Yesterday we had the pleasure of discussing fire department lawsuit facts (vs myth) in a webinar with long-time friend chief / fire service attorney, Curt Varone. You can get (and view) that entire presentation based upon his research of thousands of cases and related resources … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that a 40 year Veteran Australian Firefighter has been killed in the Line of Duty. Forest Fire Management Victoria Firefighter Bill Slade, 60, was fighting fires with Parks Victoria near Omeo when he was killed earlier today, Saturday. The married father of … [Read more...]
In what's turning out to be a horrible day, we regret to pass on that a Firefighter in West Virginia was killed in the Line of Duty in a responding fire apparatus crash earlier today. Initial reports are that in Roane County, Station 200 (Clover-Roane Volunteer Fire Department, … [Read more...]
A Lubbock Firefighter & Police Officer were killed and a Firefighter remains in critical condition after they were struck by a vehicle while working an icy wreck this morning. LPD and LFR responded to a single-vehicle rollover crash on northbound I-27 and Drew Street. That call … [Read more...]
A Sumrall (Mississippi) man charged in connection to a 2017 hit-and-run that killed two Sumrall volunteer Firefighters in the Line of Duty pleaded guilty Monday in Lamar County Circuit Court. Brandon Chance Eaton, 34, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of DUI in the wreck … [Read more...]
New Haven firefighters had a 3-alarm fire at 55 Benton Street in the Westville neighborhood last night. The incident was reported as a basement fire in a wood residential building just after 1900 hours. About an hour later the fire was upgraded to a 3-alarm fire. According to New … [Read more...]
MISSOURI LODD UPDATE: West Peculiar Firefighter Chuck McCormick, 30, was killed in the Line of Duty today. He was a member of the West Peculiar Fire Protection District for three weeks. Firefighter Chuck McCormick is survived by his wife and 3 little boys ages 4, 5 and … [Read more...]
A West Peculiar (near Kansas City) Firefighter (reported as age 41) was killed in the Line of Duty when the roof collapsed this morning around 1100 hours. Reports are that crews were fighting a heavily involved house fire when conditions worsened, and crews were evacuating the … [Read more...]
An Illinois Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) report details failures in leadership by on-scene commanders during a March 5 (2019) house fire in Bethalto where a collapsed wall killed Godfrey Fire Capt. Jake Ringering and injured three other firefighters. The team was … [Read more...]
Two vehicle occupants suffered serious injury Sunday morning after rear-ending a Cloverdale Township (Indiana) Volunteer Fire Department Truck. The fire truck was in the eastbound lanes of the interstate responding to an earlier wreck when a Tesla sedan ran into the rear of the … [Read more...]
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