All, I figured you could use one more opinion on the challenges we are all facing these days. Perfect. There are very few things I am expertly qualified to provide opinions on. Single-family dwelling fires. Maybe. Firefighter survival. Perhaps. Spoiling grandchildren. … [Read more...]

All, Rookie Firefighters Emircan Çolak, 28 and Mehmet Ali İnal, 24, were both thrown onto the roof of the apartment opposite the fire station-and both have now died in the Line of Duty. Both Firefighters had only 1 year of service on the Istanbul Fire Service. WHAT … [Read more...]

All, Tragic news from Istanbul, Turkey as a fire department aerial tower failed resulting in the Line of Duty Death of a Firefighter and the critical injuring of another. From the below videos-the rig looks to be relatively new-if not brand new.-and note how long the boom … [Read more...]

All, We regret to pass on that Selden (Long Island, N.Y.) Fire Department Ex-Captain Truck 1, Former Commissioner and Fire District Mechanic Joseph Parente died suddenly from COVID-19. The SFD will be doing a drive by Salute on Saturday, May 9 at 11:00 and invite all other … [Read more...]

All, We regret to pass on that a Firefighter from the City of Independence (Missouri) has died in the Line of Duty. At approximately 1300 today, (May 7, 2020) IFD Stations 2, 3, 4, and 5 responded to a reported residential fire in the 9600 block of 33rd St. South. Upon … [Read more...]

All, As an update to yesterdays posting, the 18-year-old North Carolina volunteer Firefighter who was badly injured in a crash on Monday morning while responding to an emergency has a 5% chance of walking again, according to his family. Firefighter Cecil Dale Thornton (a high … [Read more...]

All, A North Carolina volunteer Firefighter was seriously injured after being ejected from his truck in a single vehicle accident in Johnston County (SE of Raleigh). The crash was reported at 0924 hours yesterday (Monday) south of Four Oaks. Firefighter Cecil Dale Thornton, … [Read more...]

All, We regret to pass on that a member of the Glenville-Cashiers Rescue Squad (North Carolina, SW of Ashville)  has died in the Line of Duty while working a search for a man who fell from Whitewater Falls. Yesterday, emergency services received a call for someone who had … [Read more...]

NEW ROCHELLE FIRE CAPTAIN ANDY DiMAGGIO COVID-19 LODD We regret to pass on that New Rochelle  (Westchester County, north of The Bronx) Fire Capt. Andrew DiMaggio died following a drawn-out battle with COVID-19. The father of four had been with the department since 1989, spending … [Read more...]

All, We continue to see the national numbers of COVID-19 related deaths rise, as do the fire and EMS personnel succumbing to the virus.   NEW YORK EMT DIES COVID-19 A New York EMS volunteer died due to COVID-19 on Thursday night. Sal Mancuso, 66, who volunteered for Blooming … [Read more...]