All, We regret to pass on that A.F. Dobler Hose & Ladder Company of Girard (PA) Junior Firefighter Bryce Kaufmann, 17, lost his life in the Line of Duty on September 21 from injuries while answering an emergency call on an E-Bike. According to police, he was on the E-Bike and didn’t stop at a stop...Read More
All, As you have probably observed personally, roadways are getting worse for Firefighters and other responders. Last Saturday, a 38 year old driver was arrested after he was accused of intentionally hitting a Miami-Dade Firefighter with his car while trying to get around a crash scene. The driver was arrested Saturday on charges including aggravated battery...Read More
All, We regret to pass on that 2 Firefighting Pilots with Precision Aerospace were killed in the Line of Duty yesterday (Sunday) afternoon when their helicopter crashed while fighting the Dome Fire inside Yosemite National Park. The pilots’ identities had not been released. The Federal Aviation Administration said a Eurocopter AS32 crashed near Mariposa at...Read More
All, 3 people (including a child) were killed and another child was critically injured in a crash on Interstate 85 North early this morning, in Granville County, NC-near the Durham County line. A vehicle was traveling north on I-85 while the fire apparatus, with its emergency lights activated, and a pickup truck were stopped in...Read More
All, A Nashville (TN) Firefighter was transported to the hospital Tuesday following an incident at Station 14, creating another problem for the department (link below) as being reported by the media. The NFD confirmed that two Firefighters were “horsing around” with a BB gun and a knife on Tuesday, Sept. 15, when one of them...Read More
All, One heck of a close call for a Firefighter in Ohio (Paint Creek Fire-EMS, NE of Cincinnati) last weekend as he was pulled into a flooded culvert and swept through a pipe for 179 feet! Heavy flooding in the village of Greenfield over the weekend turned the Paint Creek FF’s service call into a dramatic...Read More
