Firefighter Close Calls

MIDDLEPORT, Ohio (WCHS) — Four firefighters were injured in a large fire at an apartment building in Middleport, Ohio, on Monday night. The fire was reported about 7:45 p.m. at an apartment building on Cole Street, according to the Middleport Fire Department. Firefighters said the fire was visible from the building’s side when they arrived and […]

MEBANE, N.C. (WGHP) — A Graham man was arrested Monday after a firefighter was injured in a building fire last week, a Mebane Police Department warrant shows. Jacari Bunting, 19, is charged with burning an occupied commercial structure and setting fire to a commercial structure that caused injury to a firefighter on July 11, according […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Sacramento firefighter is being treated in a trauma facility after they were assaulted on Monday, according to the fire department. Officials said the firefighter was responding to a call involving a mental health patient around 8:45 p.m. in the area of Arcade Boulevard near Rio Linda Boulevard. The firefighter was rendering […]

A firefighter was injured battling a massive blaze in an industrial area in Bibb County. “This video shows the true intensity of what we were fighting,” Montevallo Fire Chief Brad Davis posted on the department’s Facebook page. The fire that included explosions occurred at a utility polie treating facility, according to abc3340.  

Danus was injured during a routine drill while taking part in a training exercise on Tuesday, May 6, the Whippany Fire Department said. He remains hospitalized Morristown Medical Center and faces a lengthy rehabilitation. A fundraiser has been set up to Danus’ family, which includes his wife, Tracey and his children, Jacob, Jessica and Josh. As of […]

New Brunswick police officer and a city firefighter narrowly escaped injury Thursday after a woman lunged at them with a knife at a residence on Harvey Street, authorities said. Police responded around 12:30 p.m. to a report of a resident in crisis. The woman was uncooperative and attempted to stab the police officer and the firefighter, the […]

BATH BEACH, Brooklyn (PIX11) — A firefighter was seriously injured battling a fire that broke out in Brooklyn on Saturday morning, according to the FDNY. The fire was reported at 2215 Cropsey Avenue at around 11:10 a.m. Officials say the fire broke out on the fourth floor of the residential building. 60 fire and EMS […]

Four residents were displaced and a Brookline firefighter injured after a two-alarm fire on Franklin Street Saturday night. The Brookline Fire Department responded to a three-family residence at 114 Franklin Street at around 7 p.m. for a fire, which was primarily located on the third floor and attic, according to Christina Metcalf, a spokesperson for […]

A firefighter was injured and a fire truck damaged early Friday morning while crews were responding to a vehicle fire in downtown Winnipeg. Around 1:20 a.m. on Friday, Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service crews were called to a pickup truck on fire in the 300 block of Princess Street. As the fire engine approached the scene, […]

A family of six lost their home in Alamo after it went up in flames and claimed to be a total loss. The fire happened on Border Road north of the Expressway 83 at around 11:30 a.m. Friday. The home’s second floor caved it and the first floor experienced major damage. The family was already […]

A multiple-alarm fire in Jersey City early Thursday morning destroyed two vacant buildings, injured eight firefighters and displaced several residents from nearby homes. Officials say the Jersey City Fire Department was called around 1:32 a.m. to the 300 block Fourth Street, where they found two vacant homes at 319 and 321 Fourth Street on fire. […]

LOGAN COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) – Officials confirm that three people are dead and two firefighters were injured Saturday morning after a fire at a home in Logan County. Emergency Manager of Logan County, Steve Haga, confirms this was in a mobile home that caught on fire on the 6000 block of Terrill Road at around […]

By KFOR: Officials confirm that three people are dead and two firefighters were injured Saturday morning after a fire at a home in Logan County. Emergency Manager of Logan County, Steve Haga, confirms this was in a mobile home that caught on fire on the 6000 block of Terrill Road at around 5:54 a.m. Saturday. […]

By KFVS: The Dexter Fire Department officials announced the death of Assistant Fire Chief Dale Rowe in a social media post. The post says Rowe died on Friday, July 11. Firefighters say Rowe was a “dedicated and courageous” firefighter and that he has served the community for more than 51 years. Butler County Coroner Jim […]

Implementation of required budget reductions due to a mandated reduction in the FY2026 budget.  There are NO layoffs. Excerpts from announcement issued by: John S. Butler, Fire Chief, Fairfax County, Virginia To meet the required budget savings while honoring our contractual obligations, we are implementing a phased-in approach  in a manner that is both fiscally […]

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — An overturned North Las Vegas firetruck is blocking lanes in North Las Vegas Thursday morning. RTC reported the crash at Civic Center Drive south of Cheyenne Avenue shortly after 11:15 a.m. According to the North Las Vegas Fire Department, the engine was responding to a house fire in the 2400 block […]

As heavy rain triggered flash flood warnings along the Guadalupe River in Texas Hill Country early Friday, the small unincorporated town of Comfort had something its neighbors upriver in Kerr County didn’t: wailing sirens urging residents to flee before the water could swallow them. Comfort had recently updated its disaster alert system, installing a new […]

88.5 WFDD – Public Radio For The Piedmont By DJ Simmons June 3, 2025  The High Point City Council approved a nearly $538 million budget that keeps the property tax rate flat while assuring residents they would look at staffing for the fire department. A High Point fire station was temporarily without a working engine or […]

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — Fire Engineer Dave Tysdal remains in stable condition in the intensive care unit at Kootenai Health Medical Center, recovering from injuries sustained in a deadly ambush that killed two of his colleagues last week. Tysdal of the Coeur d’Alene Fire Department suffered a single gunshot wound to the back during the June 29 […]

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — A fire that broke out on Apple Street injured three people, including one firefighter. On Sunday, July 6, 2025, at 5:41 p.m., Syracuse Firefighters were alerted by the Onondaga County 911 Center for a fire at 319 Apple Street, in the City of Syracuse. When firefighters arrived, they found a two-and-a-half-story […]