Firefighter Suffers Opioid Overdose While Taking An OD Patient To The ER A firefighter exposed to opioids suffered an overdose behind the wheel of an ambulance while driving an overdose patient to the hospital in Ohio. The firefighter-paramedic, who responded to an overdose … [Read more...]
Firefighter Gregory Wood, 19, of Leaf River, Illinois has died in his own house fire. While this may not actually be LODD and LODI - (as yet to be determined) - as significant as this is, we want to pass it on. Firefighters arrived on scene around 0045 hours this morning and … [Read more...]
A medical helicopter carrying three crew members crash landed late this morning. All three crew members suffered minor injuries; there was no patient on board. According to WREG, the chopper landed hard near the Union City (Tenn.) Police 911 building. The Air Evac Lifeteam … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that Firefighter David E. Carr, 62, with the Brasher-Winthrop Fire Department (St Lawrence County, south of Cornwall, New York), died in the Line of Duty Saturday morning after returning home from a major fire at Curran Renewable Energy on Trade … [Read more...]
Three California teenage friends died in an Oct. 31 car crash; two of which graduated from the Menlo Park fire explorers and planned to apply to the fire academy. Matthew Cruz, 18, Ricardo Torres, 19 and Andrew Gonzales, 19 died when their vehicle ran off an embankment. Torres … [Read more...]
A Mayday was declared and three Indianapolis firefighters sustained minor injuries in a fall on the fireground Oct. 31. Tom Dolan shared some photos from the fire scene with Fire Engineering. According to Indianapolis Battalion Chief and PIO Rita Reith, crews were operating … [Read more...]
Too many families have suffered severe burns from flash fires, vapor explosions, or flame jetting. This could happen to anyone at anytime! There is a simple solution to this known problem: Flame arresters. Flame arresters prevent horrific burns by acting as a barrier, stopping … [Read more...]
A Fort Wayne, Indiana firefighter was treated and released after a ceiling collapsed on him during an early-morning fire Monday. Firefighters found heavy smoke coming from the front of an historic building around 3 a.m. Monday. When the first-arriving crew forced the door, … [Read more...]
Two men were found deceased in a work van in Lucas (Texas) on Wednesday around 4:oo p.m. 4 Firefighters and a Deputy Sheriff were overcome were sent to Medical City Plano after being overcome by fumes from the vehicle. By 7:45 p.m. they had all been released from the … [Read more...]
Two Ohio firefighters were injured Wednesday morning when the floor gave way at a two-story apartment fire. The Gahanna Fire Chief told WSYX that both firefighters are expected to recover. It wasn’t reported if the firefighters were treated on scene or … [Read more...]