MS ENGINE COLLIDES WITH CAR

Friday, May 3, 2013  One person was injured Monday when a Jackson fire truck collided with a red convertible, fire officials said.

The crash happened about 8:30 a.m. on Lakeland Drive near Ridgewood Road. The driver of the convertible was taken to the Uni... [ more ]

   


 

ANOTHER DRUNK DRIVER LITERALLY STRIKES (FIRE APPARATUS) AGAIN

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  A civilian driver was so drunk that he passed out behind the wheel and ran into a fire truck.
A court affidavit said Phillip Pomeroy had been drinking five days straight when he got behind the wheel and rammed a Nashville (TN) fire engi... [ more ]

   


 

AL AERIAL TEETERS ON THE BRINK OF DISASTER DURING TOW

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  An 80,000 pound Birmingham Fire truck teetered on the edge of disaster this morning.

Truck One, in need of a tow to the shop to fix a hydraulics problem, was loaded onto a Birmingham Towing flatbed to head over to the city garage on ... [ more ]

   


 

FD HAS 4 APPARATUS PLACED OUT OF SERVICE FOR MECHANICAL ISSUES IN MA

Monday, April 29, 2013  Four fire department vehicles were out of commission Friday, on the same day that the Fire Department fought back-to-back blazes in town, in the same week the fire chief was placed on paid administrative leave and a new acting fire chief named... [ more ]

   


 

HAVING A BAD DAY

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DOUBLE LODD FIRE APPARATUS CRASH TRIAL SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER-FF's Unbelted. Civilian Had The Right Of Way

Franklin News Post Photo

Franklin News Post Photo

Friday, April 19, 2013  A jury trial tied to lawsuits about the deaths of two Virginia Volunteer Firefighters in Rocky Mount in July 2010 had been scheduled to begin Monday in Franklin County Circuit Court but has been postponed until Sept. 23.The decision to delay th... [ more ]

   


 

ILLINOIS FIREFIGHTER KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY-SINGLE VEHICLE RESPONDING CRASH

Sunday, April 14, 2013  We regret to advise you of the Line of Duty Death of West Union (IL) FF Lance Stone, 37, who was ejected and killed in a single vehicle crash while turning out for a call last night around 2012 hours. The vehicle had left the road... [ more ]

   


 

FATAL APPRATUS CRASH IN THE UK

Sunday, April 14, 2013  A mother was killed today and her two children seriously hurt after their car crashed into a fire engine that was dashing to the scene of another fatal road accident.

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STABBING VICTIM CRASHES INTO FIRE APPARATUS IN NY

Saturday, April 13, 2013  Police are investigating after they say a 23-year-old man crashed his car into a fire truck after being stabbed.

Police say he was dropping a woman off at a home on Magee Avenue when he was stabbed after trying to intervene in a fight.more ]

   


 

APPARATUS ROLLOVER IN ARKANSAS

Friday, April 12, 2013  The City of Newport now has to buy a new pumper truck for its fire department.


That's because one of its trucks was totaled after it was involved in an accident Thursday night near Hwy. 67 in Newport.


During the acciden... [ more ]

   


 
 
 

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