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•April 25, 2024

FIRE CHIEF CRITICALLY INJURED AFTER FALL FROM APPARATUS IN QUARTERS

Hillcrest Fire Department Fire Chief Michael Scott suffered a...

•April 25, 2024

PROVINCE ANNOUNCES NEW MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES FOR FIRST RESPONDERS

Close to 200 firefighters and family members of the...

•April 25, 2024

NORTH CAROLINA FIRE CHIEF FALLS FROM APPARATUS

RAEFORD, N.C. (WNCN) — A fire department in Hoke...

•April 25, 2024

FARGO, ND FIRE SPEAKS OUT ABOUT APPARATUS CRASH

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) -For the first time...

•April 25, 2024

FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 4/25

On 4/25/1854 a fire in the William T. Jennings...

•April 24, 2024

LOUISIANNA FIRE STATION STRUCK BY GUNFIRE

VILLE PLATTE, La (KLFY)– In Ville Platte, police are...

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•April 24, 2024

US Fire Reporting Update from USFA-NERIS (The Secret List)

All, From Dr. Lori Moore Merrell: “It has certainly been a fast paced and productive...

•April 21, 2024

Unusual Fire Death Involved Police Training – LODD – Videos

All, Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Freddy Flores has Died in the Line of Duty...

•April 15, 2024

FIREFIGHTER RECRUIT STRUCK/KILLED ON HIGHWAY (The Secret List)

All, A Los Angeles City recruit Firefighter, who was just sworn in last week, was...

•April 14, 2024

FF SERIOUSLY BURNED: ATTEMPTED RESCUE, FF ATTACKED, ROOKIE DEATH, FDNY VIDEO, PTSD911 (The Secret List)

All, A Milwaukee firefighter suffered severe burns and is in the hospital after he was...

•April 14, 2024

FDIC: THE Week (The Secret List)

All, Firstly, if you are traveling to FDIC from the east, literally just a few...

•April 14, 2024

NE POLICE OFFICER STRUCK/KILLED-WAS ALSO A FIREFIGHTER (The Secret List)

All, We regret to pass on that Ceresco (SW of Omaha) Police Officer Ross Bartlett...

EMS Close Calls

•April 24, 2024

LAWSUIT: Nurses On Medical Helicopter That Crashed Filing Lawsuit That Incudes Fire Dept That Set Up The Landing Zone

The nurses on board a medical helicopter that crashed nearly two years ago in Butler...

•April 24, 2024

RHODE ISLAND MAN SENTENCED FOR ASSAULT ON PARAMEDIC

A 26-year-old Tiverton RI man who robbed a man outside of a Cannabis dispensary and...

•April 21, 2024

THREE INJURED, ONE SERIOUSLY IN ARIZONA CRASH INVOLVING AMBULANCE

PEORIA, AZ — One person is seriously hurt after a crash involving an ambulance in...

•April 20, 2024

CALIFORNIA AMBULANCE INVOLVED IN CRASH

An ambulance transporting a patient to the ER was sideswiped by a vehicle on Highway...

•April 19, 2024

MAN SHOOTS WIFE, CHASES DOWN AMBULANCE IN FLORIDA

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — A man was charged with first-degree murder after police said...

•April 18, 2024

AMBULANCE STOLEN WITH PERSONNEL ON BOARD, CRASHED – GEORGIA

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – A hospital patient in Henry County stole an ambulance...

Firefighter History

•April 25, 2024

FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 4/25

On 4/25/1854 a fire in the William T. Jennings Building in Manhattan, New York (231...

•April 24, 2024

FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 4/24

On 4/24/1851 the first fire alarm signal system was installed in Boston, Massachusetts. The system...

•April 23, 2024

FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 4/23

On 4/23/1940 the Rhythm Club fire killed 207 (209) and injured more than 200 of...

•April 22, 2024

FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 4/22

On 4/22/1869 a Baltimore, Maryland firefighter “died in agony as a result of painful injuries...

•April 21, 2024

FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 4/21

On 4/21/1930 the Ohio Penitentiary fire in Columbus, Ohio claimed the lives of 322 inmates...

•April 20, 2024

FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 4/20

On 4/20/2010 the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill...

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