Hey… We have some additional information related to yesterdays tragic Dale City Firefighter trainee LODD in Prince William County. Veteran EMT Cecilia Turnbough was a student as part of an entry level Firefighter certification class. The training involved maneuvering through a maze. Training was conducted with no smoke or fire but during the training, EMT...Read More
It is with deep regret that we advise you of a Line of Duty Death this afternoon in Prince William County, VA. A Firefighter with the Dale City VFD was doing maze training and was found unresponsive at the training center. CPR was performed and she was pronounced LODD at Prince William Hospital. Indications are that this LODD was the...Read More
Hey… The reason The Secret List exists is to pass along details and facts of interest to you as a Firefighter or EMS member, usually specific to Firefighter Close Calls, Near Misses and Line of Duty Deaths. While the information is of varied levels of interest, the true intent of the 11+ year old Secret List is to "pass...Read More
VIRGINIA FF LODD-Ejected While Responding & Chicago Crash Update (The Secret List-www.FireFighterCloseCalls.com) It is with deep regret that we advise you that a 17 year old Volunteer Firefighter of the McGaheysville Volunteer Fire Company (Rockingham County, Virginia) was killed in the Line of Duty this morning. Around 0300, Firefighter Roy Smith was responding in his personal...Read More
VIRGINIA FF LODD-Ejected While Responding & Chicago Crash Update (The Secret List-www.FireFighterCloseCalls.com) It is with deep regret that we advise you that a 17 year old Volunteer Firefighter of the McGaheysville Volunteer Fire Company (Rockingham County, Virginia) was killed in the Line of Duty this morning. Around 0300, Firefighter Roy Smith was responding in his personal...Read More
Hey… Unfortunately there have been 2 more fatalities involving responding apparatus. In what appears to be an unavoidable situation for the Firefighters in Bethlehem, PA, where a 60-year-old man whose car collided with BFD apparatus Oct. 24 died Saturday night in the hospital. William Samer was pronounced dead at 9:48 p.m. and died of multiple traumatic injuries. Bethlehem...Read More
