Today, Sunday July 17th at approximately 1455 hours, while on scene of a boat fire on EB I-10 at Hayfield Ave. Riverside County ME 49 was struck by a Ford pick-up truck. A third vehicle which reportedly may have been the caused the accident left the scene. The crew of ME 49 was … [Read more...]
CAR FIRE: WITHOUT WARNING, THE VEHICLE STARTER ENGAGED!
My department was dispatched to a vehicle fire on a residential street. I arrived first in my POV and found an older model Porsche with a well-involved engine compartment, a small spill fire underneath, all occupants out of the vehicle and no exposures. The engine arrived a few … [Read more...]
LIGHTNING STRIKE…. FIREFIGHTER DOWN!!
I was at the Fire Station preparing for the big thunderstorms coming through. Shortly after the storm started the phones start ringing for lightning strikes and alarms going off, trees down, etc. All at once of course. I was standing out in the truck bays when the first in house … [Read more...]
SUSPECTED DRUNKEN DRIVER CRASHES INTO AMBULANCE – CAR CONTINUES DRIVING IN CIRCLES UNTIL FIREFIGHTER JUMPS IN, TURNS IT OFF
Story by Channel 3000 MADISON, Wis. -- A 40-year-old Chicago man faces several charges after crashing his car into an ambulance while allegedly trying to get away from police early Friday. Frederick Earls is charged with failure to have control while driving, operating after … [Read more...]
BCN) 7-29-05-State workplace safety investigators today cited the Santa Clara County Fire Department in connection with the February death of a firefighter who was electrocuted by a downed power line. The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) alleges … [Read more...]
BCN) 7-29-05-State workplace safety investigators today cited the Santa Clara County Fire Department in connection with the February death of a firefighter who was electrocuted by a downed power line. The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) alleges … [Read more...]
REPORT CITES DEATH OF S.C, FIREFIGHTER
By ADAM BEAM Staff Writer July 29, 2005 A Columbia firefighters death in February highlights the need for more firefighters in the county, according to a report from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. Timmy Young died after a heart attack he had while … [Read more...]