A drag race resulted in major damage to a fire station in Manatee County (Florida, near Bradenton) fire station around 0600 this morning. While the driver was left with critical injuries, the Firefighters in quarters were uninjured. Southern Manatee Fire District station 5 (on … [Read more...]
4 Firefighters in Routt County (near Steamboat Springs) suffered minor injuries after the fire truck they were in rolled off 200 feet down a steep embankment. The crash happened on Saturday after the West Routt FD Firefighters were leaving the scene of a garage fire. Firefighters … [Read more...]
WORKERS COMP DENIALS FOR FIREFIGHTERS? No Surprise * According to the Union in Fairfax County (VA) Firefighters claims related to COVID-19 are being denied. Since March, about 100 of Fairfax County’s Firefighters and Paramedics have tested positive for the coronavirus, which its … [Read more...]
The Grand Prairie Fire Department has launched an innovative way to help curb highway accidents. The department has Launched the first fire truck-mounted attenuator program in the United States. In response to the growing number of highway incidents involving first responders, … [Read more...]
The Nassau County (Long Island, NY) Police Department First Squad Detectives reports the arrest of a Baldwin man for Driving While Intoxicated on Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 2:24 AM in Baldwin. According to Detectives, a Nassau County Police Department Paramedic Ambulance … [Read more...]
While not uncommon, dry ice has made headlines due to the use in storing Covid 19 vaccinations. Fire departments can expect the possibility of increased incidents directly or indirectly involving dry ice. We are providing information for you provided to us by the FDNY containing … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that northwest Illinois volunteer Firefighter died in the Line of Duty last week after returning home from a medical call. Captain Leo W. Werner, 67, was with the Scales Mound Fire Protection District. Captain Werner had responded to a medical call for … [Read more...]
Two FDNY EMS members were robbed at gunpoint after responding to a call for help at a Brooklyn apartment building. The unsuspecting medics went to 330 Frost St. in East Williamsburg around 0240 hours this morning (Saturday) after getting a run about someone with a “medical … [Read more...]
The deaths of those 2 Central City Firefighters has been determined to be accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. The couple, Cody Allen, 29, and his wife Shelby Allen, 27, were found dead in their Central City home on Friday morning. Cody Allen started as a volunteer in July 2009 … [Read more...]
A fire truck from a Lehigh Valley fire company at a Route 22 crash scene was struck Friday morning by another vehicle. Luckily, no one was hurt in the secondary crash, and there were only minor injuries in the initial collision. Nancy Run Fire officials are using the incident as … [Read more...]