Courtesy of WBBM 780 Radio The Cook County sheriff's office says a north suburban fire department diver was pulled unconscious out of a lake during a training exercise this morning.A Cook County Forest Preserve spokesman says the diver is expected to recover.It was an "equipment … [Read more...]
Wildland firefighter Daniel Holmes, age 26, (shown here) of Bellingham, Washington was killed on October 2, 2004, when he was hit by a falling dead tree while fighting a fire in the Kings Canyon National Park.CLICK HERE FOR THE INITIAL REPORT IN PDF FORMAT (72 Hour Report) … [Read more...]
FIRE APPARATUS COLLISION KILLS MAN
NYPD: "Apparatus Had Right Of Way-Lights and Sirens Activated-Civilian Vehicle Ran Red Light"BY BRIAN BOYDNewsday Long Island Staff WriterJuly 10, 2004, 6:41 PM EDTA Bronx man out on the town with friends was killed early Saturday when the sports utility vehicle in which he was a … [Read more...]
Thursday, April 29, 2004FireTimes News WiresCoolidge, Arizona - One Southwest Ambulance employee was killed and another hurt Wednesday (April 28) afternoon in separate traffic accidents. Tammy Mundell, 29, an IAFF Member who was an emergency medical technician for Rural/Metro's … [Read more...]
SEAT BELT USAGE A PROBLEM??
The following video is a SEAT BELT commercial provided courtesy of RADM Richard E. Brooks, Commander, Naval Safety Center. Windows Media Player version 9 is required to view these videos. If you do not have this software, you can click here to download it.Right-click on a link … [Read more...]
‘FAILURES’ CAUSED FIREMAN’S DEATH
A firefighter drowned while trying to rescue a teenage boy from a lake because of "a catalogue of failures" by his brigade, a court has heard. 10-11-04-Sub-Officer Paul Metcalf died as he tried to save student Reyaz Ali from the lake in Holcombe Brook in Bury, Greater Manchester, … [Read more...]
ACCIDENT VICTIM FIRES HANDGUN…..
two firefighters entered the car to begin treatment when they heard a bang....at first they thought an airbag device might have gone off... (02-02-04) Las Vegas firefighters had a close encounter late Tuesday afternoon, after an accident victim they were treating in a single car … [Read more...]