Firefighter Close Calls

Initially dispatched to an outdoor fire, when the dispatched engine was approaching the scene, they realized the call was bigger than an outdoor fire and that it was on another street. They arrived on the scene to see a single-story residence with flames visible from the Delta side of the house through the roof. They […]

MINERSVILLE, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Firefighters were on the scene Sunday afternoon battling a fire in Minersville that left many injured, impacting multiple homes, and left 20 people displaced. Officials tell 28/22 News, crews were called at about 12:44 p.m. to the 600 block of North Second Street in Minersville for a third-alarm fire impacting at […]

Six years ago, the Santa Clara County Fire Department was battling one of the largest wildfires ever to break out in California, the Mendocino Complex fire. With thousands of firefighters on the front line, county officials needed to coordinate fire suppression efforts at multiple points. But they ran into a major roadblock. Their wireless internet […]

All, A Milwaukee firefighter suffered severe burns and is in the hospital after he was trapped while operating at a house fire early this morning that left one person dead. The firefighter is being treated in the burn unit at Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital. Another person inside the home died. “We were probably 30 seconds […]

A fight reportedly between officers of the Kerhonkson-Accord First Aid Squad on Sunday drew a response from the Ulster County Sheriff’s Office and the State Police. The incident was reported to 911 on Sunday at approximately 3:30 p.m., stating that two members of the squad were fighting and a weapon was involved. While police were responding […]

All, Firstly, if you are traveling to FDIC from the east, literally just a few feet off I-70 in Englewood (Ohio) is the world-famous Firefighter Owned BBQ Joint, Company 7 BBQ: Check them out https://www.company7bbq.com/ THE WEEK:   It’s THE week when tens of thousands of Firefighters, Officers, and Chiefs head to Indy for the conference. […]

MILWAUKEE – One person is dead following a fire on Milwaukee‘s south side in the early morning hours of Sunday, April 14. FOX6 is working to learn more. However, Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski posted on X at 5:45 a.m. that there was one civilian casualty and one firefighter became trapped during the rescue attempt and was burned. The firefighter […]

On 4/14/1857 “A fire, starting in a row of five-story brick warehouses, in Baltimore, Maryland, quickly engulfed the entire row of buildings. Despite the heroic efforts of firefighters to stop the spread of the flames, the fire continued around the corner and engulfed a complex of four-story brick warehouses. The entire block was destroyed. As […]

All, We regret to pass on that Ceresco (SW of Omaha) Police Officer Ross Bartlett was killed in the Line of Duty after his unit was struck while pulled over. The crash happened after 1930 hours. Friday on Highway 77 just south of Ceresco. It was during a route traffic stop when a Ford F-150 […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – An apartment fire in the Russell neighborhood led to three firefighters and one resident being taken to the hospital. Captain Donovan Sims with the Louisville Fire Department said around 1 p.m., firefighters were called to the 2400 block of West Muhammad Ali Boulevard, where they found an apartment building on fire […]

On 4/13/1970 the oxygen tank onboard Apollo 13 exploded 200,000 miles from Earth during the third manned lunar landing mission. Mission Commander Lovell reported to mission control: “Houston, we’ve had a problem here,” On 4/13/1918 a fire in the State Hospital (for the insane) left thirty-eight boys from ages 10 to 15 dead, the fire […]

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — One person has died after crashing into an ambulance that was on the scene of another collision on Interstate 45 early Saturday, according to the Houston Police Department. The crash happened on the North Freeway at Airtex Drive. Sgt. Sudduth with HPD said the ambulance was arriving at the scene of […]

All, We regret to pass on that a. Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department Engineer died in the Line of Duty after he suffered a medical emergency while on duty at Fire Station 54 last night. Despite efforts of JFRD personnel and medical professionals at the hospital, Engineer Heath J. O’Shea, 44, died early this morning. He had […]

HONOLULU (Island News) — Many of Hawaii’s public schools have fire alarm issues. An update from the Department of Education on Thursday shows 61% of schools have either a fire alarm system considered “inoperable,” or a system that works but is so old there aren’t replacement parts for when it breaks. That’s what the DOE […]

GENESEE CO., Mich. (WNEM) – An emergency for a 911 dispatch: Genesee County’s call center is expected to run out of money by 2026 if something isn’t done soon, according to a member on the executive board. Genesee County 911 Administrators said Genesee County 911 is drowning, and they accuse the Genesee County Board of Commissioners […]

SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) – Springfield was one of several communities across the commonwealth that were impacted by a 911 system problem Friday morning. The state’s Executive Office of Public Safety and Security said that approximately 50 public safety answer points statewide reported Friday morning to the State 911 Department that some telecommunicator workstations were not […]

An automatic callback update goes live Sunday, but the much-touted auto attendant feature is still months and perhaps millions of dollars away. Last summer, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas took to social media to tout a solution to help the city’s dangerously slow 911 system. “In the weeks ahead, we expect to announce that you […]

Salem emergency dispatch managers will undergo training on victims’ rights as part of a $325,000 settlement with a former dispatcher who alleged her bosses failed to reschedule a job promotion exam that fell on the day she was to attend a criminal trial of a man accused of raping her The city also must provide a “neutral” job […]

On 4/12/1908 nearly half the city, 18 blocks, was destroyed in the 1st Great Chelsea (Massachusetts) fire (the 2nd conflagration occurred on 10/14/1973) that left twelve dead, eighty-five missing and presumed dead, and more than 17,000 homeless that started at the Boston Blacking Company on West 3rd Street, a company that made shoes and shoe […]

HOUSTON – Two medics were rushed to a hospital Thursday night after their ambulance flipped and crashed into a restaurant in southwest Houston. It happened a little after 10:30 p.m. when the Houston Fire Department was called to a motor vehicle accident on S Gessner near Westpark Tollway. It’s unclear what exactly caused the crash, […]