ hands -- their smartphone. “Basically, a cancer exposure tracking system,” said Robert Queen, co-founder of the app Firefighter Connect, and a 33-year volunteer firefighter with the New Bern and Shanghai fire departments. The … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that a Memphis Firefighter has died in the Line of Duty and 3 other Firefighters are in the hospital following that crash in South Memphis last night around 2000 hours. It happened at E.H. Crump and Danny Thomas Boulevard. The civilian driving the other … [Read more...]
“I Died In An Airplane – Then a Rescue Chain Saved Me” is the powerful story of Jim Wick, who also had a close call with colon cancer 2 years after his Sudden Cardiac Arrest in the plane. He tells the story from the perspective of a recipient of emergency medical services. You … [Read more...]
On Monday, August 8th, Glassboro Fire Department and mutual aide companies from Mantua Township and Pitman Borough were dispatched to 116 S. Delsea Drive in Glassboro for a dwelling fire with fire showing. The fire was in a 1 1/2 story multi-family home, with fire showing from … [Read more...]
What keeps fire chiefs up at night? How things are going on scene- and in the firehouse. Here is an excellent program that will help Chiefs get a little more sleep: On Tuesday, August 23, 2022 from 0800-1700 hours in San Antonio there will be a one day program focused on … [Read more...]
Officials have released more information in regards to the deaths of 10 people, including Firefighter Dale Baker (who lived in the dwelling), three children, whose remains were found in that fire early Friday morning in Luzerne County, PA. This afternoon (Saturday), the … [Read more...]
Lightning struck a crude oil storage facility on the northern coast of Cuba, igniting a fire that on Saturday had left dozens of people injured, 17 firefighters missing and prompted the evacuation of some 800 people. The fire began at one oil tank during a thunderstorm on Friday … [Read more...]