Firefighter Close Calls

A Dallas firefighter is in stable condition after being hurt Friday afternoon battling a 2-alarm fire at a rural church. The fire at the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church on Haymarket Road was first reported at 12:32 p.m. Firefighters with Dallas Fire-Rescue arrived at 12:39 p.m. and reported heavy smoke and fire coming from the roof. […]

All, We regret to pass on that a tanker plane that disappeared in eastern Oregon while fighting one of the many wildfires spreading across several Western states has been found, and the pilot on board was killed in the Line of Duty. A Grant County Search and Rescue team located the aircraft this morning and […]

UPCOMING WEBINAR:  This Coming Monday, July 29, 2024  1 pm Eastern [60 minutes] From combative patients and unruly family members to calls where fire is used as a weapon, violence against Fire and EMS personnel is a growing issue. Learn how LA County, Tucson (AZ), and Prince George’s County (MD) fire departments faced this issue […]

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All, Please share this link far and wide and most importantly, please block out time for yourself, your crew, and your members to watch this essential 45-minute webinar from the IAFF… we promise it is worth your time. Additionally, you may want to consider sharing (or watching) this with your spouse or partner. It is […]

HOPKINS CO., Ky. (WFIE) – A teenager from Providence is accused of crashing into an ambulance and leaving the scene. Madisonville Police say it happened Wednesday just before 10 a.m. They say the ambulance had on lights and sirens and was nearly through the intersection of Island Ford Road and North Main Street. The EMT […]

PETERSBURG, Va. — A Petersburg firefighter has been charged with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated – an act police say he committed while behind the wheel of a fire engine. The incident happened Tuesday afternoon when the truck the suspect was operating crashed into a parked car near the intersection of Sycamore and Bank Streets in […]

DALLAS — A person in a wheelchair was hit by a fire truck in east Dallas on Thursday, Dallas Fire-Rescue says. The crash happened shortly before 10:30 a.m. near the intersection of Highland Road and Ferguson Road in northeast Dallas, according to Dallas Fire-Rescue. The pedestrian was taken to a local hospital in stable condition, […]

Research indicates firefighters are at a higher risk of getting and dying from esophageal cancer. The Fort Worth Fire Department wants to get ahead of it. On Wednesday, the department began esophageal cancer testing at its training facility, which will last through the end of next week. “We’ve done some other cancer screenings but the […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A three-car crash involving an overturned ambulance in East Memphis sent five people to the hospital Wednesday morning. At around 10 a.m., officers responded to a crash in the 6200 block of Humphreys Boulevard. One woman and one man were taken to Regional One in non-critical condition. Additionally, two men and one […]

A Perry woman was arrested early Saturday after allegedly abandoning her infant and assaulting a paramedic. Kyla Ann Richards, 24, of 1024 14th St., Perry, was charged with first-offense public intoxication, child endangerment and assault on persons in certain occupations. The incident began about 1 a.m. Saturday in the 1000 block of Second Street, where […]

HUNTS POINT, Bronx (WABC) — Three fighters were hurt while battling a four-alarm fire that burned through a Bronx business on Tuesday. The fire broke out in the business on Tiffany Street in the Hunts Point section just after 12:50 a.m. Heavy flames shot through the structure. It took hours for crews to get the fire […]

PATTERSON, Calif. —A West Stanislaus County firefighter was injured while battling a wildfire on Sunday, and was taken to an area hospital by helicopter, the fire protection district said. Crews were battling the Canyon Fire along both sides of Del Puerto Canyon Road on Sunday afternoon. Around 8 p.m., a firefighter engaged in fire suppression […]

HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — A crash involving an ambulance was reported in High Point on Tuesday night. The crash happened at the intersection of Eastchester Drive and North Main Street when a car ran into the intersection and hit the ambulance, according to the High Point Police Department. Minor injuries were reported. https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/high-point/crash-involving-ambulance-reported-in-high-point/

LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) – The City of Laredo has announced that repairs have been completed after an ambulance crashed into a fire hydrant on Tuesday afternoon, July 23, in the 2200 block of Zacatecas Street, causing hours of repairs. The Laredo Fire Department Chief issued a statement: Earlier today, an incident occurred in front of […]

JAY – On July 21, 2024, at approximately 4:10 p.m., Troopers from the Vermont State Police (VSP) and a Newport Ambulance crew were responding to a report of a motor vehicle crash with possible injury in the town of Lowell.  The ambulance, operated by EMT Dominick Turcotte, 28, of Newport, was traveling south on Cross […]

A 3-vehicle collision involving a Springfield Township ambulance has left one person dead. According to the Springfield Twp. Fire Department, five people were involved in the crash involving the ambulance, a Toyota Sienna van and a Hyundai Santa Fe. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, both the Santa Fe and Sienna were traveling south […]

SMITH COUNTY, Texas (KETK) — Officials are searching for the driver of a vehicle that reportedly hit a firefighter while responding to a wreck on FM 850 on Sunday. Operation Lost Hope: 60 dogs rescued from ‘sweltering conditions’ in Jefferson shelter Smith County Emergency Services District 2 said just after 8:30 p.m., firefighters were dispatched […]

This afternoon, reports surfaced that a Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane crashed after making water drops on a wildfire in Reggio di Calabria. Local reports say the pilots survived and were taken to the hospital for checks. The helicopter burst into flames after the rotor blades were ripped from the aircraft. The helicopter was owned by Vigili […]

CONCORD, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Within 28 hours, two firetrucks were hit by passenger vehicles while working at scenes, according to the Concord Fire Department. Both incidents happened while operating on I-85 and neither resulted in injuries to firefighters. The first incident happened around 9 p.m. on Saturday night. It is unclear if the […]