Firefighter Close Calls

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The family of a man and woman killed in a 2023 house fire has filed a lawsuit against the Augusta Fire Department. Rex Williams and Teresa Ingram, both 69, died in a house fire on Old Louisville Road in October 2023. Now, their family has filed a lawsuit against Augusta Fire […]

LINWOOD, Mich. (WNEM) – The Garfield Township Volunteer Fire Department building was mostly destroyed in a fire Thursday morning. Fire Chief Bryan Neumeyer said the station located on West Erickson Road is mostly destroyed, and the roof collapsed, adding the station won’t be functional for a while. A passerby saw the fire and called the chief […]

Greene County Fire Rescue tragically lost one of its own in the line of duty. Battalion Chief Chris Eddy was killed by an explosion from a refrigerated “reefer” container, carrying frozen chicken. This incident has sent shockwaves through the emergency services community and beyond, prompting questions about how it happened. Just four minutes after dispatch, […]

(CALVERT CITY, Ky.) — A Benton woman faces multiple charges after police say she was found on a fire truck at the Calvert City Fire Department last week. Timisha N. Brandon, 40, of 3088 Houser Road in Benton, was arrested October 21 following a call from fire department personnel reporting a possibly intoxicated woman outside […]

Too many first responders are struck and injured or killed while working along the roadways each year—making it crucial for emergency service organizations to implement policies, procedures, and tools to help protect their crew.  In this episode, Wesley Attwood, Senior Investigator for NIOSH’s Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program, and Chief Jordon Cramer, South […]

Two Carle Place firefighters were injured — one who fell through the roof and was hospitalized with facial burns, another who pulled him to safety — while battling a Roslyn Heights house fire Wednesday , authorities said. Firefighters from Albertson responded to a call regarding a fire on the rear deck of a Pinetree Lane home shortly after […]

A Northern California man has been arrested months after authorities say he hurled an unopened Red Bull can at a Cal Fire Butte County fire engine rushing to a vegetation fire, shattering its windshield and putting the truck out of service. Cal Fire said Engine 72 was traveling northbound on Upper Palermo Road on June 29, with […]

WRIGHTSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A police officer who was talking to a firefighter outside a Georgia convenience store shot and killed a man who drove up to the store and began attacking the firefighter with a machete, authorities said Monday. After arriving at the store in a vehicle, the man walked over to where the […]

INWOOD, Manhattan (WABC) — One person is in critical condition after a fire broke out inside a fourth-floor apartment in Inwood just before 7 a.m. on Monday. FDNY responded to the fire at 101 Sherman Avenue, an apartment building with six floors. Citizen App video taken by a neighbor showed smoke billowing from an apartment window. A building […]

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — A Gwinnett County firefighter was injured and nine others were forced to evacuate after the roof of an office building collapsed during a fire Saturday night. Fire crews responded at about 7:15 p.m. to a business fire in the 4500 block of Nelson Brogdon Boulevard after 911 callers reported that flames […]

LINCOLN, Ala. (WBRC) – A firefighter in east Alabama was injured while responding to a house fire in east Alabama Sunday night. The Lincoln Fire Department said the call came in at around 11:30 for a fire in the 700 block of Eastland Drive in the Eastland Shores Community. Lincoln Fire Chief Joshua Vincent says […]

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A firefighter and a woman are recovering after a trail rescue in Phoenix Saturday night. Around 5:30 p.m., rescue teams responded to the area of Deem Hills, near Stetson Valley Parkway, for reports of an injured hiker. When they arrived at the scene, crews were able to find the woman and evaluate her injuries […]

SURF CITY, N.C. (WITN) – Firefighters in Surf City have put out a multi-home blaze that destroyed one home and damaged others. The fire is at the 1700 block of North Shore Drive. The Surf City Fire Department says one home was destroyed and three others were damaged. Officials say that two firefighters were injured […]

An 11-year-old girl was struck by a City of Miami fire rescue truck outside her school Friday morning, according to officials. It happened just before 8 a.m. as the fire rescue unit was going northbound on Northwest 12th Avenue, taking a patient to the hospital, Public Information Officer Lt. Pete Sanchez said. Sanchez said the […]

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (WVLT) – Pigeon Forge firefighters responded to a fire at Country Mill Crafts and Antiques at 6:13 on Sunday night. A representative from the city of Pigeon Forge said that one firefighter was injured while responding to the fire. “One firefighter sustained a minor hand injury when a ladder shifted during operations. […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – The Shelby County District Attorney’s Office has announced a new plea agreement in the case of Maurice Yarbrough, whose actions led to the death of a veteran firefighter and injuries to two others. On August 10, 2022, Maurice Yarbrough, while allegedly intoxicated, ran a red light and collided with a fire truck responding […]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A San Francisco firefighter suffered a serious spinal injury while battling a large residential fire in the Marina District last week, according to loved ones. Chris Vickery fell from the third floor to the second floor while inside the burning Chestnut Street home and was rescued by his fellow firefighters. Vickery, […]

Two men convicted of setting fire to a North Philadelphia pizza shop in 2022, ultimately leading to the death of a Philadelphia firefighter, will each spend decades in prison, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Al-Ashraf Khalil was sentenced to 40 years and Isaam Jaghama was sentenced to 25 years in prison in connection with the June […]

HILLSDALE, N.J. — Ten Hillsdale firefighters suffered minor injuries while battling a house fire in the Bergen County borough early Tuesday morning, the chief said. The fire on Ellen Court broke out around 3:45 a.m. on the rear deck of a home and spread into the attic, Chief Bill Farrell said in a statement. While […]

Officials responded to a building fire on East 155 Streetin the Melrose section of The Bronx Wednesday morning. According to the FDNY, a call was received at 7 a.m. for a reported fire at 368 East 155thSt. between Courtlandt and Melrose avenues. A total of 12 units with 60 fire and EMS personnel responded. Jeanette […]