Firefighter Close Calls

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – Two firefighters were sent to the hospital in critical condition following a duplex fire Saturday evening in Bel Aire. The Wichita Fire Department was called to the 7400 block of E. Summerside Place in Bel Aire around 8:20 p.m. Wichita Fire says when they arrived at the scene the fire was […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — One person is dead and a firefighter is hurt after an apartment fire in Birmingham Saturday night. The apartment fire occurred on the corner of 33rd Street South and Highland Avenue. Crews responded to the call around 10:45 p.m. Saturday. Three people had to be rescued, but they were not hurt. […]

A manhole fire and explosion in Manhattan early on Sunday morning damaged cars and storefronts, caused power failures and injured at least three people, officials said. The Fire Department responded to a call about smoke coming from several manholes on 56th Street between First and Second Avenues around 4:30 a.m. Firefighters searched the buildings on […]

A man accused of committing several arsons at emergency-services stations in Connecticut has been arrested in Pennsylvania. Richard White was taken into custody Saturday night after he was spotted by the Pennsylvania State Police, WBRE/WYOU is reporting. Where in Pennsylvania he was arrested is not yet known, but the Pittstown Township Fire Department warned residents that he had […]

2/28/1810 the 1st joint stock fire insurance company was started in Philadelphia, PA; capital was raised through the sale of shares and distribute dividends. 2/28/1918 The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) was chartered. The IAFF is a labor union representing firefighters and emergency medical services personnel in the United States and Canada and is […]

2/27/1975 New York Telephone exchange fire was the largest loss of telephone service in the U.S. until 9/11/01 when the main distribution frame was destroyed at the telephone building at 204 Second Ave & East 13th Street. The building was erected in two phases: The first three floors were completed in 1923 and an additional […]

A massive fire visible across Los Angeles burned material in a commercial yard and destroyed parked buses early Friday. CBS Los Angeles reports the inferno erupted in Compton before dawn and consumed stacks of pallets in a very large industrial yard. Flames then spread to buses parked in a lot next door.  Aerial footage from CBS Los […]

A Los Angeles firefighter was injured Friday battling a blaze in Westlake that damaged a Craftsman-style home, a fourplex and another structure. The fire was reported about 3:50 p.m. at 1521 W. 8th St. as an outdoor blaze that was “lapping up to the eaves” of the house, said Margaret Stewart with the Los Angeles […]

BONNIE, IL — A Waltonville firefighter suffered minor injuries Wednesday night while working a residential structure fire in Bonnie. According to Assistant Waltonville Fire Chief Scott Pennington, they responded around 6:25 p.m. Wednesday to a report of a fire at a home in the 11000 block of East Bonnie Road. While fighting the blaze, a plastic box of batteries […]

On 2/26/1993 the World Trade Center (WTC) was bombed. The extremist attack killed six people, injured 1,165 and over 50,000 people were evacuated in New York after terrorist planted over 1,000 pounds nitrourea bomb, with hydrogen cylinders in Ryder Econoline van on the B-2 level parking garage beneath the northeast corner of the Vista Hotel […]

2/25/1882 a Corvallis, Oregon firefighter died at a grain mill fire when a wall of the structure collapsed and fell on him. 2/25/1900 a Detroit, MI firefighter died of the injuries he sustained after being caught under a falling smokestack. 2/25/1904 a Manhattan, New York (FDNY) firefighter “died of pneumonia, which was the result of […]

By Olivia Parons, WSPA The community is mourning the loss of a firefighter who died in a motorcycle accident Wednesday morning. Twenty-three-year-old Tyler Warfield died at the scene. According to Highway Patrol, Warfield was travelling north on Silver Lake Road when a pickup travelling south turned onto Dillard Road and collided with the motorcycle. He […]

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — Nearly one year after the New Bedford ended its controversial blackout policy, the firefighters union is asking the city not take one of its fire engines off the street. The blackout policy, which took one of the city’s fire stations out of service on a rotating basis, was initially implemented to […]

2/24/1857 a Springfield, OH firefighter was “killed from the crushing injuries he sustained while operating at a house fire, when a portico fell on him.” 2/24/1862 a Boston, MA firefighter “suffocated from heavy smoke, during a four-alarm fire in the building at North & Commercial Street, District 1-Station 4, at the Eastern Railroad Depot on […]

On February 19, 2021, the Cornell Area Fire Department was requested by the Sheldon Fire Department for mutual aid at a working structure fire in the Township of Willard. Cornell responded with two water tenders and manpower. Justin Fredrickson, a 35-year-old, 16-year veteran of the Cornell Fire Department responded to the scene. As he was […]

Philadelphia firefighter John Evans was laid to rest with honors on February 23, 2021. Evans, a 37-year veteran of the Philadelphia Fire Department, passed away in the line of duty on February 12 after a battle with COVID-19. His career in the fire department included a stint with Marine Unit 1, where his title was […]

PALMERTON, CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU-TV) — A large fire gutted an apartment complex in Palmerton Monday morning. None of the residents were injured, however one firefighter was hurt. Aidan Haupt of Palmerton was inside his home, learning online, when he noticed the room was getting hazy. His sister thought it smelled like smoke, so the two ran […]

BOSSIER CITY, La. (KSLA) – Crews with the Bossier City Fire Department struggled to put out a fire on Thursday, Feb. 18. Firefighters were working a fire in the 200 block of John Wesley Boulevard, at the old Days Inn complex. Heavy smoke was reported at the scene. Crews are dealing with low water pressure […]

A firefighter was hospitalized with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening after he slipped and fell battling a Paterson house fire on Monday, authorities said. The firefighter was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center after being injured in the 22nd Street fire. The blaze broke out on the second floor of the home and was […]

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — One firefighter was injured and a family dog was killed after an early-morning fire in Syracuse to a multiple apartment building, according to Syracuse Fire Chief Michael Monds. The firefighter suffered burns to the arms and was transported to the hospital, who has since been released, Chief Monds said. The fire broke out […]