Firefighter Close Calls

ATLANTIC CITY – Atlantic City sent all of its firefighters for testing for lead exposure after two firehouses were closed when it was discovered that lead dust was kicked up during recent renovations. Atlantic City’s Fire Chief said cracking and pealing paint at Station #6 and Station #3 had been sanded and scrapped while firefighters remained stationed […]

On 7/14/1874 the Second Great Fire in Chicago, Illinois was reported around 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. “It was raised near the corner of Clark and 12th Street (Roosevelt Road), just a few blocks south of the downtown business district. A fire had broken out, inauspiciously beginning the same way the Great Fire had, in a […]

Four firefighters were injured while battling a garage fire in New Haven on Thursday afternoon. Several firefighters and fire vehicles responded to the area of Chapel Street in New Haven and video from Drone Ranger shows heavy smoke at the scene. Assistant Fire Chief Dan Coughlin said they were called to the area at about […]

FRESH MEADOWS, Queens (WABC) — At least six people were injured, including several firefighters, after a fire tore through a home undergoing construction in Queens on Thursday. The fire broke out just before 6:30 p.m. on the second floor of the vacant home located at 75-51 195th Street in Fresh Meadows. The home suffered a partial […]

By WFSB: Several fire crews are fighting a warehouse fire on Chapel Street in New Haven on Thursday. Four firefighters were injured battling the flames, according to the New Haven Fire Department. A resident was also hurt. Crews are still working to knock down the fire, which is at an appliance warehouse. New Haven Fire […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Law enforcement officers are searching for a suspect or suspects after two firefighters were shot at a fire station in Birmingham Wednesday morning. Firefighters Jamal Jones and Jordan Melton were doing routine morning maintenance in the Norwood area at Station 9 on 27th Street North when the shooting occurred. The bay door […]

MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee firefighter fell through a floor while battling a two-alarm blaze on the city’s south side Thursday morning, July 13. MFD Chief Aaron Lipski said crews were dispatched to the “pretty serious” fire around 9:40 a.m. Firefighters arrived to the home near 29th and Scott within minutes and found heavy smoke pushing from the second floor […]

By Anna Coon, WGME: Lebanon firefighters are still looking for improved station housing after a septic issue last month left their living quarters uninhabitable. Wednesday, the town’s select board met to discuss plans for improved temporary housing. Right now, firefighters have two trailers in the yard behind the station: one with three twin beds and […]

On 7/13/1865 the P. T. Barnum’s museum burned down; for a twenty-five-cent admission, visitors viewed an ever-revolving series of “attractions” in the building located on the corner of Broadway and Ann Street in lower Manhattan. “Barnum quickly re-opened the American Museum at a different location, but it too burned to the ground in 1868. After […]

BARGERSVILLE, Ind. — A local fire department has become the unintentional catalyst of conversation after changing their drug policy and allowing its firefighters to use CBD products. Despite CBD being legal in Indiana since March of 2018, the decision for White River Township Fire Department to change their policy to allow its staff to use CBD products […]

A firefighter was injured while battling a Second Alarm fire at a commercial building in La Crescenta on Wednesday. According to Los Angeles County Fire Department, crews were dispatched to the fire near Foothill Boulevard and Ramsdell Avenue at around 3:25 p.m. Due to the size of the building, firefighters immediately declared the blaze a […]

PASSAIC, New Jersey (WABC) — Four firefighters were injured battling a house fire in Passaic, New Jersey on Wednesday. The fire broke out at a multi-level house at 67 Union Avenue just before 3:30 p.m. and quickly escalated to a five-alarm blaze. Passaic Mayor Hector Lora said four firefighters suffered from heat exhaustion. A mayday call […]

Two Ludington firefighters were hospitalized Tuesday after battling a structure fire in a multiple-dwelling apartment complex in the 1200 block of South Madison Street. None of the occupants of the building were injured, but Ludington Assistant Fire Chief Andy Larr said two firefighters were transported to Corewell Health Ludington Hospital after dealing with the blaze. […]

On 7/12/1855 a riot broke out between clowns and firefighters when the circus came to Toronto. “With a population that had tripled to over 40,000 in just the past few decades, but in many ways, still a rough-and-tumble frontier town, filled with saloons, brothels, and lots of drunken rowdy men. When their performance at the […]

NEWARK — Firefighters union officials were blunt at a Tuesday press conference. “We want to shine a light on the neglect that the [Newark Fire Department] has endured under [the city’s] administration,” Newark Firefighters Union President Michael Giunta said Giunta was was joined by Anthony Tarantino, president of the Newark Fire Officers Union, and Edward […]

DENVER (KDVR) — A police officer severely injured after a fire truck ran over his leg during the Denver Nuggets championship parade in June has had his leg amputated below the knee, according to an update from the city. Denver Police Sergeant Justin Dodge is described by police as a very decorated veteran officer. He […]

The inside of Houston Fire Station 56 is hot. “We walked in and we were literally sweating,” said Sandy Ditta. Ditta, with Operation HFD Cookie Drop, recently noticed just how hot it is after delivering cookies to the firefighters. She has been baking cookies for them for years to help boost their spirits. “They’ve been […]

On 7/11/1926 an ammunition depot explosion killed three, twenty were missing, and one hundred were injured near Dover, New Jersey. “Towns and hamlets within a radius of 15 miles of what was until yesterday the navy’s principal depot, bore the marks of the continued hail of debris and the shock of the detonating stores of […]

On 7/10/1893 thirteen Chicago, Illinois Firefighters died in the line of duty while fighting the White City fire at the Chicago World’s Fair. “The fire occurred in the Cold Storage Building. This building was a technological marvel of the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago, making ice, keeping meat cold, and boasting an indoor ice-skating rink. […]

On 7/9/1850 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania a major fire killed eighteen civilians, and ten firefighters, and destroyed close to 400 buildings. “The first great fire in the history of Philadelphia began in the afternoon. Surely the city’s most destructive conflagration during the 19th century, it started at a warehouse on the east side of Water Street, […]