Eight Firestorm firefighters were injured Friday morning after the crew truck they were riding in rolled over while traveling on Highway 299E near McKenney Road, west of Cedarville.
According to Firestorm, all eight members who were injured were passengers. CHP reported that all eight were taken to the hospital. - PUB DATE: 8/14/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: krcr.com
Almost all of the 2,000 Portuguese firefighters at a weeklong wildfire that killed 64 people this summer had something in common apart from the acute danger they faced: they were doing it for no pay and with equipment bought with public donations.
More than 90 percent of Portugal’s around 30,000 firefighters are volunteers. - PUB DATE: 8/14/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Washington Post
A 16-year-old girl faces two counts of vehicular homicide and vehicular manslaughter in a crash into an Akron fire truck that killed two teenage girls.
The July 14 crash killed, Briyana Hayes, 15, and Lashae Johnson, 16, both of Tallmadge.
The driver is also charged with vehicular assault, operating a vehicle on a temporary permit without a licensed driver, operating a vehicle with more than one juvenile passenger and other traffic charges, Akron police Lt. - PUB DATE: 8/11/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cleveland Plain Dealer & Cleveland.com
Another firefighter has lost his life to a 9/11-related cancer.
Retired Firefighter Michael Duffy, a 20-year veteran of the department who spent time at Ground Zero after the terror attacks, died on Aug. 8, officials said Thursday.
Duffy joined the FDNY in 1982 and spent his entire career at Engine 310 and Ladder 174 on Snyder Ave. - PUB DATE: 8/11/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News
The way Cezary Milewicz sees it, his lot in life hinged on two chance occurences: a pre-paid postage stamp and the decision to take an evening stroll.
The first came in his native Poland. Born in Korsze, a town of 4,724 in the country's northeast corner, Milewicz first set foot in a firehouse when he was 5. - PUB DATE: 8/11/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hartford Courant
The Aptos/La Selva Fire Protection District Board of Directors at its meeting Thursday denied Chief Jon Jones’ request to extend his contract by two years and appointed Division Chief Todd Skrabak as interim chief until the next board meeting.
Jones’ three years of leadership ends after heavy criticism by his station’s firefighters’ and chief officers’ unions. - PUB DATE: 8/11/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Santa Cruz Sentinel
The son of a Kansas City firefighter killed in an explosion is breaking his silence.
James Kilventon is publicly questioning the convictions of five people held responsible in the fatal arson which killed a total of six firefighters back in 1988.
“I just want to get to the bottom of it. I mean I want closure. - PUB DATE: 8/11/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMOV-TV CBS 4 St. Louis
A 10-alarm fire that reduced a luxury apartment complex in Waltham to a smoldering pile of rubble last month and caused $110 million in damage was intentionally set, authorities said, and cash rewards are being offered in the hopes of catching whoever sparked the blaze.
The 264-unit building on the banks of the Charles River went up in flames during the early morning hours of July 23 and the roaring inferno damaged two other nearby structures and at least 20 vehicles, according to a joint press release issued by State Fire Marshal Peter J. - PUB DATE: 8/11/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Herald
Everything failed in an instant.
Severed lines snuffed out power to the command center directing the emergency response to the deadly Gatlinburg wildfires the night of Nov. 28 and plunged firefighting and rescue efforts into darkness and chaos.
Sevier County began releasing records Wednesday documenting the confusion caused by the collapse of communications systems as fire swept into the city. - PUB DATE: 8/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Knoxville News Sentinel
Nearly two dozen Palm Beach County firefighters are suing a publicly-traded company claiming a siren it produces for emergency vehicles robbed them of their hearing.
In the lawsuit filed this week in Palm Beach County Circuit Court, current and former firefighters for Palm Beach County Fire Rescue and West Palm Beach and Boca Raton fire departments say Federal Signal Corp. - PUB DATE: 8/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Palm Beach Post
Five firefighters were hospitalized after battling an electrical fire in the borough Wednesday afternoon.
At 3:30 p.m., Fame Fire Company was dispatched to North Darlington Street at the corner of West Gay Street for a report of an odor of smoke. Fire crews arrived to find an active house fire. After firefighters entered the building, a distress call was sent out because Assistant Chief Mark Scanlon had collapsed and lost consciousness due to what is believed to be carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. - PUB DATE: 8/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Coatesville Daily Local News
One firefighter recruit has been fired and three others resigned because of a noose found hanging over a black firefighter’s seat, Pompano fire officials say. An investigation into the noose, which was found at the Pompano Beach Fire Training Center, concluded Wednesday.
Pompano Beach Fire Chief John Jurgle said he acted as soon as he heard last month about the racist symbol, which was directed at the only black recruit in a class of six. - PUB DATE: 8/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sun Sentinel
Dealing with difficult people just goes with the territory in emergency response. Events that precipitate a 911 call often do not bring out the best in people. Every firefighter has had to deal with the obnoxious drunk at closing time, the angry person with mental health issues, or the entitled person who demands to know: why did this happen to me?
All emergency responders have slightly different ways of dealing with such people. - PUB DATE: 8/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1
VIDEO - A passerby captured the moment a St. Paul firefighter and two St. Paul police officers rescued a woman standing on the edge of a bridge on Tuesday.
District Fire Chief Conrad Ertz pulled the woman off the ledge. He told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS helping people in their times of need is just part of the job. - PUB DATE: 8/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSTP-TV ABC 5 Minneapolis/St. Paul
Despite serving a city with fewer than 100,000 people, the Brockton Fire Department is one of the busiest in the country.
Brockton’s Squad A Rescue Unit responded to more calls in 2016 than any other heavy rescue unit in the country, according to Firehouse Magazine’s 2016 national run survey of 248 departments. - PUB DATE: 8/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Brockton Enterprise
Houston firefighters may be stymied in their push to achieve a voter-approved pay raise this November in part by a competing referendum petition that even its organizers no longer view as crucial.
The fire union again accused Mayor Sylvester Turner in a Monday press conference of failing to ensure a petition they submitted last month seeking "parity" in pay with police officers of corresponding rank is certified in time to appear on the ballot this fall. - PUB DATE: 8/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle
Dan Miller works in a big city, but he knows all about small-town life.
“I really like small-town Nebraska values,” Miller said.
That’s part of what drew him to the fire chief position in Columbus.
Miller grew up in rural Nebraska and still enjoys camping, fishing and hunting in his free time.
Although he’s worked for the Omaha Fire Department since 1998, serving as a captain, chief of training and special operations and battalion chief, Miller still resides in Yutan, where he got his start in firefighting. - PUB DATE: 8/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Columbus Telegram
A 23-year-old man, who was once part of a fire department explorer program, has been charged with multiple counts of arson in connection with eight different fires in San Bernardino County.
The San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office filed the charges against Jarrod Anthony Samra, of Highland, on Monday. - PUB DATE: 8/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: abclocal.go
San Antonio firefighters rescued a driver who was stuck on top of an SUV in high, rapid waters on the city's west side Monday morning.
The incident happened on Pinn Road near Highway 151.
The young man, who was on his way to work, ended up stranded on top of his SUV for 45 minutes.
Firefighters attempted to extend a unit ladder to the young man. - PUB DATE: 8/8/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KENS5.com San Antonio
Chicago Fire Department battalion chief saw one of his firefighters fall to his death seconds after the chief radioed crews to be on the lookout for openings in the floor that weren't secured or covered, according to a federal safety report. Daniel Capuano, 42 years old and a 15-year veteran of the department, fell through a 7-foot-square elevator shaft while fighting a fire in a former slaughterhouse in the 9200 block of South Baltimore Avenue in December 2015. - PUB DATE: 8/8/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chicago Tribune
