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...]
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A 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after he struck a Billings firefighter at a scene and drug him for about 100 yards in the Heights Tuesday night. Billings Firefighters had blocked off part of Bench Boulevard while the power company worked on a … [Read more...]
If you are looking for a gift for Father's Day, please consider the new book "Pass It On III-Making Good Progress." -- 100% of the proceeds go to the Deputy Chief Raymond Downey Scholarship Charity Fund, the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) and the Firefighter … [Read more...]