Firefighter Close Calls

A suspected intoxicated driver struck a Philadelphia firefighter responding to a crash call early Monday. The firefighter was among a crew at a scene along Osage Avenue, near 47th Street, in West Philadelphia around 1:45 a.m. when a sedan driver struck five parked vehicles. Firefighters responded to the crash. While operating, a firefighter attempted to prevent the […]

Earlier Monday a CFD fire truck flipped while responding to a fire, according to Assistant Fire Chief Matthew Flager with the Cincinnati Fire Department. Firefighters were responding to a fire on McPherson Avenue around 10:15 a.m. when their truck flipped after weaving in and out of traffic. Chief Flager says there were about four firefighters inside, […]

PROCTORVILLE, Ohio (WSAZ) – The Proctorville Volunteer Fire Department’s station sustained extensive damage in Tuesday’s storms. According to our crew at the scene, a rear block wall collapsed along with part of the roof. Despite that damage, the department’s main fleet of vehicles didn’t sustain damage. One fire truck was damaged by the roof collapse. […]

WEST PRICE HILL, Ohio (WKRC) – A fire truck overturned in West Price Hill during a call Monday morning. A Cincinnati Fire Department spokesperson said the truck overturned on Glenway while responding to a fire. Glenway was closed between Schiff and Rapid Run for a couple hours No word on what led up to the […]

GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — Several emergency agencies responded after an ambulance crashed on South Holden Road in Greensboro, according to Guilford County EMS. At around 10:58 p.m. on Saturday, Guilford County first responders and several other agencies came to the scene of a crash involving a Piedmont Triad Ambulance & Rescue ambulance. Guilford County […]

On 4/8/1766 one of the 1st fire escapes was patented; it was a wicker basket on a pulley and chain. On 4/8/1858 a Toronto, Ontario, Canada firefighter died “after a major fire was brought under control on Adelaide Street, he along with other members of Engine 6 were standing on the sidewalk directing streams, when […]

MOORELAND, Okla. — Two firefighters injured Saturday while fighting a wildfire in Woodward County were identified by their department. The Mooreland Volunteer Fire Department said Jared Brittain and Max Clark sustained burns when their firetruck was overrun by flames. Clark had burns on his left arm but was expected to be released from a hospital […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – A serious crash involving a firetruck was under investigation in Colorado Springs Friday. According to the Colorado Springs Police Department, the fire department was responding to a call of a house fire when one of their trucks collided with a civilian vehicle at Boulder and Weber near Palmer High School. […]

On 4/7/1982 just after midnight, seven people died in a fire after a drunk driver hit the wall of the Caldecott Tunnel (then-northernmost) bore, on State Route 24 between Oakland and Orinda in California. This is one of the few major tunnel fires involving gasoline, a cargo considered to be highly flammable. The tunnel complex […]

On 4/6/1990 a 3:08 a.m. fire in the lobby of the Fontana Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida spread smoke to the second and third stories through a utility shaft, normal cracks, and voids in the structure resulting in the deaths of nine patrons, injuring 24, including 4 firefighters, and extensive damage to the building. “Of […]

The reckless operation and “unsafe speed” of an FDNY fireboat on a pleasure cruise to the Statue of Liberty caused the death of a visiting Belgian firefighter, according to the findings of a Coast Guard probe obtained by The Post. The deadly collision with a private fishing boat on the night of June 17, 2022 occurred because […]

A crash report from the Texas Department of Transportation reveals unsafe speeds may have caused a Fort Worth Fire Department fire truck to roll over in February. The TxDOT crash report was obtained by NBC 5 on Friday. Four firefighters were hurt, including one critically, when the truck rolled over about 2:30 a.m. Feb. 5 […]

Syracuse, N.Y. — A Syracuse Fire Department ambulance was badly damaged in a two-car collision midday Friday. The crash happened just before 12:30 p.m. near the intersection of West Onondaga Street, Slocum Avenue and South Avenue, according to the Onondaga County 911 Center. The ambulance was transporting a child at the time, dispatchers said. It’s […]

COLONIE — A member of the Colonie Fire Services was injured while responding to the scene of an explosion that leveled a building that housed two restaurants on Everett Road early Thursday morning.  Speaking at a news conference Thursday afternoon, Colonie Supervisor Peter Crummey said the firefighter was struck by debris coming off the wreckage […]

All, An engine (see photo) from the Highlandville (south of Springfield, Missouri) Rural Fire Protection District rolled over while responding on a run, earlier today. Troopers responded to the flipped fire truck crash and fire at Route EE, two miles from U.S. 65. Investigators say the driver ran off the road, tried to overcorrect, and […]

All, An attorney representing the families of the two Fallen Newark Firefighters killed in the Line Of Duty last summer officially filed lawsuits in their loved one’s deaths today, Thursday. Augie Acabou and Wayne “Bear” Brooks died while trying to put out a large cargo ship fire at Port Newark last July. The families are suing […]

On 4/5/1967 a day before a sprinkler system was to be installed, a fire in a dorm at Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) killed eight students and a professor in the two-story block building originally constructed as a motel in the ’50s. “How the fire started remains unsolved. Many people suspected arson, though no one […]

It was on April 4, 2008 when Firefighters from Colerain Township (Hamilton Co, OH) responded to the type of fire dispatch that we all have turned out on many, many times. However, in this case, what was initially a reported automatic alarm resulted in double Line of Duty Deaths of a Captain and one of her Firefighters. While responding […]

A California woman was found dead in an Arizona desert more than a month after she disappeared, despite the fact that she had called 911 and had given a dispatcher her coordinates. Amanda Nenigar, 26, who was reported missing on Feb. 28, was discovered undressed underneath a tree in the desert on Friday at around […]

All, It was on April 4, 2008 when Firefighters from Colerain Township (Hamilton Co, OH) responded to the type of fire dispatch that we all have turned out on many, many times. However, in this case, what was initially a reported automatic alarm resulted in double Line of Duty Deaths of a Captain and one of her Firefighters. While […]