Firefighter Close Calls

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Two Elizabethtown firefighters were bitten by brown recluse spiders after the station became infested last week. According to Amy Inman, a spokesperson for the City of Elizabethtown, a spider infestation broke out early last week at Elizabethtown Fire Department Station 3. Officials said firefighters relocated to Station 1 Thursday after they […]

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. – A man was taken to the hospital in critical condition and three firefighters were transported for evaluation after a house fire in Prince George’s County. The fire broke out just after 8 a.m. on Winding Brook Court in Lake Arbor. Firefighters said the man was trapped when they arrived and pulled him […]

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — More than 30 years after suffering “catastrophic” injuries at the scene of a fire, New Haven fire officials said Tuesday former firefighter Thomas Kelly has died. Kelly was 33 years old at the time, working as a tillerman with Truck 4 Dixwell for 13 years, according to News 8 archives. […]

Suzanne LaFollette, a member of Austin, TX Local 975, has been fighting for her life – and for workers’ compensation eligibility – for months now. She scored a major victory in the second battle when an administrative law judge ruled on April 21 that she was entitled to the benefit. LaFollette was diagnosed with Stage […]