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•April 23, 2024

FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 4/23

On 4/23/1940 the Rhythm Club fire killed 207 (209)...

•April 22, 2024

FIREFIGHTER RECEIVES BURNS AT APARTMENT FIRE – CALIFORNIA

A firefighter and at least three residents were injured...

•April 22, 2024

WORKERS IGNITE BLAZE THAT DESTROYS INSIDE OF FIRE STATION – MISSISSIPPI

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) – Firefighters didn’t have to travel...

•April 22, 2024

UPDATE: ALASKAN FIRE STATION DESTROYED BY FIRE RECEIVES DISASTER DECLARATION

The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly voted last week to...

•April 22, 2024

Health & Wellness: Firefighter Suicide and the Link to Burnout and Lack of Meaning

Long shrouded in mystery, firefighter suicide recently emerged as...

•April 22, 2024

FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 4/22

On 4/22/1869 a Baltimore, Maryland firefighter “died in agony...

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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...

•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...

•April 13, 2024

FL FIREFIGHTER, 44, LODD-In Quarters

All, We regret to pass on that a. Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department Engineer died in the...

EMS Close Calls

•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...

•April 17, 2024

AMBULANCE STOLEN WHILE ON CALL, LEADS POLICE ON CHASE BEFORE CRASHING – NEVADA

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A Las Vegas Fire and Rescue vehicle that had been stolen was...

•April 17, 2024

AMBULANCE INVOLVED IN CRASH WITH SEMI-TANKER – TEXAS

WEBB COUNTY, TX (KGNS) – Two paramedics are injured following a car crash just north...

Firefighter History

•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...

•April 19, 2024

FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 4/19

On 4/19/1995 The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma bombing killed 168...

•April 18, 2024

FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 4/18

On 4/18/1906 near San Francisco, California a magnitude (Mw) 7.8 earthquake occurred when the San...

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