By Jordan Cutler-Tietjen, Sacramento Bee: A vegetation fire Friday afternoon evolved into a structure fire south of Mather, injuring one firefighter in the process. The blaze was contained and smoldering, though not yet extinguished, at 1:45 p.m. Friday, according to … [Read more...]
Exciting drive home tonight! If you get bored skip to about the 5 minute mark (but you'll miss him trying to pump gas onto himself). Also, yes I tried to talk to the guy with the screwdriver to his neck but he wasn't interested and I'm not getting stabbed. Enjoy! Huge shout … [Read more...]
As an update to yesterdays posting, the Assistant Chief of the Friendship, Oklahoma, Volunteer Fire Department died in the Line of Duty Friday evening. Firefighters responded to a house fire near Altus and 54-year-old Friendship Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief Madison … [Read more...]
More bad news from The Carr Fire as the Tehama County Coroner's office has identified the Cal Fire mechanic killed in the Line of Duty, in a crash this morning, Thursday. The CalFire member who died was 40-year-old Andrew Brake of Chico. Brake had been driving northbound on … [Read more...]
By Natalie Tarangioli, KGUN9: Tucson firefighters are learning how to defend themselves in dangerous situations. Firefighters tell KGUN9 that staffing shortages in the department mean fewer first responders on certain calls. They're now learning a new skill at the Public … [Read more...]
By NECN.com: A firefighter is recovering after getting injured while battling a fire at a vacant building in Willimantic early Wednesday morning. Officials said the firefighter suffered a minor back injury while fighting the fire that broke out at a vacant building on Chapman … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that Dekalb Co, GA Firefighter Barry Everett, age 42,, was found deceased in bed at the fire station this morning. Firefighter Everett worked a 24-hour shift and responded to multiple emergencies, the last emergency being at 0000hrs. During shift change, at … [Read more...]
Two Franktown firefighters responding to a house fire in Sedalia rolled in their water truck Tuesday evening and were airlifted to area hospitals in critical condition, a spokesperson for South Metro Fire and Franktown Fire told 9NEWS. Early Wednesday morning, Franktown Fire … [Read more...]
A Bridgeport Township fire crew escaped injury when their truck got rear-ended at the scene of a crash on I-75 Monday afternoon. The yellow engine with all of its warning lights activated was sitting in the emergency lane in the median outside the travel lanes on the … [Read more...]
One man is critically injured after a rolling gun battle erupted outside a St. Louis firehouse, forcing firefighters to scramble for cover. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that no firefighters were injured in the shootings around 7 a.m. Monday. The lone gunshot victim was … [Read more...]