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•April 30, 2024

SHREVEPORT FIREHOUSE STRUCK BY GUNFIRE, BYSTANDER INJURED – LOUISIANA

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) – A Shreveport fire station was...

•April 30, 2024

About Those Proposed OSHA Fire Service Changes

Odds are you’ve heard that there may be some...

•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...

•April 30, 2024

WEST VIRGINIA AMBULANCE STOLEN FROM SCENE

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ)- A man police say stole an...

•April 30, 2024

KENTUCKY FIREFIGHTER FLOWN OUT AFTER INJURY AT WILDLAND FIRE

PIKE COUNTY, KY (WOWK) — A Division of Forestry...

•April 30, 2024

COLUMBUS, OHIO FIREFIGHTER SENTENCED IN FATAL APPARATUS CRASH

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Columbus firefighter involved in a...

The Secret List

•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...

•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...

EMS Close Calls

•April 30, 2024

WEST VIRGINIA AMBULANCE STOLEN FROM SCENE

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ)- A man police say stole an ambulance while medics were responding to...

•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...

•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...

•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...

•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...

•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...

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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