It is with deep sadness that we regret to inform the Fire Family and Community of the passing of an Active Hilton Fire Dept member. Jason Hasenhauer, a recent graduate of the Monroe County Fire Recruit program, past explorer and active firefighter on Military leave with the … [Read more...]
USFA RELEASES 2005 FIREFIGHTER FATALITY STATISTICS
News Release Date: January 10, 2006 Emmitsburg, MD- The United States Fire Administration (USFA) announced today, this nation suffered 106 on-duty firefighter fatalities in the United States in 2005. In addition to these fatalities, the USFA has learned of 4 firefighter … [Read more...]
FALLING SHELVES TRAP 3 HOUSTON FF'S INSIDE BURNING HOME
Firefighters Taken To Hospital With Minor Injuries January 9, 2006 HOUSTON, TEXAS -- Three Houston firefighters were rescued from a burning home in northeast Houston Sunday night. Authorities said the firefighters were trying to see if anyone was trapped inside the burning home … [Read more...]
METH LABS….CAN BE ANYWHERE!
WOOD RIVER, IL (12-05) -- Police are searching for a person whose meth-making ingredients contributed to an explosion while four firefighters worked a blaze at a mobile home over the weekend. Authorities are investigating the incidents that occurred in the first block of Willow … [Read more...]
GRAIN SILO EXPLODES-WITHIN THE STRUCTURE:
".........talk about your heart stopping......." I am writing in regards to an article you have posted on your site titled: "Upstate New York Firefighter Injured by Broken Fire Hose." A week later, December 19th Guilderland Center Fire Dept. was dispatched back to the same mill. … [Read more...]
MOTORIST KILLED IN COLLISION WITH FIREFIGHTER
BY CYNTHIA DANIELS STAFF WRITER January 9, 2006 A West Islip man was killed when his car collided with the minivan of a volunteer firefighter on his way to answer an alarm, Suffolk County police said. Vincent Gallagher, 79, a retired New York City police officer, was driving his … [Read more...]
PAUL A. MACMURRAY
August 27, 1994 The following is a summary of the incident and of the commitment made by Firefighter Paul A. Orville MacMurray at a 1994 Hotel Fire, in Hudson Falls, N.Y. during the primary search phase of operations. Paul A. Orville MacMurray, an 11-year veteran of the Hudson … [Read more...]