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•May 11, 2024

TENNESSEE AMBULANCE OVERTURNS IN CRASH

A wreck involving a Campbell County Ambulance happened where...

•May 11, 2024

FDNY EMT stabbed eight times by unhinged patient in ambulance speaks out: ‘Thought I was going to die’

(NY POST Georgia Worrell-Full Link below) ) A New...

•May 10, 2024

FDNY CALL BOXES

Here’s a GREAT article on the call boxes of...

•May 10, 2024

THE NEXT TIME YOU CALL 911 IN THIS METRO COUNTY YOU MAY HEAR AN AUTOMATED VOICE – NOT A HUMAN

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — When you call 911 for...

•May 9, 2024

FIREFIGHTER INJURED IN ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING AT GEORGIA FIREHOUSE

UNION CITY, Ga. — A shooting at a Union...

•May 9, 2024

FATAL FIRE APPARATUS CRASH NEAR COMPTON, CA

WEST RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, Calif. – A man and woman...

The Secret List

•May 9, 2024

FIRE INSTRUCTOR SERIOUSLY BURNED IN TRAINING PROP (The Secret List)

All, A deputy chief fire instructor at the Nassau County (Long Island, NY) was badly...

•May 7, 2024

Tomorrow: Beyond Punishment, Fire Victims Search Challenge (The Secret List)

We want to pass on this fire service leadership and supervisory webinar, which is at...

•May 5, 2024

THIS MORNING Watch Live: National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service 2024 (The Secret List)

All, The National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service is today-Sunday May 5th at 1000 Hours eastern...

•April 30, 2024

About Those Proposed OSHA Fire Service Changes, Charlotte Audio (The Secret List)

Hey, Odds are you’ve heard that there may be some significant changes coming related to fire,...

•April 29, 2024

FIRE CHIEF, 78, LODD AFTER APPARATUS CRASH

All, Just a brief, intentionally respectful comment before this posting: We often get feedback on...

•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...

EMS Close Calls

•May 11, 2024

TENNESSEE AMBULANCE OVERTURNS IN CRASH

A wreck involving a Campbell County Ambulance happened where the east side Doaks Creek Road...

•May 7, 2024

PARAMEDIC, FIREFIGHTER INJURED IN MICHIGAN WHEN AMBULANCE IS STRUCK

DELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WILX) – Two people are in the hospital Monday after an ambulance...

•May 5, 2024

DRIVER CRASHES INTO BACK OF FLORIDA AMBULANCE

A 94-year-old Villager’s wild ride ended with her vehicle crashing into the back of an...

•May 3, 2024

VIRGINIA AMBULANCE OVERTURNS IN CRASH

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Police in Prince William County are investigating a crash that led to...

•May 3, 2024

MAN STEALS CALIFORNIA AMBULANCE WITH EMT IN BACK

An ambulance was stolen in Santa Rosa while paramedics responded to a medical emergency call...

•May 1, 2024

MASSACHUSETTS PARAMEDIC AMONG THREE INJURED IN CRASH

MILFORD, Mass. — A paramedic and two others were hospitalized after an ambulance crash in...

Firefighter History

•April 29, 2024

FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 4/29

On 4/29/1986 the Los Angeles (California) Central Library fire destroyed more than $2 million in...

•April 28, 2024

FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 4/28

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

•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...

•April 26, 2024

FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 4/26

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

•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...

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