Firefighter Close Calls

(This year’s Firefighter Stand Down is coming up and the focus is BACK TO BASICS Firefighter Training DETAILS HERE: https://tinyurl.com/4rk47bw8 ) All: We regret to pass on that Master Firefighter Yu-Lun (Will) Wu, 55, of Montgomery County (MD) Fire & Rescue died Friday, May 11, 2024, following a valiant battle with cancer. Here is more: https://twitter.com/mcfrsPIO/status/1789082420655910946 Our condolences to all […]

EDWARDSVILLE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Crews responded to a fire at a Luzerne County magistrate’s office Thursday morning that left two firefighters injured. Multiple firefighters responded to the fire around 10:00 a.m. in Edwardsville where Judge James Haggerty’s office caught fire. Edwardsville Fire Department Chief Bill Court tells 28/22 News battled the flames with heavy smoke […]

ELYRIA, Ohio (WOIO) – Elyria Police say there was a fatal accident involving an ambulance outside an apartment building Monday afternoon. Elyria Police responded to the Riverview Plaza, a Lorain Metropolitian Housing Authority low-income apartment complex on East Avenue. Police say the accident involved a Lifecare Ambulance and a pedestrian. The call came in around […]

An ambulance call-handler has been found in breach of a patient’s right to a professional standard of service after a teenage girl died with an asthma attack following a delay in sending an ambulance. In 2020, the teenager was in her bedroom when she sent two texts to her mother saying she needed her prednisone […]

At least 11 states this month unanimously passed critical-incident mapping laws or state-level initiatives for schools that give first responders more accurate operating pictures of schools and help public safety agencies collaborate during emergencies such as an active shooters or natural disasters. States with new laws or measures include Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, […]

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — For a little more than a month Virginia Beach Emergency Communications and Citizen Services (ECCS) have been using a new type of Artificial intelligence technology called Amazon Connect to assist 911 dispatchers. It utilizes voice response technology similar to Amazon Alexa to provide faster response times for citizens. The job of […]

an Francisco is on the verge of passing a ban on “forever chemicals” in the protective clothing firefighters wear while battling blazes. City lawmakers are expected to pass an ordinance on Tuesday that will prohibit the use of firefighting gear made with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). PFAS have been linked to health harms, including decreased fertility, low-birth […]

Allen firefighters and the department’s own fire chief ran up their training tower to rescue a teenager who collapsed during their citizen academy graduation exercises. Jakob “JJ” Perez was thrilled. He had just completed the Allen Fire Department’s eight-week Citizens Fire Academy. The academy allows a select number of citizens at least 18 years of […]

By WLTW: WLWT uncovered new details about a crash last month involving Cincinnati Fire Engine 24. A Metro bus driver was at the intersection of Glenway Avenue and Rapid Run Road when the fire engine crashed in front of her. According to records released via a public records request, seven cameras on the Metro bus […]

Residential house fire in a single-story ranch-style house that was vacant & boarded up but known to have squatters. The fire was in two rooms on the C/D side and eventually spread to the attic. During this fire, a firefighter on the attack hose line became disoriented and was separated from his officer. This occurred […]

A Wilmington Manor fire truck, enroute to a house fire reported with entrapment in Llangollen Estates, was involved in a collision with another vehicle on Monday, May 13, 2024. The crash happened on southbound Route 13 in the Midvale area. Two people were taken to Christiana Hospital to get checked out. No firefighters were hurt. […]

Friday evening there was another extreme Firefighter close call on I-95…this time in Maryland. Photos below. This EMS run on the highway could have resulted in multiple Fire & EMS deaths. Fortunately, it didn’t. Fortunately, the members were safely out of the way…no members were wandering around the scene. They were protected. We have all seen our own wandering […]

WHITE MARSH, MD—Friday night’s crash on Interstate 95 in the White Marsh area resulted in a brand new fire engine sustaining damage and eight members from Kingsville Volunteer Fire Company being injured. At around 9:00 p.m. on May 10, units responded to southbound I-95 in White Marsh for a reported medical emergency. Shortly after arriving […]

One person is critically injured, and a roadway is completely shut down after a motorcycle and vehicle crashed Sunday morning in Mesa. Police said the crash happened near Emerson and Baseline roads, just east of Alma School Road, around 9 a.m. A car and motorcycle were involved in the crash, and police said the motorcycle […]

A Uniontown man faces criminal charges after state police say he attacked a paramedic while first responders were attempting to render aid to him. Eric Parker, 24, had passed out at a Dollar General in North Union, Fayette County. Parker faces a felony charge of aggravated assault, misdemeanor charges of simple assault, using or possessing […]

All, Friday evening there was another extreme Firefighter close call on I-95…this time in Maryland. Photos below. This EMS run on the highway could have resulted in multiple Fire & EMS deaths. Fortunately, it didn’t. Fortunately, the members were safely out of the way…no members were wandering around the scene. They were protected. We have all seen our […]

WHITE MARSH, MD—Friday night’s crash on Interstate 95 in the White Marsh area resulted in a brand new fire engine sustaining damage and eight members from Kingsville Volunteer Fire Company being injured. At around 9:00 p.m. on May 10, units responded to southbound I-95 in White Marsh for a reported medical emergency. Shortly after arriving on the scene, […]

TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Not that there were many people awake and on hand to witness it, but the bravery of Trenton firefighters was once again on full display early this Mother’s Day Sunday morning (May 12, 2024) as they battled a three-alarm blaze that burned three rowhouses in the Wilbur section of the city. Two firefighters, among […]

NORWALK, Calif. – Seven people were injured after a car crashed into an ambulance at a Norwalk intersection Friday night, including the patients and one of the paramedics in the ambulance. It happened shortly after 9 p.m., at the intersection of Imperial Highway and Studebaker Road, deputies said. The ambulance carrying patients was going through […]

HOUSTON – Authorities are searching for a man accused of shooting his girlfriend to death at a Houston gas station and then getting into a gunfight with a deputy constable. The Harris County Pct. 7 deputy constable reportedly sustained a head injury, possibly from a fall, and was taken to the hospital. He is expected […]