An FDNY battalion chief was killed and several others — including six police officers and nine other firefighters — were injured when a marijuana-growing operation inside a Bronx house exploded early Tuesday, officials and sources said.
Michael Fahy of Battalion 19, a 17-year member of the FDNY, was struck in the head by part of the roof that blew off the private home at 300 W. - PUB DATE: 9/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post
An FDNY captain was killed and several others were injured when a drug lab inside a Bronx house exploded early Tuesday, officials and sources said.
Firefighters responded to the house at 300 W. 234th Street near the corner of Tibbett Avenue in Kingsbridge after someone in the neighborhood reported what they thought was a gas leak around 6:20 a. - PUB DATE: 9/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post
The West County EMS and Fire Protection District is mourning the loss of one of their own.
Sean McMullin was found unresponsive at Station 2, located at 13790 Manchester Road, around 12:50 p.m. Saturday.
After being found, paramedics attempted lifesaving efforts, but were unsuccessful, officials said. - PUB DATE: 9/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMOV-TV CBS 4 St. Louis
A judge’s order has reinstated an Enid Fire Department fire captain who was terminated following an October 2015 incident involving a laser allegedly pointed at an airplane.
“The court found that the evidence did not support him doing anything inappropriate, and, therefore, there was no basis to terminate his employment,” Mark Hammons, attorney for Fire Capt. - PUB DATE: 9/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Enid News & Eagle
Mayor Andrew J. Ginther has approved adding 25 fire recruits to the Columbus Fire Division by December to fill positions as more firefighters retire than had been expected.
The recruits are to keep staffing near its current level of about 1,580 firefighters, although the division will end the year with 10 more firefighters and paramedics than it had when the year began. - PUB DATE: 9/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Columbus Dispatch
Monday, Wilmington Fire Chief Anthony Goode recounted the details of the events leading up to the deaths of two firefighters Saturday morning. 41-year-old Lieutenant Christopher Leach and 51-year-old Sr. Firefighter Jerry Fickes were killed responding to a house fire at 1927 Lakeview Road.
Firefighters responded to the house fire in Canby Park Saturday, September 24th, 2016, after receiving a call at 2:54 a. - PUB DATE: 9/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDEL 1150AM & WDEL.com
When a wildfire is rolling toward a house built with a cedar shake roof, surrounded by decorative juniper up to the windowsills, and the only access road is overgrown and narrow, firefighters will likely skip it.
“People think that we’re going to save their house,” said Paul Tester, Southwest Washington’s fire training coordinator at the state Department of Natural Resources. - PUB DATE: 9/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian
Nampa Fire Dept. Chief Karl Malott is in serious condition after a crash on Interstate 84 near Sand Hollow Saturday afternoon.
Idaho State Police say the Harley-Davidson motorcycle operated by Malott, 53, rear-ended a red sedan on the eastbound side of I-84. The impact threw Malott off of his motorcycle. - PUB DATE: 9/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVB-TV
Audio transmission captured from the Wilmington 911 dispatch system early Saturday morning tells the tragic details of how Wilmington firefighters rushed into a burning rowhome only to fall through the floor into a flame-filled basement less than a minute later.
The feed, pulled from an online archive system and posted on YouTube, gives voice to more than 28 minutes of emergency response by Wilmington Fire Department members as they worked to free firefighters trapped in the basement of a Canby Park rowhome. - PUB DATE: 9/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Delaware Online
Breaking her public silence on the harassment endured by a female firefighter at a station near San Francisco’s Chinatown, the city’s fire chief strongly denounced the deplorable behavior of the woman’s male colleagues Friday and left open the possibility of further disciplinary action.
The harassment — which included urination in the female firefighter’s bed — occurred at Powell Street’s Station 2, according to a confidential document obtained by The Chronicle. - PUB DATE: 9/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SFGate.com
An inspector with the U.S. Department of Labor came to the Keys to investigate the Key Largo Volunteer Fire Department after receiving several calls from someone falsely claiming to be the chief.
The Labor staffer showed up at the mile marker 99 fire station on Sept. 14 asking to see payroll information, Chief Don Bock said this week. - PUB DATE: 9/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Keys Reporter
First responders in U.S. communities reeling from waves of heroin overdoses say some people tell them they should just say no to using so many resources on drug abusers.
Authorities say people have expressed frustration about rescuing addicts who often immediately resume using the potentially deadly drug. - PUB DATE: 9/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAVY-TV NBC 10 Portsmouth
Some leaders in Nebraska's third-largest city are borrowing an idea from a vastly more liberal state: Ban apartment renters from smoking cigarettes and e-cigarettes inside.
The proposal, which would be one of the few such restrictions outside of California and is similar to federal rules for public housing across the U. - PUB DATE: 9/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lincoln Journal Star
The paramedic driving a LifeStar Ambulance died around 12:30 Friday morning after a two vehicle crash at the intersection of County Road 197 and Ohio 19 in Green Creek Township just before 7:30 Thursday evening. Sandra L. Cline, 45, of Holland, suffered what would be fatal injuries after William A. Bluethmann, driving a 2013 Dodge Journey SUV, failed to stop at a stop sign and struck the ambulance, said Sgt. - PUB DATE: 9/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sandusky Register
Exactly one year after firefighter Rob Rochette found himself consumed by a massive fireball while battling an East Main Street blaze that left him seriously burned, he returned to work Thursday for his first shift since the fire. It’s been a tough year of recovery, but for Rochette, 34, there’s no place he would rather be than with his brothers from Engine 2. - PUB DATE: 9/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: My Record Journal
Eight Russian firefighters were killed as they battled a blaze at a warehouse in eastern Moscow, authorities said Friday, in the latest deadly fire to hit the capital.
Their bodies were discovered after contact was lost as they fought to extinguish a huge blaze that started Thursday evening at a plastics depot, the emergency services ministry said in a statement. - PUB DATE: 9/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Yahoo News
When a female firefighter scored a choice spot at a station in San Francisco’s Chinatown, she was immediately met with resistance by her new male colleagues, including one who asked her an intimidating question: “Do you know how difficult your time is going to be?”
A document obtained by The Chronicle outlines details from an independent investigation into just how miserable her life was made in the “male-dominated” culture of Station 2 at 1340 Powell St. - PUB DATE: 9/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SFGate.com
VIDEO - At least one person was seriously injured after a fire truck was rear-ended in Cinnaminson, Burlington County.
It happened around 8:20 p.m. Thursday at Broad Street and Union Landing Road.
Chopper 6 captured the scene that showed a car slammed into the rear of a Riverton fire truck.
Fire officials say they took the driver of the car to Cooper University Hospital for care. - PUB DATE: 9/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV 6 ABC.com
VIDEO - A Dalmatian in a firehouse — what could be a more perfect scene?
Firefighters said Chico, the Dalmatian mix puppy, snuck into a Florida fire house early Tuesday morning and immediately became one of the guys. "There's nothing more American than a Dalmatian in a firehouse," said Corey Dierdorff, public information officer at the Hillsborough County Fire Rescue. - PUB DATE: 9/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Inside Edition
He married his high school sweetheart and joined the same fire department his beloved father devoted his professional life to for more than two decades.
But Ryan Osler’s life was cut short early Wednesday when the fire rig he was riding in overturned on a dark highway in Lompoc as the Ventura County Fire Department engineer helped battle the Canyon Fire near Vandenberg Air Force Base. - PUB DATE: 9/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ventura County Star
