As of Saturday morning, the driving firefighter was released from the hospital following treatment. The other injured firefighter was in stable condition Friday night but does have injuries requiring him to remain in hospital, according to Lincoln Park Fire Captain Scott Lewis. … [Read more...]
Very preliminary information from Lincoln Park (Michigan) this evening after a fire apparatus (engine company) was struck by a semi on I-75 at MM 40, south of Detroit. There was 1 Firefighter critically injured and 1 Firefighter seriously injured. The Michigan State Police Crash … [Read more...]
Maegan Speciale, 20 a Pamlico Firefighter Paramedic was injured after being hit by a car in early March came home Monday. A group of trucks left for Raleigh and escorted Speciale home Monday – and more vehicles joined in later on. “After 124 days and 5 different hospital visits, … [Read more...]
Today the NFPA released its annual “U.S. Firefighter Fatalities in the United States” report, (link below) which showed fewer than 50 U.S. Firefighter fatalities while on duty in 2019, reflecting the lowest number of Firefighter deaths reported since NFPA began conducting this … [Read more...]
Last night, shortly after midnight, your Allen Park Firefighters were extinguishing a car fire on I-94 near Pelham, a 70 mph freeway. Engine 52 with 4 on suppression, Ladder 51 for protection of the men. Ladder 51 was occupied by 2 firefighters, and was struck in the left rear by … [Read more...]
At 2:30 this morning, Squad 5 was called to block traffic at a multiple car accident on the Lodge Expressway at Wyoming St. Just after the crew disembarked, a car traveling at over 75 miles an hour hit the squad in the rear. No firefighters or ems personnel working the accident … [Read more...]
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Two people were taken to the hospital after a car crashed into a firetruck early Thursday morning. Officials said a black Mercedes ran into a firetruck blocking another accident that was on the Martin Luther King Jr. Drive exit ramp from I-90 … [Read more...]
The NFFF has postponed the annual Fallen Firefighter memorial weekend as per NFFF Chair Troy Markel. This is due to the pandemic situation and related logistics. While disappointing, it is important to know that the nation's fallen Firefighters will not be forgotten. On October … [Read more...]
4 HOUSTON FIREFIGHTERS INJURED WHEN RIG IS HIT AT CRASH SCENE
Four firefighters and a teenager were hospitalized when the driver of a BMW crashed into a Houston fire truck blocking traffic for a separate crash Sunday night. The crew from Engine 52 was stopped on the northbound main lanes of the Gulf Freeway near Bellfort Street to block … [Read more...]
Details, resources and EVERYTHING you need to have a great drill & training session this week are HERE: https://www.safetystanddown.org/ … [Read more...]