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•April 28, 2024

UPDATE: KANSAS CITY SEEKS STIFFER PUNISHMENT FOR FIREFIGHTER WHO KILLED 3 IN APPARATUS CRASH

An arbitrator decided Dominic Biscari could only be suspended...
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•April 28, 2024

VIRGINIA RESPONDING APPARATUS CRASH – FIREFIGHTER INJURED

A firefighter was one of two people who were...
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•April 28, 2024

UPDATE: FAMILY OF KENTUCKY EMT KILLED IN AMBULANCE CRASH FILES LAWSUIT

GARRARD COUNTY, Ky. (FOX 56) — The family of...
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•April 28, 2024

ILLINOIS FIREFIGHTER SERIOUSLY INJURED IN TRAINING EXERCISE

From the Orland Fire Protection District, IL Facebook Page:...
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•April 28, 2024

UPDATE: VIDEO OF CINCINNATI APPARATUS ROLLOVER CRASH – OHIO

CINCINNATI — WLWT has obtained video of a heart-stopping...
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•April 28, 2024

FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 4/28

On 4/28/1873 two Iowa City, Iowa firefighters “died of...
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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...
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•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...
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•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...
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•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...
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•April 14, 2024

FDIC: THE Week (The Secret List)

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

•April 27, 2024

TWO INJURED IN CRASH INVOLVING A SACRAMENTO AMBULANCE

SACRAMENTO — Two people was hospitalized following a crash involving a Sacramento Fire Department ambulance...
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•April 26, 2024

CAR BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY STRIKES AMBULANCE – NEW YORK

NORWOOD — A Norwood man has been issued two traffic tickets after striking a Seaway...
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•April 26, 2024

OKLAHOMA AMBULANCE OVERTURNS AFTER BEING STRUCK BY CAR

Authorities in Oklahoma City responded after a vehicle crashed into an ambulance Wednesday morning, causing...
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•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...
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•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...
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•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...
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Firefighter History

•April 28, 2024

FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 4/28

On 4/28/1873 two Iowa City, Iowa firefighters “died of the injuries they sustained after a...
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•April 27, 2024

FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 4/27

On 4/27/1865 the SS Sultana boiler explosion and fire killed 1,547 in the Mississippi River...
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•April 26, 2024

FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 4/26

On 4/26/1903 two Portland, Maine firefighters died at “a spectacular lumberyard fire on a wharf...
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•April 25, 2024

FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 4/25

On 4/25/1854 a fire in the William T. Jennings Building in Manhattan, New York (231...
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•April 24, 2024

FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 4/24

On 4/24/1851 the first fire alarm signal system was installed in Boston, Massachusetts. The system...
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•April 23, 2024

FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 4/23

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