Hey… A medical helicopter transporting a 1-year-old patient to Children’s Hospital in Chicago struck a radio tower wire and crashed in Aurora (IL) late last night, killing the baby girl and the 3 crew members on board. It was a Bell 222 helicopter, transporting from Valley West Community Hospital in Sandwich. The helicopter belonged to Air Angels Inc., an...Read More
ILLINOIS FIREFIGHTER KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY DURING TRAINING: Last evening, a fire tanker with the Blue Mound FPD in Illinois rolled over while participating in a training drill. This happened in southwest Macon County around 2030 hours and a Firefighter was killed in the Line Of Duty. The Firefighter, who was driving, was 24 years old…another...Read More
ILLINOIS FIREFIGHTER KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY DURING TRAINING: Last evening, a fire tanker with the Blue Mound FPD in Illinois rolled over while participating in a training drill. This happened in southwest Macon County around 2030 hours and a Firefighter was killed in the Line Of Duty. The Firefighter, who was driving, was 24 years old…another...Read More
Hey… We deeply regret to advise you that Ms. Heather Westphal, Manager of Membership Marketing of the International Association of Fire www.IAFC.org horrifically drowned Sunday while on family vacation on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Heather began working for the IAFC in February, 2007. The 33-year-old Westphal and her 39-year-old sister-in-law, Tonya Cataldo of Parker, CO, were walking...Read More
Hey… A Knoxville (TN) Firefighter received a head injury while responding to a car crash around 1700 hours. The civilian driver of the Mitsubishi convertible involved in the crash also has been taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. The crash happened when the car slammed into a telephone pole…the driver had to be extricated...Read More
Hey… A Knoxville (TN) Firefighter received a head injury while responding to a car crash around 1700 hours. The civilian driver of the Mitsubishi convertible involved in the crash also has been taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. The crash happened when the car slammed into a telephone pole…the driver had to be extricated...Read More
