A 20-year veteran of the Los Angeles County Fire Department’s Lifeguard Division died during a recertification swim exercise Thursday morning. He was 42.
A little boy apparently climbed out of his crib early Thursday morning, left his home and wandered on to State Road 46 in Seminole County where he was struck by an SUV and killed.
State regulators have fined a Kentucky fire department $25,000 for improper training and equipment after a firefighter was killed and three others hurt while the crew tried to help a college marching band participate in the ice bucket challenge.
A 58-year-old paid on-call captain with the Jackson, Calif., Fire Department died in his sleep on Jan. 10 several hours after he had responded to a motor vehicle accident the day prior.
Two men whose apartment was badly damaged in a fire Gregory Potter allegedly set nearly two years ago in Durham testified Wednesday against the former Peterborough on-call firefighter and EMT.
East County Fire & Rescue's board of commissioners quietly fired the district's longtime chief, Scott Koehler, a recently recognized by the Center for Public Safety Excellence, offering few details about their decision.
In addition to the new kit, King County has adopted updated training that expands the indications for using epinephrine, the same drug used in EpiPens, to include less-severe signs of allergic reaction.
Thompsonville's fire chief got to a fatal fire on Dec. 10 two hours after the bells rang. City officials then suspended him for not providing accounts of the hours he works and mileage each day. The chief has countered with a suit claiming disability.
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