Lawsuit Filed in Illinois Blaze that Killed 2 Firefighters
Family members of a Chicago, Ill., firefighter killed last year battling a blaze at an abandoned building are suing the owners of the structure. The Chicago Tribune reports Jennifer Stringer and Edward...
View ArticleNew Jersey Firehouse Burglarized
Trenton firefighters say they returned from a Halloween morning alarm to find their firehouse had been broken into and personal items stolen. Fire Director Qareeb Bashir tells the Times of Trenton the...
View ArticleTrapped Workers Rescued from N.Y. Building Collapse
Firefighters have pulled three workers out of the rubble of a New York City construction collapse. The Fire Department of New York says five people were injured in the collapse at the five-story...
View ArticleFront of Texas Ladder Truck Rolls Into Lake
Investigators want to know how the front of a $600,000 Dallas, Texas, Fire Department ladder truck ended up in the drink. Damage estimates are pending over the incident at White Rock Lake. Officials...
View ArticleNevada Arson Not Set to Hurt Firefighters
North Las Vegas, Nev., police now say they doubt a fire on the second floor of a vacant home was deliberately set to injure firefighters. Police Sgt. Tim Bedwell said Wednesday that investigators still...
View Article11 Firefighters Injured in Home of New Jersey Hoarder
A fire in the home of a New Jersey hoarder has killed 20 cats and injured 11 firefighters, most of them from throwing piles of heavy debris. Passaic Fire Chief Patrick Trentacost tells The Record...
View ArticleFirefighters: Space Heater Caused Fatal Ohio Fire
Investigators say a space heater caused a Christmas Eve fire that killed a 4-year-old boy, his mother and a man at a central Ohio home reported to be vacant. The Columbus fire department says...
View ArticleOhio Firefighters Discuss Vacant Home Hazards
Firefighters in Ohio’s largest city are talking with development officials about finding a way to designate vacant homes to make responders aware of potential hazards during emergencies at those...
View ArticleArbitrator Reduces Portland Fireboat Punishments
An arbitrator has ordered the city of Portland to pay more than $1,100 in back wages to two firefighters who were punished after damaging the city’s $3.2 million fireboat. The Maine city revealed the...
View ArticleIllinois Fire Departments Receive $300,000 in Federal Grants
Six fire departments across Illinois will split nearly $300,000 in federal grants aimed at improving response to fires and other emergencies. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin announced the grants from the Federal...
View ArticleFirefighters’ Workers’ Comp Insurance is Taxing Pennsylvania Municipalities
Firefighters have a dangerous job. They run into burning buildings in the midst of panic and chaos, wade through thick smoke in search of life and keep precious mementos from turning to ash. That’s why...
View ArticleMichigan DNR, Hamburg Fire Crews Team up to Train
An injured hunter who “fell” down a 150-foot ravine and a mushroom hunter who went “missing” in the Brighton Recreation Area had to be rescued recently by firefighters and park rangers. Those were the...
View ArticleIndiana Firefighter Explores Fire Chemistry
Smoke, flames, ash. A fire engine with lights and siren blaring, and uniformed officers yelling orders as a building blazes nearby. When he arrives on-scene of a fire, Josh Scalf, a 10-year veteran of...
View ArticleFirefighters From Around the Globe Compete for Title in Alabama
Firefighters around the world have sworn to protect and save lives, but this week the Montgomery Fire Department, will also be trying to protect its title from the best firefighters in the world who...
View ArticleFire Departments Struggle to Attract Volunteers
alk to anyone at a fire department that depends on volunteers, and you’re likely to hear that it’s harder to get and keep new ones. And the ones already manning the stations aren’t getting any younger....
View ArticleTrapped Workers Rescued from N.Y. Building Collapse
Firefighters have pulled three workers out of the rubble of a New York City construction collapse. The Fire Department of New York says five people were injured in the collapse at the five-story...
View ArticleFront of Texas Ladder Truck Rolls Into Lake
Investigators want to know how the front of a $600,000 Dallas, Texas, Fire Department ladder truck ended up in the drink. Damage estimates are pending over the incident at White Rock Lake. Officials...
View ArticleNevada Arson Not Set to Hurt Firefighters
North Las Vegas, Nev., police now say they doubt a fire on the second floor of a vacant home was deliberately set to injure firefighters. Police Sgt. Tim Bedwell said Wednesday that investigators still...
View Article11 Firefighters Injured in Home of New Jersey Hoarder
A fire in the home of a New Jersey hoarder has killed 20 cats and injured 11 firefighters, most of them from throwing piles of heavy debris. Passaic Fire Chief Patrick Trentacost tells The Record...
View ArticleFirefighters: Space Heater Caused Fatal Ohio Fire
Investigators say a space heater caused a Christmas Eve fire that killed a 4-year-old boy, his mother and a man at a central Ohio home reported to be vacant. The Columbus fire department says...
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