LEIPSIC, Ohio An explosion at the Iams Co. premium pet food plant in Putnam County Friday afternoon seriously injured a Leipsic volunteer firefighter who was flown to Medical College of Ohio Hospitals.About 50 firefighters remained at the plant early Friday evening, removing … [Read more...]
DISPATCHER DISMISSED FOR ROLE IN FATAL MEDIVAC COPTER CRASH
AP-12-4-04SANTA ROSA BEACH - An emergency dispatcher has been fired and a supervisor might face a similar fate for allowing the fatal crash of a helicopter ambulance to go undetected for five hours. Walton County dispatcher Richard Grippo was dismissed several days after the Oct. … [Read more...]
An 85-year-old woman died Tuesday after her car hit a a Tucson Fire ladder truck on the east side. The wreck happened at Wilmot and Eastland. The fire truck was responding to an emergency at the time, and investigators are still looking into how the woman hit the truck with … [Read more...]
November 24, 2004) A city firefighter was injured in an early morning fire on Seward Street that destroyed a home, damaged another and left two families homeless. Deputy Chief Robert Wegman said fire crews responded to the house fire at 558 Seward St. at about 12:30 a.m. The … [Read more...]
Derby-WTNH, Nov. 25, 2004 6:40 AM) _ A Derby firefighter is in critical condition this morning after he was hit by a car outside the fire station.by News Channel 8's Sonia Baghdady The firefighter is identified as 57 year-old Edward Tracz. We're told he's been with the Derby Fire … [Read more...]
AIRBAG MISHAP INJURES FLORIDA FIREFIGHTERS
HEATHER CASPIFirehouse.Com News11-24-2004 Two Nassau County Fire Rescue firefighters suffered minor injuries Tuesday while performing an extrication at the scene of a wastewater tanker truck crash. Deputy Chief Sam Young said the firefighters were trying to lift the cab of the … [Read more...]
By ANNA MICHAELZanesville Times Recorder Staff Writer CHRIS CROOK/Times Recorder A Washington Township fire truck lies on its roof in Coal Run off Coal Run Road near Zanesville Friday night after a mishap on a narrow section of the already narrow road.A Washington Township fire … [Read more...]