All, A Pennsylvania volunteer Firefighter is facing charges after a deadly crash in Monroeville (near Pittsburgh) last year. Leroy Hart, 88, died days after an October 2025 crash at an intersection. Witnesses say responding volunteer Firefighter Broderick Balanti was heading north on Haymaker Road while Hart was heading south. Reports are that Hart attempted to...Read More
All, The search for six people who were aboard an air ambulance that was bound for Boston when it disappeared off the Massachusetts coast has been suspended by the Coast Guard. They indicated that rescue teams had covered more than 4,400 miles as they searched for the jet that had departed from Bermuda with four...Read More
All, Two people were killed, two were injured and another remains missing after a REACH* medevac helicopter crashed into the waters near Avalon on Catalina Island** (about 30 miles west of the California west coast) shortly after takeoff last night. The Los Angeles County Fire Department confirmed there was a Marine Search and Rescue operation...Read More
All, The below NIOSH Firefighter incident report and slides were published this morning. =FIREFIGHTER MEDIC ASSAULT SUMMARY: An outpatient behavioral health clinic called 911 to request an involuntary commitment transport for a patient. Medic 6 was dispatched and arrived on scene first as police response was delayed. The case manager provided the Medic 6 crew...Read More
All, A firefighter was hospitalized after a driver blew through a freeway blockade and crashed into a Ventura County fire engine early Sunday. The crash happened shortly after 0230 on the 118 Freeway. CHP and Firefighters were at the location investigating an earlier traffic collision involving a wrong-way driver when the second crash occurred. Firefighters had established...Read More
All, We all join the Hayward (California) Fire Department and the Hayward Firefighters IAFF Local 1909 in mourning the loss of Brother Firefighter Paramedic Travis Foster. Travis has served the Hayward community since February 2018 and was a deeply valued member of our department and Local 1909. After struggling with PTSD and the cumulative impacts...Read More
