FATAL FIRE DEPARTMENT APPARATUS CRASH IN PA

Sunday, May 19, 2013  There was a fatal fire apparatus crash in Pennsylvania this afternoon that resulted in a civilian being killed and several Firefighters being flown out.
At around 1130 this morning, a Coolbaugh Township (Monroie County, NE PA) Fire Departme... [ more ]

   


 

PHOENIX FIREFIGHTER KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY-Apparatus Incident

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Sunday, May 19, 2013  We regret to pass on to you that the Phoenix FD lost a Firefighter in the Line of Duty early this morning. Firefighter Bradley Harper, age 23, was caught between 2 fire department vehicles near the scene of an outside fire (large mulch fire) late ... [ more ]

   


 

FF INJURED IN POV RESPONDING CRASH IN PA

This SUV flipped onto its roof along Farmington Avenue in Upper Pottsgrove after the driver lost control Thursday morning, May 16, 2013. (Photo by Kevin Hoffman/The Mercury)

This SUV flipped onto its roof along
      Farmington Avenue in Upper Pottsgrove
      after the driver lost control Thursday
      morning, May 16, 2013. (Photo by Kevin
      Hoffman/The Mercury)

Thursday, May 16, 2013  An SUV driven by a volunteer firefighter flipped over while he was on his way to an emergency call around 9 a.m. Thursday, police said.

Edward J. Collar IV, 19, was driving south on Farmington Avenue near Diamond Avenue, wit... [ more ]

   


 

SERIOUS APPARATUS CRASH IN THE UK

Thursday, May 16, 2013  A South Wales Fire and Rescue Service spokesman confirmed the firefighters were injured while en-route to another incindent in the Torfaen area and that one firefighter remains in hospital.

He said that colleagues from the Sou... [ more ]

     



 

FIRE APPARATUS DESTROYED BY FIRE IN SD

Thursday, May 16, 2013  A fire truck passing through the state on its way to Canada was destroyed by fire Tuesday afternoon on southeastern South Dakota, according to Highway Patrol.The truck was northbound on Interstate 29 near mile marker 66, about a mile north of ... [ more ]

   


 

FIRE APPARATUS STRIKES CYCLIST IN OH

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  A man on a bicycle was seriously injured when he was struck early Wednesday morning by a city fire truck, said Sgt. Leo T. Shirkey of the Ohio Highway Patrol.

The fire truck was not heading to an emergency.

It was hea... [ more ]

   


 

2 FIREFIGHTERS KILLED IN BRAZIL FIRE APPARATUS CRASH

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  We regret to advise you that this morning, a fire apparatus overturned and caught fire in the city of Guarapari, Southeast Brazil, killing 2 Firefighters in the Line of Duty. The FFs, left the city of Vitória to test the 10-thousand-liter tanker ... [ more ]

   


 

Ohio Fire Apparatus Crash Suspect Dies

Brentley S. Montgomery

Brentley S. Montgomery

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  A former Bainbridge resident identified as having allegedly stolen and then crashed a fire truck Friday has died.

Monday morning, the Ross County Sheriff’s Office identified Brentley S. Montgomery, 19, as the suspect in the incident... [ more ]

   


 

APPARATUS STRUCK BY DRUNK IN HOUSTON

Sunday, May 12, 2013  A Houston firefighter is in the hospital after the fire truck he was in was hit by a suspected drunk driver last night in northwest Houston.


Police say the fire truck had its emergency lights on while responding to a call on t... [ more ]

   


 

THIEF CRASHES STOLEN FD TANKER IN OH

Saturday, May 11, 2013  A volunteer fire department in rural Ross County is minus a fire truck after an early-morning joy ride ended in a crash that destroyed the tanker truck and critically injured the suspected thief.

A man broke into the Harrison Township fir... [ more ]

   


 
 
 

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