Firefighter Close Calls

All, “The whole bridge just collapsed”…. Here is the radio traffic as the Maryland Transportation Authority Police were made immediately aware that the ship was approaching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkjZImSG7j4 Here is the Baltimore City fire dispatch and radio traffic sent previously: https://youtu.be/g3lz-oBnmYE?si=2neIzJYGzQ2-y3cp Take Care. Be Careful. Pass It On. BillyG The Secret List 3-26-2024-1317 Hours www.FireFighterCloseCalls.com

All, Here are two links to the Baltimore City Fire Department dispatch from this morning’s bridge collapse. LISTEN to the outstanding work by the dispatchers as well as command officers making proactive decisions while responding. LISTEN HERE:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3lz-oBnmYE In 1980, a similar incident occurred in Tampa Bay, Florida when a ship hit the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. 35 […]

On 3/26/1873 a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania firefighter died of head injuries while operating at a fire at 16th and Spruce. On 3/26/1892 a Chicago, Illinois firefighter died after he was injured while fighting a fire at the Cribben and Sexton Stove Foundry at 84th E. Erie Street. “Firefighters responded to the fire alarm at the foundry […]

A firefighter has been injured after responding to a house fire early Monday evening. Shortly after 6 p.m. Monday evening, The Fort Myers Fire Department responded to a house fire on Arlington Street. “I thought for sure the house next door was going to catch fire and the one behind,” said one neighbor. As thick black smoke […]

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) – The Parker Fire Department said three crew members were injured Sunday evening after a fire rescue vehicle was hit by a train in Greenville County. Officials said the crash happened around 5:15 p.m. at a railroad crossing near Kerns Avenue and Church Street. Officials explained that the fire rescue truck […]

(As we were posting this, we were advised that a 3-year veteran Police Officer of the NYPD was gunned down during a traffic stop this evening-Our heartfelt condolences, Rest in Peace)  All, We regret to pass on that South Bound Brook Deputy Chief Craig M. Konkle has died in the Line of Duty. On March 23 […]

Fire and rescue workers around Rockland have grown frustrated with the sometimes inaccurate or delayed information they’re getting about emergencies after Knox County lost its ability to take 911 calls last summer and temporarily outsourced that work to a neighboring county. But while 911 service may return to Knox County soon — after a push […]

All, Not sure how to write this one. So here it is. Many if not all of you know Brother Mike Wilbur from FDNY, FDIC, Firehouse and so much more. Mike’s son Nick (a Firefighter in Arlington VA and College Park, PG County, MD) ) and his wife Alyson have a beautiful daughter named Rowan. […]

On 3/25/1911 the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire left 146 dead in New York City. The company employed approximately 500 workers, mostly young immigrant women, some as young as twelve working 60 to 72 hours per week sewing clothes. “The company occupied the top three floors of the iron and steel loft ten-story Asch Building on […]

Not sure how to write this. so here it is. Many if not all of you know Brother Mike Wilbur from FDNY, FDIC, Firehouse and so much more. Mike’s son Nick (a Firefighter in Arlington VA and College Park, PG County, MD) ) and his wife Alyson, have a beautiful daughter named Rowan. Rowan has […]

According to the Lawrence County Coroner, Scott Norwood, a Hellen Keller ambulance struck and killed a motorcyclist while transporting a patient to Birmingham. Norwood confirmed the driver of the motorcycle, a 33-year-old man Sidney Lynn Canada II of Blountsville, was killed in the wreck. According to Alabama State Troopers, the wreck happened at approximately 9:25 […]

BATON ROUGE – An accident involving a fire truck on the intersection of Airline Highway and Cedarcrest Avenue resulted in one injury, according to the Baton Rouge Fire Department. According to the fire department, the crash happened as the vehicle was responding a medical call, and one person was injured and transported to the hospital […]

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A family’s home caught fire, and when they called 911, they said it took nearly an hour to actually tell the dispatcher what was happening. The family said they were put on hold because the 911 center is short-staffed. A FedEx driver helped them out by driving to a nearby fire […]

On 3/24/1999 the Mont Blanc Tunnel fire occurred when a truck carrying 12 tons of flour and 9 tons of margarine entered the French side of the 7.2-mile tunnel connecting France and Italy in the Alps. Smoke from the area around the truck’s cab was detected by a tunnel smoke sensor at 10:52 a.m. The […]

CASEY CO., Ky. (WKYT) – After years of dealing with 911 communications, you can hear in the video how they sound at their best, and at their worst, Casey County first responders took their concerns to a fiscal court meeting in February. Liberty-Casey County Rescue Squad Chief Brandon Long says together, the Bluegrass 911 Communications Director, […]

Hamilton’s city manager says teams assigned to “recover and rebuild” databases following the recent cyberattack hope to have some priority systems, like fire dispatch, back online sometime next week. Four weeks after a ransomware attack crippled the municipality’s online operations, Marnie Cluckie says third parties “cleaning and sanitizing” data are making progress and could potentially have “computer-aided […]

The family of David Earl Griffin—who died after jumping into the Washington Channel in March of 2022—has filed a lawsuit against the D.C. Office of Unified Communications, claiming that its operators impeded an effective emergency response by misreading the severity of the situation. According to WTOP News, the 47-year-old man died on March 14, 2022, […]

While arriving on scene as the first medic unit to a reported MVC on I279 South during wintery conditions. The mile marker location provided to and by dispatch was incorrect, so I continued along the highway at approximately 30 MPH on a 55 MPH posted limit. On approach of an overpass, I noticed four-0ways activated […]

On 3/23/1974 the Caboose Bar at 128 N. 6th Street fire killed nine and injured a dozen more in Allentown, Pennsylvania when a gasoline can was ignited and tossed into a crowded bar. The occupants “were trapped by a boarded back door that should have been their escape route…” “Rage and alcohol-fueled the arson that […]

TAMPA — The Florida Highway Patrol is asking for the public’s help in finding a man they say hijacked an ambulance in Hillsborough County early Friday morning. Around 2 a.m., a supervisor with American Medical Rescue — a private ambulance service — saw a vehicle that appeared to be involved in a crash on the southbound […]