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STAIRWELL COLLAPSE LEADS TO FIREFIGHTER INJURY AT HOUSE FIRE – NEW YORK

2 days 2 hours ago
CATSKILL, NY (WRGB) — Catskill Fire and Ambulance fought a fire on Grandview Avenue Sunday morning, facing some challenges and with one firefighter injured. Right after 7am, Catskill Fire and Ambulance were sent to Grandview Avenue by the traffic circle for a house fire. When the first engine arrived, they stretched a line inside the home. […]
Brian Kazmierzak

MAYDAY AT WATER RESCUE – PENNSLYVANIA

4 days ago
22:49 May 7 County dispatched the River Box 54-9 for a water rescue. Three individuals were reported stranded on the rocks in the Susquehanna River. Boats from 54, 88, and 71 were dispatched. At first, the victims were thought to be north of the South Gate bridge to Crane Clean Energy(TMI). After communicating with them, […]
Brian Kazmierzak

OHIO FIREFIGHTER TRAPPED BY CEILING COLLAPSE

5 days 20 hours ago
MEDINA TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WOIO) – A Medina firefighter was trapped when a ceiling collapsed during a house fire Tuesday on Maggie Marie Boulevard. Medina Township fire(MFD) The Medina Fire Department was called about 4:52 p.m. to a house fire in Medina Township. When firefighters arrived, there was fire in the home’s garage that had spread […]
Joe Knitter

TWO KENTUCKY FIREFIGHTERS BITTEN BY BROWN RECLUSE SPIDERS AMID STATION INFESTATION

6 days 4 hours ago
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Two Elizabethtown firefighters were bitten by brown recluse spiders after the station became infested last week. According to Amy Inman, a spokesperson for the City of Elizabethtown, a spider infestation broke out early last week at Elizabethtown Fire Department Station 3. Officials said firefighters relocated to Station 1 Thursday after they […]
Joe Knitter

TEXAS FIREFIGHTER WINS LANDMARK CANCER CASE

6 days 20 hours ago
Suzanne LaFollette, a member of Austin, TX Local 975, has been fighting for her life – and for workers’ compensation eligibility – for months now. She scored a major victory in the second battle when an administrative law judge ruled on April 21 that she was entitled to the benefit. LaFollette was diagnosed with Stage […]
Joe Knitter

FIREFIGHTER INJURED IN APARTMENT FIRE – NORTH DAKOTA

1 week ago
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) – UPDATE (5/4/2026 at 8:40 p.m.): One firefighter was injured Monday evening as the Bismarck Fire Department works to extinguish a blaze that began in a crawl space in a large apartment building. The department is asking the public to avoid the 4000 block of Lockport St. in Bismarck. Alberta Heights is 90,000 square […]
Joe Knitter

CALIFORNIA’S ANTIQUATED 9-1-1 DISPATCH IS ON THE VERGE OF GOING DARK

1 week 2 days ago
California once built massive infrastructure projects—dams, highways, and aqueducts—that were the marvel of the world. During the Great Depression, engineers erected the Golden Gate Bridge in four years, ahead of schedule and under budget. But those days are over. Under Governor Gavin Newsom, California has been unable to complete, and hardly able to begin, construction […]
Barry Furey

THREE PORTLAND FIREFIGHTERS BURNED AT HOUSE FIRE – OREGON

1 week 3 days ago
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Residents in SE Portland were told to evacuate the area of a two-alarm house fire in the Belmont neighborhood early Friday morning. Officials responded to the blaze near SE 30th Place and Stark Street around 5 a.m. and found “too much fire to make entry,” leading officials to call for a […]
Brian Kazmierzak

FIREFIGHTER INJURED AT YONKERS FIRE – NEW YORK

1 week 6 days ago
At least 18 residents were displaced, and one firefighter was injured after a five-alarm fire broke out at a Yonkers apartment building on Tuesday. Fire officials said they first learned about the fire at 50 Riverdale Ave. around 9:17 a.m. The calls they received reported people trapped inside with smoky conditions. Yonkers Fire Commissioner William […]
Brian Kazmierzak

F2026-02 PA: Career Firefighter Injured after Falling from Ladder while Self-Extricating from Boarding House Fire – Pennsylvania

1 week 6 days ago
The below NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP) report and slides were published this afternoon: F2026-02 PA: Career Firefighter Injured after Falling from Ladder while Self-Extricating from Boarding House Fire – Pennsylvania Report: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/firefighters/programs/pdfs/f202602.pdf Slides: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/firefighters/programs/pdfs/f202602RS.pdf The report was published exactly 64 days after the fire department submitted a request for a NIOSH investigation. FFFIPP continues to accept […]
Brian Kazmierzak

F2025-12 IN: 53-Year-old Sergeant Dies from Cardiac Event While Asleep in Station During Duty Shift – Indiana

1 week 6 days ago
The below NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP) report was published this morning: F2025-12 IN: 53-Year-old Sergeant Dies from Cardiac Event While Asleep in Station During Duty Shift – Indiana Report: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/firefighters/programs/pdfs/f202512.pdf FFFIPP continues to accept requests for serious injury and line-of-duty death investigations through the NIOSH website. Firefighters and other interested parties can see what investigations […]
Brian Kazmierzak
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