All, It is with deep regret that we furthermore pass on that Black Mountain (North Carolina, near Asheville) Firefighter Garrett Presnell has died due to COVID-19. He died this morning at the age of 28. Firefighter Presnell was a proud member of the Professional Fire Fighters … [Read more...]
2 WA FF LODD’s Update, Numerous Firefighter Deaths (The Secret List)
All, We regret to pass on that Longtime Colfax (Washington) Fire Chief Jim Krouse died from an apparent heart attack while fighting a wildfire Saturday afternoon. Krouse, who served as a volunteer firefighter in Colfax for 52 years — 40 of them as chief — was responding to a … [Read more...]
All: Registration is now open for Lexipol's free, virtual Connect User Group Conference which will be held on September 8th....but sign up ASAP. Connect 2021 will kick off with a live keynote session by Lexipol co-founder and risk management expert Gordon Graham on "Striving … [Read more...]
2 LODD’s: WA FF: FALL FROM BRIDGE AT FIRE, NJ FF: MEDICAL WHILE RESPONDING TO HAZMAT (The Secret List)
All, It is with deep regret that we pass on the Middlesex County (New Jersey) Hazmat Unit Line of Duty death of Lieutenant Donald J. Trout. A tractor trailer overturned and crashed this morning on the New Jersey Turnpike at 0617 hours at interchange 8A. The tractor trailer … [Read more...]
All, On Sunday August 27, 2006, Lt. Howard Carpluk Jr., Engine 42 (working in Engine 75), and Probationary Firefighter Michael Reilly, Engine 75, made the supreme sacrifice while operating at Bronx Box 3-3-2797. The fire was in a 99-cent store, in a 1-story taxpayer at 1575 … [Read more...]
All. A volunteer firefighter was shot near St Louis (Missouri) on Thursday morning. Kinloch Volunteer Firefighter Jared Williams, 25, was shot at approximately 0345 hours at Wilmore Street at Martin Luther King Boulevard. The Firefighter told police two cars drove by … [Read more...]
ll, We regret to pass on to you that a Central Mat-Su Fire Department (Wasilla, Alaska) has died in the Line of Duty. Firefighter Justin Hansen worked a 24 hour shift ending the morning of 6/27. A few hours following his shift Firefighter Hansen was found deceased. After … [Read more...]
INDIANA FIRE DEPT MEDIC, 34, LODD DURING TRAINING (The Secret List)
All, We regret to pass on that a White River Township (south of Indy) Paramedic died in the Line of Duty Monday during physical fitness training. Kyle Martincic had a “medical emergency” during the routine training. Fellow White River Township Fire Department Paramedics, … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER STRUCK, KILLED IN DEL. ON I-95, AR. FF COVID-19 DEATH
All, Yesterday, Sunday, Aug, 22, the Wilmington Manor Volunteer Fire Company was informed of the tragic loss of Firefighter Cecelia Escobar-Duplan, 25, who succumbed to traumatic injuries she sustained while helping a motorist on Interstate 95 in Wilmington at around 0415 … [Read more...]
“Returning To Quarters” … w/Multiple Dead: In-Depth Report, MUST-Listen 911 Calls
All, The headlines read: "Firefighters arrived at the home. No one answered the door, so they left. Inside, an entire family was being poisoned by carbon monoxide." You can read (and really must read/listen) this very in-depth media report (with audio etc) below. PLEASE BE … [Read more...]