New York, NY - The City of New York is set to reduce the manning at 60 FDNY engine companies from 5 to 4 man crews. The city says this response is due to a large number of firefighters taking sick leave during the recent heat spells and over the last 30 day period. With leave [...]
Source – Associated Press
Los Angeles, Ca – An industrial building with a tampered gas line exploded Friday, killing a man who was hurled into the street and another who was electrocuted by a downed power line, officials said. The blast turned the front of the wooden building in South Los Angeles into a mass of [...]
Source – The Charlotte Observer
Charlotte, NC – Three local fires kept firefighters busy in the early hours of Friday morning. Firefighters responded to a house fire on Royston Road, shortly before 1:30 a.m. Firefighters had the fire under control after 11 minutes, said Charlotte Fire Department spokesman Capt. Rob Brisley. Heavy smoke and fire brought [...]
Source – The News and Observer
Fairview, NC – 60 firefighters from seven North Carolina fire departments worked late last night into early this morning to prevent an Apex residence from burning down. Fairview Fire Department Chief Ed Brinson said his station received a report of a large structural fire at a house on Gum Leaf [...]
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Norfolk, MA – An explosion rocked a construction site in Norfolk, injuring six construction workers, when a duplex under construction exploded on Friday. Three people were flown from the scene via MedFlight helicopters while three others were transported by ground to local hospitals.
Firefighters responded to the Village at Rivers Edge and found [...]
Burlington, VT – Lt. Steven N. Costello, 46, died on Friday the 30th of July, nearly a week after being discovered in cardiac arrest at a Burlington Fire station. Costello, was a 23 year veteran of the Burlington Fire Department.
Costello’s crew discovered him on the floor of station 2 around 6:30pm on July 23rd, 2010. [...]
St. Johns County, FL – As the time nears for cost of living increases, St. Johns County Firefighters are once again going toe to toe with county administrators. The firefighters maintain that they have a contract in place and the county is not honoring it.
The county has asked that firefighters fore go cost of living [...]
St. Johns County Fire Fighters as captured at a house fire that took the life of three family pets. The fire was put out quickly and the home saved.
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Chris Dilley for Fire Service NewsThe Florida Wing of the Civil Air Patrol is hosting a summer encampment this week for South East Region CAP cadets at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center. 230 cadets have traveled from all across Florida and some even come from several south eastern states to participate in this week long training offered during the encampment program.
This event [...]
Chris Dilley for Fire Service NewsHeli-casting is defined as a hovering exit from a helicopter at a low altitude over a body of water. Rescue divers can use this technique to quickly get to the scene of a maritime mishap.
The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team recently practiced and refined this water entry technique. July 29th, 2010 [...]
St. Johns County Fire Rescue Junior Lifeguards joined junior guards from around the region in an annual competition held in Jacksonville Beach this past Saturday. Jr. Guards from Nassau County, Fernandina Beach, Jacksonville Beach and Flagler County competed as individuals and as teams in this event that showcases many different skills that lifeguards [...]
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