Detroit, MI – Six Detroit firefighters were transported to area hospitals this morning after an explosion and partial building collapse that occurred as firefighters battled the second alarm blaze. WDIV-TV out of Detroit is reporting a wall fell on firefighters after an explosion in the building and at least one firefighter is in serious condition.
Four [...]
Chicago, IL – A Chicago firefighter died at 1:19 a.m. on Monday morning after falling three to four stories from a ladder he was ascending at the scene of a grease fire at Avec, 615 W. Randolph St, while caring equipment to the fire.
He was responding to a grease-chute fire at the restaurant when he [...]
Photo Credit WMTW-TVShapleigh, ME – A firefighter was flown to Maine Medical Center this evening after losing control of the apparatus she was driving in Shapleigh, Maine. The accident occurred on Newfield Road in Shapleigh shortly after 5pm on Sunday evening.
Fire officials said the drive had to be cut from the truck and sustained serious [...]
Philadelphia, PA – A twelve year old autistic boy was killed, a female resident injured and two firefighters injured when a fire broke out in a home on S. 55th Street on Saturday just before 7:00 pm. Three other homes where also reportedly damaged by the blaze that displaced more than a dozen occupants.
The boy [...]
Gray Summit, MO – Two school buses have reportly collided with a car and tractor trailer on Interstate 44 just 32 miles west of St. Louis Missouri. Reports from the scene are that their are two dead but Missouri Dept. Of Transportation has not confirmed whether they are students or adults.
Franklin County Sheriff’s Department officials [...]
Buffalo, NY – Two firefighters were transported from the scene of a structure fire on 7th Street in Buffalo, NY on Tuesday morning after falling 15 to 20 feet while exiting the roof of an adjacent building. The two firefighters were on the roof of the builidng preparing to vent the roof when the accident [...]
An article in the The San Jose Mercury News caught my attention this morning. It seems no department is immune to the rash of layoff’s and station closings.
By Tracy Seipel and John Woolfolk
The San Jose Mercury News
SAN JOSE, Calif. — On a somber Friday morning at San Jose’s Fire Department Training Center, 33-year-old rookie firefighter [...]
Source – Houston Chronicle
Houston, TX – An off-duty Houston firefighter died after his motorcycle was struck in San Leon by a driver who was later charged with intoxication manslaughter, authorities said Monday. Johnnie Williams, 49, was hit by a Ford pickup truck about 3:45 p.m. Sunday on FM 517 near 27th Street, said officials with [...]
Source – Portsmouth Herald
York, ME – A garage fire that injured two firefighters remained under investigation Monday, many hours after crews were called to 107 Scotland Bridge Road shortly after midnight to extinguish the fully involved structure. The cause of the fire as of late Monday afternoon was undetermined but not suspicious, said York Village [...]
Source – Philadelphia Daily News
Philadelphia, Pa – About 80 firefighters, union leaders and residents protested yesterday outside one of three Fire Department companies closed during its 10-hour day shift, trying to get the public to call City Council and the mayor with safety concerns. Yesterday’s launch of the city’s “rolling brownouts” — a rotational schedule in [...]
Source – The Sun News
Myrtle Beach, SC – Horry County firefighters were called early Monday to a restaurant for a blaze in a Socastee strip mall, where one business sustained damage and birds in an adjacent pet store were evacuated, according to authorities. No one was hurt during the blaze at 4505 Socastee Blvd., in [...]
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