Firefighter Close Calls

Researchers at the University of Arizona Comprehensive Cancer Center are conducting a clinical research trial with the Tucson Fire Department to evaluate whether an over-the-counter dietary supplement made from broccoli seed and sprout extracts can help the body detoxify and eliminate harmful chemical exposures that firefighters may encounter during their work. The clinical trial is […]

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – A firefighter was injured and taken to a local hospital after battling flames in Jackson. According to the Jackson Fire Department, officials responded to a vacant apartment fire around 3:50 a.m. on Tuesday on Alta Woods Boulevard. After the fire was extinguished, it was determined that the structure had no active […]

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (WCBD) – A firefighter was injured Monday afternoon while crews worked to put out a house fire in a Moncks Corner neighborhood, according to Pimlico Fire Chief Kevin Carter. Carter said firefighters were dispatched shortly before 4 p.m. for a reported structure fire. When the first units arrived, they found “working fire […]

LEWISBORO – Two Lewisboro Police officers were burned, one seriously, while rescuing people from a Cross River house fire last week. Two people perished in that fire. Lewisboro Police reported on Sunday that the officers, whose names were not made public, entered the 100-year-old wood frame home after receiving a report that two people were […]

A massive blaze ripped through multiple New Jersey buildings Friday night, injuring six firefighters and leaving dozens of residents displaced, according to reports. The flames erupted around 10:30 p.m. inside a commercial building on Jefferson Street in Newark’s Ironbound neighborhood before rapidly spreading to four neighboring structures, including at least three multifamily homes, CBS New York and PIX11 […]

On Saturday, April 18, 2026, at approximately 5:45 p.m., firefighters from St. Leonard, Prince Frederick, Solomons, Huntingtown and Bay District were dispatched to the 300 block of Planters Wharf Road in Lusby, for the reported house on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single story residence with smoke showing form the attic. […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – Firefighters with the Columbia-Richland Fire Department (CRFD) extinguished a two-alarm fire that damaged six homes on Thursday afternoon. According to the department, 2nd Shift crews responded to the property in The Falls subdivision around 1:40 p.m. Fire Chief Aubrey Jenkins said there were six houses damaged in the fire. The main […]

An Edison firefighter had to call a Mayday and was rescued after falling through a roof while battling a fire at a two-story apartment complex on Judson Street Tuesday morning. Crews were dispatched around 10:20 a.m. Upon arrival, firefighters encountered a working fire and quickly initiated suppression efforts. As conditions escalated, a second alarm was […]

Four people, including two firefighters, were injured when a house in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood went up in flames early Thursday morning. The fire broke out just after 12:30 a.m. along Ligonier Street and quickly escalated to three alarms, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesperson Cara Cruz. “Pretty hard to see which house was actually was […]

HENDERSON, Nev. — A man who claims that his severed finger was mishandled after police and firefighters were called to his home in 2024 has sued the city of Henderson. Kyle Adams, according to a lawsuit filed in Clark County District Court on April 7, alleges that Henderson Fire Department personnel failed to properly identify, […]

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the city of Riviera Beach, alleging that critical mistakes made by firefighters during a canal rescue led to the death of Heath Thomas. The lawsuit, filed this afternoon by Thomas’ widow, Gia Thomas, claims that her husband was still alive in a vehicle […]

CHELMSFORD, Mass. — The union for Chelmsford firefighters provided a positive update on the recovery of firefighter Nick Spinale after he suffered serious injuries from a fall at the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy in Stow last week. Chelmsford Firefighters IAFF Local 1839 President Rob Albon said in a letter Monday that Spinale remains in the intensive […]

F2026-01 KS: Four Career Firefighters Injured from a Floor Collapse in an Abandoned Residential Structure Fire – Kansas Report: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/firefighters/programs/pdfs/f202601.pdf Slides: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/firefighters/programs/pdfs/f202601RS.pdf The report was published exactly 100 days since the fire department submitted a request for a NIOSH investigation. FFFIPP continues to accept requests for serious injury and line-of-duty death investigations through the NIOSH website. Firefighters and other interested parties can […]

GOLDSBORO, NC — Eleven people were displaced and two firefighters were injured following a structure fire Saturday night in Goldsboro. According to the Goldsboro Fire Department, crews responded to a call at 7:56 p.m. on April 11 at 1411 Herring Street. The incident was initially dispatched as an outside fire, but when the first unit arrived, […]

Durham firefighters were injured Monday afternoon while trying to put out a house fire. The fire is at a home along Timberview Drive near Arborwood Drive. According to firefighters at the scene, dry and windy conditions made the fire harder to put out. Several Durham Fire Department fire trucks and firefighters responded to the scene. […]

PUTNAM, Conn. (WTNH) — A firefighter suffered a medical emergency, and another was injured while responding to a structure fire Sunday evening in Putnam, according to fire officials. The firefighter who suffered the medical emergency was taken to a local hospital for evaluation, fire officials said. The other firefighter was injured in a flashover event. […]

A three-alarm fire tore through a Chelsea building on Sunday morning, leaving the top of the building a charred husk and four firefighters injured. According to the FDNY, the blaze erupted at approximately 6:08 a.m. at 208 7th Avenue, located between 21st and 22nd streets. Department officials said the fire rapidly spread throughout the six-story vacant building. The […]

A firefighter was taken to the hospital following a fire at a multi-unit home in Cleveland.  Crews from the Cleveland Division of Fire responded to the blaze in the 4400 block of Clinton Avenue at around 11:25 a.m. on Thursday. According to Cleveland Fire Assistant Chief Bill Gorey, one person was inside at the time but […]

The Chelmsford firefighters union has identified the firefighter who was severely injured in a fall at the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy Tuesday morning as 28-year-old Nick Spinale. Spinale fell 40 feet onto solid concrete at the Stow campus, causing significant internal and external injuries, IAFF Local 1839 said in a Wednesday press release. He was flown by medical […]

A commercial fishing ship moored at the Port of Tacoma burned for over a week in April 2023, prompting fears of fuel and oil spills and temporarily requiring northeast Tacoma neighborhoods to shelter in place. Ultimately, there was no spillage, according to the U.S. Coast Guard, but the Kodiak Enterprise was a total loss. Its […]