Firefighter Close Calls

CABELL COUNTY, W.Va. — Emergency service personnel said four firefighters were injured in a fire truck crash Wednesday afternoon in Cabell County. Dispatchers said the crash happened at around 1:30 p.m. on Grassy Lick Road near the Wayne County line. The fire truck from the Green Valley Fire Department was the only vehicle involved in […]

On 3/14/1981 an early morning fire at the Royal Beach home hotel killed nineteen and fourteen others, including two police officers, were injured at 5523 North Kenmore Avenue in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The fire started in the first-floor laundry room and spread to a nearby stairway trapping many of the sixty-two occupants […]

Three people were injured on Tuesday morning when a paramedic unit and an SUV crashed in Delaware. It happened around 9:30 a.m. in the area of Airport and Churchmans roads in New Castle. Police say the paramedic unit was driving with its lights and sirens on when it was hit by a blue Kia SUV. […]

On 3/13/1898 in New York City, New York, in the Bowery Mission, a three-alarm fire killed eleven at 105 Bowery, a lodging house that had “a cheap restaurant” in the basement, a “mission” on the ground floor, and the “four upper floors were fitted up as a cheap lodging house, with accommodations for 150 males […]

A tragic set of separate but related circumstances have resulted in the Line of Duty Deaths of an EMT and a Firefighter in rural Elliott County, Kentucky. Earlier today, an Elliot County, KY EMT died in the Line of Duty from a medical emergency. As the area agencies were preparing for the body escort of […]

A firetruck crashed Monday night while en route to a small fire in downtown Raleigh. The Raleigh Fire Department responded to a fire around 10 p.m. at the intersection of Blount and Martin streets. The fire was at an apartment building across from Moore Square. Video from the WRAL Breaking News Tracker shows a firetruck […]

My volunteer fire department were starting weekly apparatus check and when the Captain attempted to start one of the apparatus, as he activated the ignition switch, the batteries suffered a catastrophic explosion. Three of the four batteries were completely destroyed. The rig was parked in the rear position of a double deep and two bay […]

No injuries were reported after an ambulance transporting a patient to the hospital crashed into an SUV in Deer Park, sheriff’s officials said. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 5:55 p.m. Thursday to the area of Long Grove Road and Ela Road in Deer Park for a vehicle crash. Lake Zurich Fire/Rescue Ambulance 321, […]

ST. LOUIS – One person was taken into custody after an ambulance was stolen overnight in north St. Louis. There was a very quick and sizable response from the authorities after the incident happened. City police were able to track down the stolen ambulance and take a woman into custody. It all happened about 2:30 […]

All, A Firefighter in The Bahamas was killed in the Line of Duty when he fell off his fire apparatus. Volunteer Firefighter Stephen Jenkins, 61, was on Baker’s Bay Friday evening to fight a working yacht fire when he accidentally fell off the apparatus and fractured his head. Volunteer fire services are responsible for protecting […]

  DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) – If you call 911 in Durham, there’s a chance you’ll get an answer from another town nearly 80 miles away. That’s because the City Council is set to vote on a new proposal to reroute calls to Fayetteville. Just last week, a couple’s car was spotted in the parking lot of a […]

On 3/12/1883 around 11:00 p.m., eleven lodgers died nine miles from the city of Deadwood, North Dakota at Brownsville Wood Camp on the Homestake Railway line when a fire destroyed the one-story-long, cheaply constructed shack of pitch pine, building with sleeping loft, accessible only by a ladder. Four others were seriously injured. “The fire undoubtedly […]

Officials with a pair of unions that represent firefighters in Camden, NJ, are sounding an alert, as they claim concerns over faulty equipment have reached “crisis level” after claiming that problems with apparatus slowed emergency workers’ response to a deadly fire on March 8. According to a letter that the unions — Camden Fire Officers […]

A VOLUNTEER firefighter in Abaco died after falling off a truck that was rushing to a fire scene, leaving his community in shock. Guana Cay resident Stephen Jenkins, 61, was heading to Baker’s Bay Friday evening to fight a yacht fire when he accidentally fell off the fire truck and fractured his head. His cousin, […]

All, Once again, this no-cost, resource-packed event is coming up and we wanted to make sure you were aware: Firefighter & First Responder Wellness Week March 25-29, 2023 What it is: FRWW is an annual week-long effort to bring first responder wellness to the forefront. It’s designed to educate first responders on the mental and physical health […]

On 3/11/1948 in Asheville, North Carolina a hospital fire claimed the lives of nine female patients including Zelda Fitzgerald, wife of author F. Scott Fitzgerald, in the four-story central building of the Highland Hospital for nervous diseases, a mental hospital that is believed to have started in the kitchen… Originally known as “Dr. Carroll’s Sanatorium,” […]

A West Warwick fire engine crashed through a station on Sunday. Officials say no one was hurt.  Station 2, located at 834 Main St., was roped off with crime scene tape. According to West Warwick Battalion Chief Eric Norberg a door on the side of the truck popped open as the fire engine was leaving […]

One person died, and several others were injured on Saturday, March 9, in a collision involving a U.S. Forest Service vehicle in the San Bernardino Mountains. A Mill Creek Station fire vehicle carrying nine firefighters, who serve in the Front Country Ranger district and are known as hotshots, collided with two civilian vehicles on Highway […]

Five firefighters were hospitalized Saturday after a major structure fire at a two-story downtown commercial building was knocked down. Investigators said the building housed an illegal cannabis operation. The injured firefighters were hospitalized for comprehensive medical examinations after experiencing an unexpected burning sensation to their faces, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. The fire […]

The open burning of hazardous chemicals has been banned for more than 40 years. How was it allowed to happen in a rural East Palestine, Ohio? By Chris D’Angelo Three days after a Norfolk Southern train loaded with toxic chemicals careened off the tracks in East Palestine, Ohio, town fire chief Keith Drabick gave the […]