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FIREFIGHTERS HURT IN ROLLOVER OUT OF HOSPITAL

 Rick Markley    March 1, 2018    No Comments

By KLTV: Two firefighters have been released from the hospital following a rollover wreck involving a firetruck. New London Fire Chief Curtis Riley said Thursday that two firefighters were released from the hospital with minor injuries. One firefighter remains hospitalized … [Read more...]

 News, Safety and Survival, Vehicle Safety
 apparatus, close calls, firefighter safety, vehicle safety

CANADIAN FIRE CHIEF ROLLS TANKER, PUMPER EN ROUTE TO FIRE

 Rick Markley    September 12, 2017    No Comments

Gore District (Nova Scotia) Volunteer Fire Department Jeff Ettinger escaped serious injury Sunday when he rolled the department’s main tanker pumper in a ditch and struck a utility pole. Ettinger was the rig’s only occupant. “My husband left as the lone person in our pumper … [Read more...]

 APPARATUS/VEHICLE/HIGHWAY, News, Safety and Survival, Vehicle Safety
 apparatus, close calls, firefighter safety, near miss

MARYLAND FIRE TRUCK HIT BLOCKING CRASH SCENE

 Rick Markley    September 7, 2017    No Comments

Firefighters escaped injury when a motorist slammed into a Montgomery County (Md.) Fire and Rescue Service rig while it was blocking a working crash scene Sunday. Fire and medic crews were on a crash scene on the Beltway near Bethesda, where there had been more than five … [Read more...]

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 apparatus, close calls, firefighter safety, highway safety, near miss

FIREFIGHTER CLOSE CALL ON KY. HIGHWAY

 Rick Markley    August 23, 2017    No Comments

On July 10, 2017 at approximately 14:10 we were clearing from a truck fire on Interstate 64 east-bound lane at mile marker 163 in Carter County, Kentucky. The left lane was shut down due to the truck fire. The crew that was on Engine 1 for the Grayson Fire Department just got … [Read more...]

 APPARATUS/VEHICLE/HIGHWAY, Vehicle Safety
 apparatus, close calls, firefighter safety, near miss

PHILIPPINE FIREFIGHTER INJURED IN TWO-APPARATUS CRASH

 Rick Markley    July 2, 2017    No Comments

One firefighter was injured when two firefighting apparatus collided during a structure fire in the Philippine city Cagayan de Oro Sunday. A police report said that a fire truck from Gaisano Fire Volunteer group hit a rig from the Chinese Fire Volunteer department at an … [Read more...]

 APPARATUS/VEHICLE/HIGHWAY, News, Safety and Survival, Vehicle Safety
 apparatus, close calls, fire truck, firefighter safety

STRUT ROD MISSILES THROUGH APPARATUS WINDSHIELD

 Rick Markley    June 27, 2017    No Comments

On the morning of June 26, the Maywood (N.J.) Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire on Route 17 northbound. The apparatus was positioned uphill and a distance from the fully involved vehicle. As crews were masking up, one of the struts from the front hood of the vehicle … [Read more...]

 APPARATUS/VEHICLE/HIGHWAY, News
 apparatus, close calls, firefighter safety, near miss, vehicle fire

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