Firefighter Close Calls

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 […]

ALABASTER, Ala. — One firefighter was injured while battling a fire at a mobile home in Alabaster Sunday afternoon. The mobile home was completely engulfed in flames when the Saginaw Fire Department responded to a call for mutual aid in the Summer Hill area at approximately 12:30 p.m. Saginaw Chief 231, along with Southeast Shelby […]

LAKETOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Three people were rescued from Lake Michigan near Holland Sunday evening, authorities say. It happened around 8:10 p.m. about 1 mile south of the channel that connects Lake Macatawa to Lake Michigan, according to a release from the Park Township Fire Department Marine Division. A 22-year-old Grand Rapids man was […]

Multiple firefighters in Davie County were injured in incidents over the weekend. A volunteer on the Cooleemee Fire Department was injured in a motorcycle accident on the evening of July 5 in Charlotte. He has several fractures and will be having surgery. Another volunteer and part-time firefighter of Cooleemee Fire Department was injured in a […]

A late-night fire in Hackensack injured two residents and a firefighter Thursday, July 3, fire officials said. Crews from the Hackensack Fire Department’s 3rd Platoon responded around 10:30 p.m. to a working fire on Fairmount Avenue near the Maywood border, Deputy Chief M. Christensen said. Firefighters found a fully involved first-floor bedroom and quickly knocked […]

A firefighter suffered minor burns Thursday morning while battling a vegetation fire that scorched 50 acres near Sacramento International Airport. The two-alarm fire ignited around 10 a.m. in dry grass along the 7600 block of Metro Air Parkway, according to the Sacramento Fire Department. The injured firefighter was reported to be in stable condition after […]

ROME — A gas station explosion early on Friday in southeastern Rome injured at least 25 people including nine police officers and a firefighter, local authorities and rescuers said. The explosion was heard across the Italian capital shortly after 8 a.m. and sent up a huge cloud of dark smoke and fire that was visible from […]

WENDOVER, Utah — West Wendover officials confirm multiple people were injured, including a firefighter, after fireworks were accidentally detonated Friday morning. According to city officials, the accidental detonation happened at around 9:00 a.m. Friday. The cause of the detonation is currently unknown. West Wendover’s Mayor, Jasie Holm West, tells FOX 13 News that in addition […]

Seventeen people were displaced and two firefighters were hospitalized after a multiple-alarm blaze broke out in Paterson, New Jersey, on the 4th of July holiday. The fire was reported to officials shortly after 5 p.m. at a home on Southard Street and required “a very big response,” said Jerry Speziale, Paterson’s public safety director. The fire […]