The six Firefighters most seriously injured in Monday's explosion in Farmington are being treated at hospitals in Portland and Boston. As you know, Capt. Michael Bell, a 30-year veteran of the Farmington Fire Department was killed in the Line of Duty due to the explosion. The … [Read more...]
Christian Johnson, an Assistant Chief with Okanogan County Fire District 3, was hurt while fighting the Spring Coulee Fire south of Okanogan in early September. Chief Johnson was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where he remains in the intensive care unit in … [Read more...]
Cops are looking for two men who ran off after an armed burglary at a fire station last night in Phoenix. Cops initially reported firefighters saw a man breaking into their fire engine in the fenced station yard. But turns out, it was a fire department employee's truck that was … [Read more...]
The NTSB said a combination of a flaw in Tesla’s highly regarded (certainly by Tesla) Autopilot system, plus driver inattention, caused a Tesla Model S to slam into an on-call firetruck parked on a California freeway in January 2018. No one was injured, but the 2014 Tesla Model … [Read more...]
Firefighter Eric Whitehead credits his fellow Buffalo (New York) firefighters for saving his life when they pulled him from the attic of a burning house in January. "I just knew my brothers were there," Whitehead told The Buffalo News in a February phone interview from the … [Read more...]
Glendale (AZ) Firefighter Kevin Thompson found out this spring he had cancer. he has been a Firefighter in Glendale for 26 years. And based upon new state law, he thought, he wouldn't have to worry about paying for treatment because Arizona recognizes that firefighters have a … [Read more...]
On Monday, the Motley County Fire Department's (between Amarillo and Fort Worth, Texas) Matador crew responded to several lightning fires around 2200 hours. While responding the Firefighter driving reportedly lost control and the rig rolled over. Matador Firefighter Logan Jones, … [Read more...]
This is unedited police radio audio from the first two hours of the shootout. Police officers were trying to serve a narcotics warrant in the Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood Wednesday afternoon when they were caught in gunfire. NOTE: While not directly fire related, this radio … [Read more...]
NEW IAFC PRESIDENT, FIRE CHIEF GARY LUDWIG KICKS OFF A NEW FIREFIGHTER SURVIVAL CAMPAIGN: "If You Don't Feel Well... Don't Make It Your Farewell" Last week at the IAFC's Fire Rescue International Conference, Chief Gary Ludwig (who was just installed as President of the IAFC) … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that 2 Firefighters died in the Line of Duty from the South-West Limburg (Belgium) FD, Heusden-Zolder station, last night. Members were operating in the vacant structure (occupied by homeless) and there was a flashover. When conditions changed members were … [Read more...]
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