By Ray Villeda, NBC New York: An FDNY truck smashed into a row of parked cars on a Brooklyn street Wednesday evening, sending one firefighter to the hospital with injuries, fire officials say. The truck from Ladder 120 hit at least 10 parked cars near East New York and St. Mark … [Read more...]
By Chicago Sun Times: At least one person was injured Saturday night when Calumet City ambulance was struck while it was responding to the scene of another accident in the southern suburb. The crash happened shortly before 11 p.m. in the 1600 block of 159th Street near the … [Read more...]
By Flagler Live: A few minutes before 2 a.m. Saturday morning (Oct. 6) Gabrielle Julia Connors, a 21-year-old Palm Coast resident, was traveling on Old Kings Road in the F Section when, at Farnum Lane, she crashed her SUV into a vehicle making an illegal U-turn. The vehicle … [Read more...]
By Mariah Congedo, WDTV: The Cheat Lake Volunteer Fire Department encountered a very scary moment when they were hit by two vehicles. "Everything happened kind of quick and they were not really sure what happened," said Chief, Jason Christopher. Christopher said his team … [Read more...]
By WJBK: The Detroit Fire Department is pulling the plug on lights and sirens on some of its runs and that has the local firefighter's union hot under the collar. "This protocol of taking you time to get to fires is ridiculous," said Mike Nevin of the Detroit Fire Fighters … [Read more...]
By TVNZ: A helicopter pilot who died water bombing a major bushfire on the NSW south coast has been described as an amazing man with years of experience fighting fires from the air. Allan Tull, from Kerikeri in New Zealand, was killed when his helicopter crashed west of … [Read more...]
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