One civilian and five firefighters were transported to the hospital during a three-alarm apartment building fire Saturday. The nature and cause of the firefighters’ injuries was not reported. DC Fire and EMS posted on its Twitter page that all five were treated and … [Read more...]
Researchers at Ohio State University began a two-year study to better understand the relationship between firefighting and cancer. The grant-funded study will compare blood and urine samples of firefighters before and after fires and of those with and without cancer. “We’re … [Read more...]
One firefighter suffered injuries Saturday while battling an apartment fire in Gastonia, North Carolina. The extent and cause of those injuries were not reported. According to WBTV, the firefighter was taken to an area hospital. The fire started due to unattended cooking … [Read more...]
Five years after an Australian wildland fire shifted directions and overran a firefighting rig, a coroner’s inquest points to several flaws that led to one firefighter’s death. Wendy Bearfoot and three other firefighters were in a rig working a brush fire in October 2012 when … [Read more...]
One Reno, Nevada firefighter suffered minor injuries while battling a fire in a single-family home caused by improperly disposed oily rags. According to the Reno Gazette-Journal, the firefighter was treated at the hospital and released. The paper did not identify the nature or … [Read more...]
One firefighter suffered a puncture wound and another suffered a concussion as they fought a wildland fire that began Saturday and caused the evacuation of Utah 700 residents. A Forest Service spokeswoman told the News Tribune that both firefighters are … [Read more...]
55-year-old Firefighter Jeffery Sanders was killed, and a 2nd Firefighter, Jacob Hayward, 33, (Mayview, MO) was airlifted to Research Medical Center in Kansas City just after 1800 last night. Firefighter Hayward is reported to be in critical condition. A driver of a Ford struck … [Read more...]