2 Firefighter-Medics were injured in a crash that involved an ambulance and a semitrailer in Lebanon, north of Cincinnati. The crash happened around 1100 hours Sunday on State Route 48 at Miller Road when a 2006 Freightliner LFD ambulance was on Miller Road with the emergency … [Read more...]
Yesterday it was Alabama, Saturday it was in New Hampshire-and it happens nearly everyday to Firefighters,Cops, EMT's and related highway responders. This morning's decision to position a Dover FD ladder truck in front of a crash scene prevented a box truck from crashing into … [Read more...]
One person was killed this morning (Sunday) after the vehicle they were riding in struck the back of a Reece City (Alabama) Fire Department apparatus operating/blocking an earlier crash on I-59. Firefighters were called at 0730 hours to the single-vehicle crash in the … [Read more...]
A San Francisco firefighter who suffered a serious head injury while battling a blaze in the city’s SOMA district has undergone two surgeries and remains in the ICU, the firefighters union tweeted on Wednesday. Matt Vann, a six-year veteran of the department who is stationed … [Read more...]
3 Firefighters in Frederick County (Maryland) were struck by a motorcycle in a secondary crash this afternoon (1632 hours) while operating at a scene. 1 Firefighter was flown to Shock Trauma in Baltimore-reported in stable condition and the other two Firefighters suffered NLT … [Read more...]
An investigation is happening to determine why a bus drove onto a fire hoseline. The hose knocked San Francisco Firefighter Matthew Vann into the air, causing the 6 year veteran to land on his head. Cal/OSHA has opened an investigation to determine the cause and identify any … [Read more...]
AUSTIN, Texas — A woman has died after crashing into a stationary firetruck that was responding to another crash. According to the Austin Police Department, India McKinley, 35, was driving a 2015 Dodge Dart southbound on the 12600 block of North Interstate 35 when she … [Read more...]
A San Pablo man was arrested on suspicion of striking an on-duty firefighter with his vehicle in Petaluma early Saturday, police said. Petaluma police responded at about 3:11 a.m. to a call from their city’s fire department reporting that one of their firefighters “had just … [Read more...]
A Bremerton (Washington) Firefighter was flown to Harborview Medical Center with a leg injury Saturday after being pinned between two cars while performing a medical evaluation on a suspected impaired driver. The Firefighter, 50, was called out about 0200 hours to evaluate a … [Read more...]
3 Indiana Firefighters are very lucky and unharmed after a semitrailer collided with their fire apparatus (engine) as they were responding on a run, through a Chesterton intersection yesterday afternoon. A short time before 1330 hour Wednesday the vehicles collided in the … [Read more...]