Firefighter Close Calls

A Buffalo Fire Department rescue truck encountered black ice and struck a guard rail and a tree Tuesday, Jan. 13, according to a Facebook post on Buffalo Fire Department-Helmets & Hose Wagons. No one was injured in the accident, the post said. The rescue truck was responding to a motor vehicle accident with entrapment involving a […]

The family of West (Texas) volunteer Firefighter killed while working a March 2023 traffic wreck on Interstate 35 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against several trucking companies and an insurance carrier. Janet Hykel, Edward Hykel Jr.’s wife; his son, Christopher Hykel; daughter, Ashley Mynarcik; and his mother, Barbara Hykel, are seeking more than $1 […]

MIFFLIN COUNTY, Pa. — A car suffered extensive damage after being involved in a crash with an ambulance Saturday night. Lewistown police confirmed the crash happened on the 300 block of Valley Street. No one was taken to the hospital that night, emergency management said. CBS 21 has reached out to Lewistown Police and Mifflin […]

DALLAS – One person is dead, another is injured and a firefighter is in stable condition after crews battled an early Monday morning house fire in northeast Dallas, officials said. Dallas Fire-Rescue said firefighters were called to a one-story home on Boedeker Street before 6 a.m. after 911 calls reported fire conditions inside the garage, […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City, Missouri, firefighter was hospitalized Monday morning as crews battled a two-alarm fire in icy conditions. Just before 7 a.m., crews were called to the 3800 block of E. 12th Terrace on a vacant two-story apartment building that was reported to be on fire. The first crews to arrive […]

COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Authorities say a fire truck was hit by a car when responding to a crash on I-94 near Kalamazoo. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office said the fire truck was responding to a crash around 5:30 a.m. Monday on westbound I-94 near the 83 mile marker, between 35th Street and Sprinkle […]

CHAMBERS COUNTY, Ala. — The Georgia community is mourning after a Coweta County firefighter was shot and killed while trying to help a motorist who struck a deer in the road in Alabama on Sunday. According to the Chambers County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a crash on County Road 267 near U.S. 431 in […]

SOUTH PARK TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Multiple people were injured in a multi-vehicle crash in South Park Township on Sunday. Allegheny County dispatchers said emergency crews were called to Broughton Road at 1:45 p.m. According to the Broughton Volunteer Fire Department, three vehicles crashed. One of those vehicles was an ambulance, firefighters said. A red Mustang […]

BEACON FALLS, Conn. (WFSB) – A car struck a fire engine while responding to a separate crash in Beacon Falls on Friday evening. According to the Beacon Falls Fire Department, firefighters responded to a car crash in the area of Exit 21 on-ramp on Route 8. Several engines responded and their Engine 3 took a […]

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced that up to $2 million will be made available to expand suicide prevention efforts for the military and first responders. These prevention efforts, facilitated by respective agencies and organizations, will be bolstered through funding by the CARES UP initiative, administered through the New York Office of […]

DETROIT (WXYZ) — A Detroit firefighter was hospitalized after falling through the first floor of a home in a house fire early Sunday morning. A spokesperson for the Detroit Fire Department tells us they got the call about the fire after 12:30 a.m. at a home in the 3800 block of 29th Street. Authorities say […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Two firefighters were injured while responding to a residence fire on the southeast side of Indianapolis Saturday night. Public emergency reporting systems indicate Indianapolis Fire Department crews were called to the 8400 block of Southern Springs Drive around 8:50 p.m. on a report of a residence fire. When firefighters arrived at the scene, […]

Psychological injuries forced paramedics and firefighters in Winnipeg off their jobs for thousands of hours last year, straining already understaffed essential services. And the fallout is also leading to burnout in on-the-job members, their respective unions and a Canadian expert say. Data from the City of Winnipeg shows 189 claims from Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WFPS) members were […]

On the morning of Jan. 7, a firefighter near the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles observed a 10-acre brush fire along a ridgeline and sent out a warning. “Just to give you guys a heads up,” he radioed to other first responders. “This has the potential for 200 acres plus.” The Palisades fire and […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – The Memphis Police Department arrested and charged a woman accused of crashing into a fire engine while under the influence. According to MPD, officers responded to a call regarding someone driving under the influence near New Allen Road. When officers arrived, they discovered the suspect, Candace Rogers, car wrecked after a […]

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — Chesterfield firefighters were protected when a pickup hauling a trailer full of cars slammed into a ladder truck on Interstate 95 Thursday, according to Chesterfield Fire and EMS. They said the crash happened just after 2 a.m. on I-95 South between Route 288 and Route 10. “[Truck 214’s] purpose was there […]

CHICAGO — Three people were taken to the hospital early Saturday morning after a crash along the Eisenhower Expressway involving a CFD fire truck that was responding to a different crash on the same road. According to the Illinois State Police (ISP), the incidents unfolded around 4 a.m. in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 290 […]

A fire station burned down in North Carolina, destroying a truck bound for California wildfires, officials said. The blaze ravaged Mills River Fire Department’s Station No. 2 early Friday, Jan. 17, according to a spokesperson for Henderson County, North Carolina. No one was injured in the fire at the unmanned station. The building had been storing equipment, and one of the trucks […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A driver is in custody after reportedly crashing into an ambulance in south Columbus early Saturday morning.  A dispatcher with the city’s public safety department told 10TV that the ambulance was hit by an “impaired driver” at Parsons and Reeb avenues just after 1:50 a.m. One person was transported to Grant Medical Center, […]

All, We regret to pass on that a volunteer Firefighter from Thomasville (Missouri) was killed after a crash on Thursday night while responding to a fire, on Highway 160 in Oregon County, MO. The area is SW of St Louis and NW of Memphis. The male Firefighter, 72, was riding the front seat of the […]