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Forest Service Asks Firefighters To Track Their Smoke Exposure After The Palisades And Eaton Fires

3 hours 22 minutes ago
The Forest Service just days ago issued a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST “EXPOSURE” INFORMATION BULLETIN to instruct wildland firefighters who responded to the recent California fires to track their smoke exposure. Usually, wildland firefighters respond to fires burning organic materials in the forest, but these fires burned through entire neighborhoods, exposing them to toxic smoke from industrial materials that […]
Brian Kazmierzak

ANOTHER MICHIGAN ENGINE STRUCK ON THE INTERSTATE

3 hours 24 minutes ago
Michigan State Police is reminding drivers to pull over for emergency vehicles after a fire truck was hit Wednesday night. At around 8:06 p.m., troopers were dispatched to eastbound I-196 near Chicago Drive for a box truck that ran off the roadway and rolled onto its side. The Grandville Fire Department responded to the scene […]
Brian Kazmierzak

FDNY LOSES FIREFIGHTER WHO SURVIVED 9-11 TO SUICIDE

3 hours 26 minutes ago
A retired firefighter who miraculously survived the devastation of 9/11 has died by suicide after suffering trauma from the attack for decades. Thomas ‘Tommy’ Dunn had been a firefighter for less than a year when two hijacked passenger jets crashed into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The new recruit had been busy that […]
Brian Kazmierzak

UPDATE: FIREFIGHTER LODD, Others Injured NY (The Secret List)

5 hours 32 minutes ago
All, We regret to pass on that last night, a Binghamton NY Firefighter was killed in the Line of Duty while operating at a multi alarm fire in their downtown. The Firefighter was transported from the scene to Wilson Hospital, where he was pronounced. Two other Binghamton Firefighters were injured. They are being treated at […]
Brian Kazmierzak

MAYDAY: Firefighters Down-NY (The Secret List)

12 hours 43 minutes ago
All, Multiple crews are on the scene of a third-alarm fire in Downtown Binghamton, New York. Officials at the scene reported to media that while operating, a collapse occurred and at last report at least 2 Firefighters were transported, while another Firefighter was reported receiving CPR. Much more to follow. KTIYP’s. Take Care. Be Careful. […]
Joe Knitter

KENTUCKY FIRE APPARATUS STRUCK ON I-65

18 hours 56 minutes ago
GLENDALE Ky. (WBKO) – The Glendale Fire Department responded to a vehicle accident on Interstate 65 this morning. While crews went to the 81-mile marker southbound to check on a vehicle off the roadway, the fire truck was struck by a spinning passenger car in the rear corner. In a Facebook post, the department said […]
Brian Kazmierzak

EAST HAVEN, CT APPARATUS INVOLVED IN HIT & RUN CRASH

18 hours 58 minutes ago
A fire truck was struck by a hit-and-run driver as firefighters were responding to a structure fire in East Haven on Tuesday evening. The crash occurred at 6:38 p.m. as an East Haven Fire Department engine was traveling north on Hemingway Avenue with its lights and sirens on heading to a fire reported in the Foxon area of town, according to Capt. Joseph M. […]
Brian Kazmierzak

FIREFIGHTER UNION LEADER DIES FROM CANCER

20 hours 19 minutes ago
Source: IAFF: Mark S. Ouellette, IAFF Eastern Trustee, lost his courageous battle with cancer Feb. 11. Ouellette served as a labor leader for more than 45 years, holding positions at the Local, state, and international level. “Mark led by example and showed generations of fire fighters the importance of a union,” said General President Edward […]
Rick Markley

FIRST-EVER CANCER SCREENING FOR NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT

1 day 13 hours ago
For Fayetteville firefighters, the simple process of having their blood drawn means something big this year: getting tested for over 20 types of cancers. The blood test, called the OneTest, is new to this year’s Fayetteville Fire Department’s annual physical. OneTest screens a person’s blood for markers of a wide range of cancers, including prostate […]
Joe Knitter

FIREFIGHTER INJURED IN FAST-FOOD RESTAURANT FIRE – NEW YORK

1 day 13 hours ago
ITHACA, N.Y. (WETM) — A Tuesday morning fire at the Wendy’s in Ithaca minorly injured a firefighter and caused the restaurant to close. The Ithaca Fire Department stated that someone called 911 shortly before 6 a.m. on Feb. 11 to report that a deep fryer inside the Wendy’s restaurant on Elmira Road was on fire […]
Joe Knitter

WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT TO OPEN WELLNESS CENTER FOR FIREFIGHTERS

1 day 13 hours ago
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – Asking for help is always the first but most important step in mental health awareness. That is why the Charleston Fire Department plans to make their new headquarters a wellness center. Captain Austin Smith says they hope the facility will have a gym, classrooms, and clinician offices. The center will be […]
Joe Knitter

ENGINE STRUCK BY HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER – CONNECTICUT

1 day 13 hours ago
EAST HAVEN, Conn. (WFSB) – The East Haven Fire Department is asking for help after one of their firetrucks was the victim of a hit-and-run. The crash occurred at around 6:38 p.m. while the firetruck was traveling northbound on Hemingway Avenue on its way to a structure fire in the Foxon area. Fire officials say […]
Joe Knitter

ENGINE STRUCK WHILE WORKING PREVIOUS CRASH – KENTUCKY

1 day 13 hours ago
From the Glendale (KY) Fire Department Facebook Page: Crews were dispatched around 8 am this morning for a vehicle accident on Interstate 65. Just after stopping at the 81 mile marker southbound to check on a vehicle off the roadway, our apparatus was struck by a spinning passenger car in the rear corner and again […]
Joe Knitter

NEW YORK MAN HEAD-BUTTS, FRACTURES NOSE OF PARAMEDIC

2 days 1 hour ago
SPEONK, NY — A Speonk man was arrested Monday after he acted violently, fracturing a paramedic’s nose, police said. According to Southampton Town police, Manuel Lemus, 31, was arrested at about 1:08 p.m. On February 6, Lemus had been contacted by police for an unrelated incident, where he exhibited violent and unruly behavior, indicative of […]
Chris Shimer

Patient Killed, FF’s Hurt In Florida Fire-Rescue Crash-Video (The Secret List)

2 days 3 hours ago
All, A Florida woman was being transported non-emergency to the hospital when the Hillsborough County Fire Rescue ambulance carrying her was struck by a semi-truck.The two Firefighter Paramedics on board were injured but survived, but the 64-year-old woman died. Florida Highway Patrol investigators said the Firefighter Paramedic driving the ambulance failed to yield to the […]
Joe Knitter

THREE SERIOUSLY INJURED IN DALLAS CRASH INVOLVING AMBULANCE

3 days 1 hour ago
DALLAS — Three people were injured and one person is in stable condition after a Dallas Fire-Rescue ambulance crashed into another vehicle while en route to an emergency call, the department said. The accident occurred around 9:39 p.m. Saturday near the intersection of Hawthorne and Maple Avenues, Dallas Fire Rescue said in a press release. […]
Chris Shimer

RHODE ISLAND FIREFIGHTER PINNED BETWEEN RIG AND CAR AT SCENE

3 days 4 hours ago
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A Providence firefighter was pinned between their fire engine and a car after getting stuck in the snowy streets early Sunday morning. According to the fire department, the fire engine got stuck while driving on Ames Street towards Atwells Avenue at around 12:30 a.m. The firefighter then got out of the […]
Brian Kazmierzak

DRUNK DRIVER STRIKES BATTALION CHIEFS CAR ALONG HIGHWAY – ILLINOIS

3 days 4 hours ago
A firefighter was recovering after an alleged intoxicated driver struck an emergency vehicle in south suburban Matteson, authorities said. The crash was reported along a highway early Saturday morning, though authorities didn’t say where it specifically occurred. According to the Illinois State Police, troopers and the Matteson Fire Department were stopped in a lane with […]
Brian Kazmierzak

1 CRITICAL AFTER REAR ENDING FIRE APPARATUS – OHIO

3 days 4 hours ago
COLUMBUS, Ohio — One person is seriously hurt after crashing into a Columbus Division of Fire truck in the Hilltop neighborhood Friday morning, police said. The crash happened at the intersection of Eakin Road and South Eureka Avenue around 10:15 a.m. According to the Columbus Division of Police, the driver of a Toyota Tacoma hit […]
Brian Kazmierzak
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