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On 4/19/1995 The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma bombing killed 168 and left over 800 injured after a Ryder truck containing 5,000 pounds of fertilizer and nitromethane mixture detonated. A massive rescue operation that continued over 17 days and involved eleven task forces, USAR Teams, and an Incident Management Team was […]
Karl Thompson
1 week 1 day ago
CONCORD, N.C. (WBTV) – A firetruck was damaged Thursday morning after it caught fire, officials said. City officials said one of the trucks at Concord Fire Department’s Station 8 caught fire inside the building. Crews were awakened by the sound of fire alarms going off within the station around 4:18 a.m. After finding the bay filled with […]
Joe Knitter
1 week 2 days ago
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — As Captain Mark Egloff approaches 30 years as a Buffalo firefighter, he’s made history, receiving the first-ever line-of-duty cancer diagnosis within the department. “You know, you’re scared when you hear it,” he told 7 News. “Everyone hears cancer, you get scared of it. That’s just the natural reaction.” But thanks to […]
Joe Knitter
1 week 2 days ago
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – A hospital patient in Henry County stole an ambulance and led police on a chase before crashing in Clayton County Wednesday afternoon, according to the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office. The suspect, identified as Ladarius Williams, was taken into custody, the sheriff’s office said. They said Williams stole a private […]
Joe Knitter
1 week 2 days ago
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – Three firefighters were hurt in a house fire in north Charlotte early Thursday morning, the Charlotte Fire Department said. The blaze was first reported around 2:45 a.m. on Grimes Street, which is just off North Graham Street. Firefighters said flames were showing from the house when they arrived, and shortly after their […]
Joe Knitter
1 week 2 days ago
On 4/18/1906 near San Francisco, California a magnitude (Mw) 7.8 earthquake occurred when the San Andreas Fault slipped over a segment about 275 miles long at 5:12 a.m. The subsequent fires killed 315+ and the fire ultimately destroyed over 500 city blocks and almost 30,000 buildings downtown. “Shaking was felt from Oregon to Los Angeles, […]
Karl Thompson
1 week 2 days ago
On 4/17/2013 a West, Texas one-story, 12,000 square-foot unprotected wood-frame fertilizer plant (storage and distribution) facility explosion, and fire killed fifteen (ten first responders), injured more than 250, and damaged or destroyed more than 500 buildings within a 37-block area with a $100 million loss. There were no automatic detection or suppression systems in the […]
Karl Thompson
1 week 2 days ago
On 4/16/1947 the Texas City, Texas disaster killed 581 people including twenty-seven firefighters, and 3,500 were injured when 2,300 tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer aboard the SS Grandcamp exploded. Smoke was spotted from one of the cargo holds, fearing damaging the cargo the hold was secured attempting to smother the (oxidizer) fire, at 9:00 a.m… […]
Karl Thompson
1 week 2 days ago
On 4/15/2013 during the Boston (Massachusetts) Marathon, two pressure-cooker bombs exploded at 2:49 p.m. killing three people and injuring 264. “The bombs exploded about 13 seconds and 210 yards apart, near the finish line on Boylston Street. The 117th annual Boston Marathon was run on Patriots’ Day, April 15, 2013. The first exploded outside Marathon […]
Karl Thompson
1 week 2 days ago
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A Las Vegas Fire and Rescue vehicle that had been stolen was involved in a crash Wednesday morning, police said. According to Fernando Gray, Fire Chief for the City of Las Vegas, emergency crews responded to the 400 block of Fremont Street around 6 a.m. on Wednesday for a medical emergency. At […]
Joe Knitter
1 week 2 days ago
STOCKTON, Calif. — Multiple people were hurt after a fire engine slammed into a Stockton home Wednesday morning after a crash involving two other vehicles, police said. A gas station employee KCRA 3 spoke with said the owner of the home involved in the crash was across the street paying for coffee when the firetruck […]
Joe Knitter
1 week 3 days ago
WEBB COUNTY, TX (KGNS) – Two paramedics are injured following a car crash just north of Webb County involving a private ambulance service unit and a trailer. The crash was reported on Tuesday morning at around 11:30 a.m. KGNS has confirmed that an Angel Care ambulance was on its way to a call near Rancho […]
Joe Knitter
1 week 3 days ago
County of Maui Fire Chief Brad Ventura presented the Department of Fire and Public Safety’s After-Action Report on the August 2023 Maui wildfires during a press conference this morning at Kula Fire Station. Maui Fire Department (MFD) Chief Ventura, along with Assistant Chief Jeff Giesea, outlined the scope of the report, which covers four wildfires that […]
Joe Knitter
1 week 4 days ago
Birmingham, AL — When we think of dangers to firefighters, it’s the flames and burning buildings that come to mind. But the dangers you don’t see are the chemicals that can lead to esophageal and other cancers. New screening methods are helping catch the cancers earlier. Firefighters are exposed to hundreds of chemicals such as benzene, […]
Joe Knitter
1 week 4 days ago
DENVER (KDVR) — A South Metro Fire Rescue crew was involved in a rollover crash in Centennial Monday afternoon. The crash happened around noon near South Havana Street and East Arapahoe Road. The area is northwest of the Centennial Airport. South Metro Fire Rescue confirmed on X that one of their units was responding to a call […]
Joe Knitter
1 week 4 days ago
In Onondaga County NY (near Syracuse) 2 Police officers were shot and killed last night. Syracuse PD Officer Michael Jensen and Onondaga Sheriffs Lieutenant Michael Hoosock were both killed in the Line of Duty. Lieutenant Hoosock was previously a member of the Lyncourt FD, a part time FF/Medic with the Manlius FD, a medic with […]
Joe Knitter
1 week 4 days ago
ST. LOUIS — A city firefighter ran out of oxygen while trapped under rubble during a house fire here because he was wearing faulty breathing equipment, according to a lawsuit filed by his parents. The equipment worn by Ben Polson, 33, should have alerted coworkers to his location when he stopped moving after the ceiling […]
Joe Knitter
1 week 4 days ago
SCOTLAND COUNTY, NC (WMBF) – A car hit a North Carolina fire station on Sunday, causing “significant damage,” according to officials. The Scotland County Rescue Squad was called to a serious two-car crash at the Highway 501 South and Pea Bridge Road intersection. The agency said one of the cars hit the Stewartsville Volunteer Fire […]
Joe Knitter
1 week 5 days ago
All, A Los Angeles City recruit Firefighter, who was just sworn in last week, was killed on the 101 Freeway in Studio City Monday morning. The crash was reported at 0511 hours on the northbound lanes at Campo de Cahuenga. The victim, a recruit Firefighter, was on his way to the fire drill tower and […]
Joe Knitter
1 week 5 days ago
ROME TWP. — An Addison Fire Department ambulance transporting a patient Saturday was struck by a pickup on U.S. 223 at Onsted Highway. Addison Fire Chief David Aungst said the ambulance was transporting a patient to ProMedica Hickman Hospital in Adrian Township at about 10 p.m. when a southbound pickup on Onsted Highway struck the […]
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