On July 10, 2017 at approximately 14:10 we were clearing from a truck fire on Interstate 64 east-bound lane at mile marker 163 in Carter County, Kentucky. The left lane was shut down due to the truck fire. The crew that was on Engine 1 for the Grayson Fire Department just got … [Read more...]
A wildland firefighting rig crashed Friday morning when a deer ran into the convoy’s path, causing the truck to do an end-over-end flip. All but one of the eight firefighters were released from the hospital Saturday. A group of fire trucks were traveling in a caravan near … [Read more...]
A Baytown (Texas) Fire Department ambulance was T-boned by a motorist in an SUV while running lights en route to a motor vehicle crash Thursday. The force of the impact flipped the ambulance on its side. Two medical students in the back of the rig were flown to the hospital, … [Read more...]
Nasty crash in Miami-Dade this morning left a civilian dead and MDFR Firefighters thankful for blocking procedures. Fire rescue crews had responded to a call of a separate hit and run crash on the Palmetto Expressway and had blocked off the road when a 2014 Hyundai Sonata hit … [Read more...]
One firefighter was injured when two firefighting apparatus collided during a structure fire in the Philippine city Cagayan de Oro Sunday. A police report said that a fire truck from Gaisano Fire Volunteer group hit a rig from the Chinese Fire Volunteer department at an … [Read more...]
Two Los Angeles firefighters and their patient were taken to the hospital Wednesday morning when their ambulance and a passenger car collided. The other vehicle was attempting to make a left turn into the path of the ambulance. Fire officials said the firefighters and their … [Read more...]
Saturday, a Butler County, Kan., EMS rig was en route to a motor vehicle crash when it was violently struck by a semi. According to one witness, the two operating the ambulance had to be extricated, but were uninjured. The truck driver was taken to the hospital for minor … [Read more...]