A James City County (Virginia) Firefighter is charged with reckless driving after police say he failed to obey a red light while driving a fire engine, causing a crash with a septic truck and injuring four people, including himself. Firefighter Christopher D’Annibale, 32, was … [Read more...]
By Alan M. Petrillo, Fire Apparatus and Emergency Equipment Three years ago, the University of Arizona's Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health was awarded a $1.4 million federal research grant to study vehicular accidents in fire departments around the country and … [Read more...]
An habitual criminal was arrested for jumping in the path of a Leesburg, Florida fire engine en route to a fire call and blocking its way. The 25-year-old William Chestnut jumped in front of the rig, ripped off his shirt and acted as though he was going to throw a football he … [Read more...]
One Springfield, Missouri firefighter was injured when a vehicle plowed through a median and struck the firefighter as he was working a motor vehicle crash scene. According to a Twitter post by Springfield Fire Chief David Pennington, the firefighter was treated and released … [Read more...]
Three California teenage friends died in an Oct. 31 car crash; two of which graduated from the Menlo Park fire explorers and planned to apply to the fire academy. Matthew Cruz, 18, Ricardo Torres, 19 and Andrew Gonzales, 19 died when their vehicle ran off an embankment. Torres … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that a Firefighter was killed in the Line of Duty while operating at a major wind driven wildfires that tore through southern Alberta (Canada) last night. 34 year old Cyrpress County Firefighter James Hargrave, with the Walsh Fire Station, was killed in a … [Read more...]
A Macomb Township, Michigan man was taken into custody after he jumped in drove off in an unattended MedStar ambulance idling at a hospital during a patient delivery. The 21-year-old led police on a brief chase through Mount Clemens before running the ambulance off the road … [Read more...]