Firefighter Close Calls

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The Illinois House unanimously passed a bill Wednesday to provide important data surrounding firefighter deaths. The Associated Firefighters of Illinois asked lawmakers to require the State Fire Marshall’s Office track and record the manner of death for firefighters across the state. Rep. Anna Moeller (D-Elgin) said it is important to evaluate the […]

NEW YORK — FDNY firefighters had to physically move an SUV blocking the exit of Ladder 25’s firehouse in Manhattan after it was parked in a no-standing zone directly across from the station. Video footage from Skyler Fire shows the vehicle obstructing the path of the ladder truck, prompting firefighters to use a set of car dollies […]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) – A bill named after a Marion County firefighter injured in a training accident was signed into law today. Governor Ron DeSantis signed the Anthony Gillan Act, which ensures insurance benefits for firefighters injured during training. Senior captain and paramedic Anthony Gillan lost his job after being hurt in late 2022. The […]

A tenant fell to his death during a rescue attempt from a fire above a Brooklyn deli as an FDNY firefighter tried to pull him to safety, startling video obtained by the Daily News shows. Ashiq Hussain, 53, a hardworking Uber driver from Pakistan whose family was scheduled to soon join him in the United States, fell from […]

At 12:45 PM on Friday, May 16th, the Monmouth Junction Fire Department was dispatched to Victory Packaging at 8-2 Corn Road in the Dayton section of the township for an activated fire alarm for sprinkler system water flow. As first responders were en route, 9-1-1 calls were received from the facility reporting a fire inside […]

Surry County 911 sent out a call for assistance after a vehicle accident on Prison Camp Road around 10:15 a.m. Monday morning with injuries. What made this one different is that Surry County emergency services would be responding to one of their own — the accident involved an overturned fire engine. According to county officials, […]

By WOIO: A cadet in the Cleveland Division of Fire Academy had a medical emergency during physical fitness training on Friday and died, according to a press release from the city. “It is with great sadness that the City of Cleveland, Department of Public Safety, and Division of Fire report the death of Cleveland Fire […]

By TAPinto: More than 100 firefighters have responded to a warehouse fire at Victory Packaging on Corn Road, according to an alert from the South Brunswick Police Department. The fire, first reported at 12:40 p.m. Thursday, prompted a large-scale response from the Monmouth Junction, Kendall Park, and Kingston Fire Departments, as well as dozens of […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – A Kansas City firefighter who hit and killed three people in Westport will not get a settlement worth nearly $1 million from the city. City council members decided not to approve a $915,000 settlement in lawsuits filed by the firefighters’ union and Dominic Biscari over workers’ comp benefits. Biscari filed for the […]

FLINT, Mich. — A lawsuit filed by the mother and estates of two Flint children against the city, the Flint Fire Department, and two former city firefighters can continue in Genesee Circuit Court, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled. In an unpublished decision issued on Wednesday, May 14, a three-judge Appeals Court panel affirmed a Circuit […]

All, From Baltimore City Fire Officers, a summary of a statement from the Dranbauer Family. On the afternoon of Monday, May 12, 2025, 44-year-old Lieutenant Mark Dranbauer Jr., a 23-year veteran of the Baltimore City Fire Department, suffered a medical emergency while operating an aerial ladder at a fire. As a result of the medical […]

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine has a law that’s supposed to make it easier for firefighters with cancer to get workers’ compensation, but using Maine’s Freedom of Access Act, 8 Investigates found that nearly everyone who places a claim faces an uphill battle. The firefighters’ cancer presumptive law covers 11 types of cancer. If you’ve been working as […]

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – A paramedic was hurt and an ambulance damaged in a head-on crash on Oahu’s North Shore Monday. It happened just before 9 a.m. on Waialua Beach Road. According to Honolulu Emergency Medical Services, an ambulance heading to a 911 call with lights and sirens was struck head-on by a sedan. In an […]

By KATC: The chief of the District 11 Volunteer Fire Department is on administrative leave after his Friday arrest on child sex abuse charges. Karl Cormier was booked with two counts first-degree rape, three counts molestation of a juvenile and one count pornography involving juveniles by the Crowley Police. Police Chief Troy Hebert said the […]

By Fox Carolina: Three and Twenty Fire Department’s chief said a fire fighter was taken to the hospital after a fire truck overturned in Easley on Tuesday morning. Anderson County dispatch said the crash was reported around 6:44 a.m. along Fire Station Road. According to the chief, the fire truck went to turn but slid […]

Three firefighters have been injured after a fire happened at an Ohio business. Firefighters have been battling a fire all morning at Devendra’s Auto Care & Tire on 34th Street in Bellaire, Ohio. Officials say the fire is out, but the area still has smoke and smoldering debris. Three firefighters were injured by falling bricks […]

The driver of a Lexus that failed to yield while turning left was cited following a three-vehicle crash Friday night that injured three people, one seriously. The accident happened on May 9 at 8:35 p.m. at the State Route 115/Dahlonega Highway intersection with Tesnatee Gap Valley Road. According to the Georgia State Patrol, 74-year-old Dorothy […]

BALTIMORE — According to city fire officials, two firefighters were hospitalized Monday while battling a single-alarm blaze in downtown Baltimore. According to fire department spokesperson John Marsh, one of the firefighters is in critical condition, while the other is in stable condition. He did not say how they were injured. According to Marsh, crews responded […]

KILLEEN, Texas. (KWTX/Gray News) – A Texas fire captain was killed in a crash on Mother’s Day following the birth of his fifth child, according to officials. According to a statement from the Killeen Fire Department, Captain Marvin Taylor III was leaving a hospital in Austin after welcoming his fifth child. He was coming to […]

All, Residents jumped from the windows of a four-story apartment building in Milwaukee during yesterday’s Mother’s Day fire that killed 5 people, critically injured four others and injured others. Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski advised the members rescued about 30 people. The building did not have a sprinkler system and was built in 1968, predating a law […]