All, A local media team in Charlotte (North Carolina) has been digging into the circumstances of the fatal SouthPark fire for months trying to determine if the lives lost could have been saved. After local channel WBTV obtained videos, pictures, interviews, and records from … [Read more...]
All, A patient inside an ambulance was killed early Tuesday (00030 hours) after a suspected drunken driver crashed into them on the way to UH Geauga Medical Center. Both paramedics inside the South Central Ambulance were also seriously injured. The 25-year-old paramedic in the … [Read more...]
343 Then and Now: 343 More as FDNY Reaches Somber Milestone w/ 2 More 9/11-Related Deaths
All, Since marking the 22nd anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks and subsequent murders, earlier this month, FDNY has now experienced the loss of two more FDNY members due to World Trade Center illnesses, their 342 and 343 deaths as per Fire Commissioner Laura … [Read more...]
All, Bad news out of southern Taiwan where a fire and explosion killed 3 Firefighters in the Line of Duty, with at least 1 still missing at a golf ball factory fire in southern Taiwan. There are other civilian fatalities and over one hundred injuries. Here is … [Read more...]
All, As North America's largest fire department, FDNY has experienced a rapid increase in the frequency of fires involving e-bikes, e-scooters and other battery-powered micro mobility devices. Now Fire departments of ALL sizes are now seeing similar fires.... In … [Read more...]
All, An intersection crash resulted in an overturned fire apparatus (with another vehicle involved) today, Thursday around 1600 along Route 119 in South Charleston, Kanawha County., West Virginia. The engine was responding to another entrapment crash when this crash … [Read more...]
All, It is with great sadness that the Coleman family has shared that Chief Ronny J. Coleman, California State Fire Marshal, (Ret.), passed away peacefully on Sept 19, 2023, at Mercy General Hospital in Sacramento. Chief Coleman was a 50-plus year veteran of the fire … [Read more...]