Since this past winter, Bangor, Maine officials have been marking vacant or otherwise unsafe structures with a red and white metal X in an effort to protect firefighters. The move, reports the Bangor Daily News, comes on the heels of the spike in foreclosed and abandoned homes … [Read more...]
Two Antioch, California, firefighter suffered minor injuries from an electric shock while fighting a two-alarm house fire Sunday night. The shock came after firefighters had cut the structure’s main power. Capt. George Laing, spokesman for the Contra Costa (Calif.) Fire … [Read more...]
This applies to all Firefighters, Police Officers and EMS Responders ...this is related to emergency/EMS scene exposure. WHAT HAPPENED: An East Liverpool (Ohio) patrolman was nearly killed just a few days ago when his skin came in contact with fentanyl, a deadly narcotic … [Read more...]
Two proposed laws that would alter how firefighters in Michigan are trained have been approved by the state’s senate. One bill would establish improved training standards, something that’s not been updated for 30 years, and allow flexibility for training requirements to be set … [Read more...]
An unoccupied structure of balloon-frame construction with a fire in the basement can be a recipe for disaster. Fifty-two firefighters responded to such a blaze at 10:25 p.m. May 6 in Northport, N.Y. Two firefighters from the Northport Volunteer Fire Department suffered … [Read more...]
A Canadian coroner’s inquest into the 2010 training death of Point Edward (Ontario) volunteer firefighter Gary Kendall is looking at the safety procedures and training practices in place at the time of Kendall’s death. Kendall was participating in an ice-rescue refresher … [Read more...]
This will take you 2 minutes. I promise. The IAFC and the IAFC Safety, Health and Survival Section working with the FSTAR program is looking for you to provide some quick insight into the needs firefighter medical physicals for career and volunteers. If you have an interest, … [Read more...]