Firefighter Close Calls

On 6/2/1992 at approximately 2:15 a.m. fire in an adult foster care facility in Detroit, Michigan killed ten occupants of the sixteen predominantly elderly individuals that lived in the facility with one night supervisor. The renovated three-story two-family dwelling had been converted into an adult foster care facility. The fire started from smoking materials discarded […]

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A total of 29 Las Cruces firefighters responded to a mobile home fire on Wednesday, May 31 at the 1400 block of Branding Iron Circle. Officials say they were dispatched to a report of a fire at around 10:50 a.m. including a possible trapped occupant inside the mobile home. Officials […]

NATCHEZ — A Memorial Day house fire on Saragossa Road in Adams County ended in the total loss of the home and the injury of at least one firefighter when the roof of the structure collapsed. Natchez Fire Chief Robert Arrington said the firefighter was taken to the emergency room by ambulance but appears to […]

By WGGB/WSHM: A three-alarm fire on Oak Street in Springfield nearly turned deadly when two firefighters were pinned underneath a ceiling that collapsed, pinning them to the ground. We’re getting answers from the experts on how they train for these situations before the heat is on. Fire Commissioner B.J. Calvi said they train around the […]