Two people were killed early Saturday morning after a car crashed into an EMS ambulance in Louisville, Kentucky. The crash occurred around 0300 hours near the corner of Broadway and Hancock Street. The Louisville EMS ambulance was heading east and was attempting to turn left … [Read more...]
Two City of Social Circle (Georgia-east of Atlanta) Firefighters were injured (one seriously) from a crash while responding to a structure fire. NOTE: The crash occurred at the same location as last week's MVC incident that injured two firefighters with Walton County Fire … [Read more...]
An engine company returning from a medical call was involved in a crash yesterday. Loudoun County Engine Company 603 (Middleburg) was involved in a single-vehicle crash around 2300 hours. Engine 603 was returning from a mutual aid emergency medical call in Fauquier County when … [Read more...]
The greatest chance we have to get seriously injured or killed (traumatically) in the Line of Duty is on the roadways highways and interstates. It seems lately there isn't a day that goes by where we aren't provided with details to back that statement up. While some are as bad … [Read more...]
Another tough week for the North American Fire Service. Below are the funeral details for both Lt Hosette and Firefighter Pollard. We also are providing links related to those two incidents to further honor their lives. One is an OSHA report on firefighting at combustible dust … [Read more...]
By Jason Law, Boston 25 News: Firefighters run into burning buildings all of the time. It's what makes their job so dangerous, but this week, a freak occurrence in Plymouth brought flames right to a fire department's doorstep. It was the absolute last place firefighter … [Read more...]
By Nate Temple, WJAC: Fire crews were called to Ferndale around 7:30 p.m. Thursday for a vehicle fire. According to West Hills Deputy Chief Bill Cornell, the vehicle on fire happened to be the West Hills Regional Fire Department's ladder truck. A nearby resident on Harlan … [Read more...]