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...]
As you will recall, Captain Dave Smiley Jr., a 23-year-old volunteer rescue Captain for Delaware's Minquas Fire Company (New Castle County, near Wilmington), sustained serious burns in March at a working house fire in Mill Creek. Captain Smiley is also a career Firefighter with … [Read more...]
Another fire apparatus struck today with Firefighters injured. This time it was in Kentucky on I-65. A non-injury collision had occurred near the 65 mile marker of Interstate 65 and Munfordville Fire Department turned out. Firefighter Charles Jones (37) was operating a 2008 … [Read more...]
The following are excerpts from a new report related to the LODD of Howard County (MD) Firefighter Nate Flynn. The best any of us can do is to "honor by learning" the published/known facts of what happened and then applying those to our own departments, realistically available … [Read more...]
We easily talk about the fire service as a family. We use words like love, caring, brotherhood/sisterhood. We would protect each other with our life. These are heartfelt sentiments, but how do they translate into behavior? As with all cultural issues, it is only my behavior … [Read more...]
Two crashes, including one in which a semi tractor-trailer struck a Liberty Township (Area of Cincinnati, Ohio) fire truck, closed northbound Interstate 75 in Butler County overnight. The first crash was reported just before the exit for Ohio 129 and Liberty Way about 1100 … [Read more...]
An 18-year-old woman was killed, three residents were taken to a hospital and two Sterling Heights firefighters suffered burns during a house fire today. Firefighters were called around 8:15 a.m. Wednesday to a home in the 37000 block of Mariano Drive. The family was trapped and … [Read more...]
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