Firefighter Close Calls

DES MOINES, Iowa — Senate lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday morning to expand cancer coverage for first responders in Iowa. Right now, state law only covers 14 types of cancers. House File 969 expands the definition to include coverage for all other cancers. Previously, if a diagnosis wasn’t covered, that firefighter wouldn’t get disability coverage. Advocates for […]

Firefighting is already among the most hazardous professions. But there is a hidden killer proving to be even more dangerous. Cancer rates among fire rescue personnel have skyrocketed in recent years. A new locally-produced documentary aims to bring awareness to their cause while urging other firefighters to get screened before it’s too late. The film, […]

SCOTT DEPOT, W.Va. (WCHS) — A blaze that damaged a portion of a Putnam County fire station won’t stop first responders from serving the community, firefighters said. The Teays Valley Fire Department posted to social media Thursday, sharing photographs of damage. Firefighters move a damaged truck. (Teays Valley Fire Department)“What was damaged can be replaced, but […]

All, The City of Delray Beach fired the Firefighter driving the apparatus that collided with that Brightline train in December, following an internal investigation into the crash. Driver-Engineer David Wyatt was terminated by City Manager Terrence R. Moore after what the city described as a “careful and comprehensive review” of the December 28, 2024 incident, which […]

All, A Convoy Fire-EMS Firefighter (located between Lima, Ohio & Fort Wayne, IN) was seriously burned in a dwelling fire in Tully Township early yesterday morning. Initial reports are that while operating, conditions changed and the Firefighter was able to get out through a window. He was flown to a burn center in Indianapolis. A […]

Crews responded to the scene of a rollover wreck involving a fire truck Wednesday morning in southwest Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma City Fire Department said a fire truck rolled over along Southwest 7th Street near Interstate 44. OKCFD said only one firefighter was inside the truck at the time of the wreck, and they are uninjured.

A car has been involved in a major wreck with a firetruck in Houston’s southside. The collision was reported just before 11 a.m. at 3301 Holly Hall Street. The wreck involved a firetruck and a black sedan. The sedan was flipped upside down by the crash. We do not have any information on the condition […]

DETROIT’S EAST SIDE (WXYZ) — A Detroit firefighter is recovering after falling through the floor while battling a house fire. The fire broke out overnight at a home on Detroit’s east side around 2 a.m. EMS rushed one firefighter to St. John’s hospital after he fell from the second to the fire floor fighting this […]

ACCOMACK COUNTY, Va. — An ambulance and a tractor-trailer collided into each other on Tuesday, leaving three injured, according to Virginia State Police. Based on initial gatherings, Virginia State Police says the Bloxom ambulance, with emergency equipment activated and a patient inside, tried to go around a stopped Perdue Farms tractor-trailer while en route to […]

GRAND FORKS — The Grand Forks 911 dispatch center is facing staffing shortages, with only about half of its 18 positions filled. In response, Mayor Brandon Bochenski explained the city’s decision to part ways with Shannon LaHaise, the 911 center’s director, in a mutual separation agreement. LaHaise, who worked for the city for nearly three […]

JO DAVIESS CO., Ill. (KWQC) – Three firefighters were injured in a field fire in Jo Daviess County. On Tuesday around 3 p.m. the Elizabeth Fire Department responded to a field fire on S Rush Road, according to a joint media release from the Elizabeth and Hanover Fire Protection Districts and the Jo Daviess County […]

Three people were injured and an AMR ambulance truck was severely damaged after a violent crash in the census-designated community of Home Gardens in Riverside County on Saturday morning. The crash happened just after 6:45 a.m. on the 12000 block of El Sobrante and Willow roads, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. When crews arrived at […]

BENTONIA, Miss. — Multiple fire departments are in the Yazoo County town of Bentonia battling a fire that has damaged the town’s fire and police departments. A WAPT crew on the scene said that first responders are still tending to that fire now. According to officials on the scene, volunteers of the fire department got […]

Every night around 8, the air quality sensor inside Los Angeles County Fire Station 3 registered an alarming spike. The late evening timing provided a major clue: firefighters were craving their after-dinner snack of popcorn. Popcorn burning on the stove would trigger the air quality monitor. Cooking can release harmful gases, particles and chemicals, a major […]

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TOKYO (AP) — A medical transport helicopter carrying a patient fell into the sea in southwestern Japan Sunday, leaving three of the six people aboard dead, the Japancoast guard said. The pilot, Hiroshi Hamada, 66; Katsuto Yoshitake, a helicopter mechanic and a 28-year-old nurse, Sakura Kunitake, were rescued by the coast guard earlier in the […]

Two firefighters tragically lost their lives, and 14 others were injured in a fire in an underground parking garage, thought to have been started by an electric vehicle, Spanish media reported this week.  El Pais wrote on April 2 that two firefighters died, and seven others have been injured—one critically—in a fire that broke out in […]

A Fort Worth firefighter was injured battling an apartment fire on Las Vegas Trail early Saturday morning that left over a dozen people displaced. Just before 2:30 a.m., crews were called to the 2800 block of Las Vegas Trail for a fire on the first and second floor of an apartment building. Along with the […]

Apparatus collision with passenger vehicle while traveling to training.A vehicle pulled into the traveling lane of Martindale Volunteer Fire Department Station 3 “(Tanker 3)This incident occured in East Earl Township. The vehicle struck the officers side bumper of the unit. The collision is still under investigation at this time. No members were injured.

All, We regret to pass on the Line of Duty Death of Firefighter Chevy Gall of the Beaufort-Leslie Fire Protection District in Beaufort, Missouri. Beaufort is approximately 60 miles southwest of St. Louis. Firefighter Gall was critically injured in a motor vehicle crash just after 1615 hours (Central) yesterday while responding to a report of a water […]