Hey… As of this afternoon, Riverdale (Prince Georges County, MD) Volunteer F/F Anthony Blazek has been moved out of ICU and to a regular room at the Burn Unit at Washington Hospital Center. FF Blazek will have to remain hospitalized for a period of time and will undergo skin graft surgery on Monday for burns on his...Read More
Hey… As per Prince Georges County (Maryland) Fire/EMS PIO Mark Brady, about 11:30 hours this morning, Prince George’s County Firefighters were alerted to a house fire in the Riverdale Heights area. Fire/EMS units arrived at 6318 57th Avenue and found a 1-story single family home with light smoke showing from the front of the house. ...Read More
Hey… As posted on our home page yesterday, to be clear, the incident yesterday in Pennsylvania involved a piece of apparatus being delivered-NOT an in service rig. The man was struck and killed by a New Jersey FD’s brand new aerial ladder truck in Monroe County, PA. The circumstances were pretty unusual-workers at a nearby...Read More
Hey… As posted on our home page yesterday, to be clear, the incident yesterday in Pennsylvania involved a piece of apparatus being delivered-NOT an in service rig. The man was struck and killed by a New Jersey FD’s brand new aerial ladder truck in Monroe County, PA. The circumstances were pretty unusual-workers at a nearby...Read More
Hey… Two Philadelphia Firefighters fell through a thin fiberglass roof while operating at a 1 alarm fire last night. The fire was at an auto body shop and the run came in around 2111 hours…and was placed under control at 2137 hours. When Philly Firefighters went up on the roof, they may have miscalculated the thickness of the roof,...Read More
Hey… Two Philadelphia Firefighters fell through a thin fiberglass roof while operating at a 1 alarm fire last night. The fire was at an auto body shop and the run came in around 2111 hours…and was placed under control at 2137 hours. When Philly Firefighters went up on the roof, they may have miscalculated the thickness of the roof,...Read More
