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Submit Your Close Call / Near Miss Navigation Home Close Calls Secret List Gallery EMS CloseCalls Drills Firefighter Staffing Personal Survival Safety and survival SOGs Links Modern Fire Behavior About Us Never Forget Fire Communications Pass it On LODD STATS Yearly Totals Year Totals 2015 18 2014 87 2013 101 2012 83 2011 81 2010 87 2009 93 2008 118 2007 118 2006 107 "In Memory Of" Click this patch   Custom Search  Contact Info  Email BillyG info@ firefighterclosecalls.com  Email Weekly Drill Suggestions to Drills@firefighter closecalls.com Click Here for The 9/11 Widows' and Victims' Families Association Click Here: Skyscraper Safety Campaign       Also check the most current issue of THE SECRET LIST for related News and Updates-(Click Here)  MAN ON BATH SALTS ATTACKS FL CHIEF OFFICER  Tuesday, March 24, 2015   A Volusia County Fire Services battalion chief was attacked by a man apparently high on bath salts when the chief stopped to help a woman the suspect had frightened by jumping on her vehicle’s hood and head-butting her windshield, deputies said.Investigating deputies said Battalion Chief Michael Inglett was headed to the fire station on Glenwood Road near Spring Garden Avenue at 2:54 p.m. Friday when he saw Richard Keefer, 35, running down the middle of the road. Keefer jumped and dove head-first onto the hood of a Kia, reports show. Keefer caused three large dents to the hood of the car and cracked a large part of the center portion of the windshield, deputies said. The driver of the Kia stopped the vehicle and started screaming, deputies said. Inglett approached Keefer, sprawled on the hood of the vehicle, and asked him what was going on. Keefer did not answer so Inglett said he was calling police, reports state. That’s when Keefer g... [ more ]         MEDIC TICKETED IN SC AMBULANCE CRASH  WMBFNews.com, Myrtle Beach/Florence SC, Weather WMBF Video  Monday, March 23, 2015   In Horry County Fire Rescue worker has been cited after an ambulance stationed in the Red Bluff community was involved in an accident on Highway 905 Sunday night while transporting a patient, according to an HCFR media alert. HCFR crews responded to the accident at about 10:45 p.m. Sunday on Highway 905 at Freemont Road and found the medic unit on its side and a second vehicle in a ditch, the alert states. Crews quickly accessed both vehicles and extricated all patients from both vehicles. Three patients from the ambulance and two from the other vehicle were transported to a nearby hospital, and are currently in stable condition “Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved in this accident and we hope that they all recover quickly from any injuries sustained,” the alert states. Sheri DeBari, 43, was ticketed by the South Carolina Highway Patrol for disregarding a stop sign, according to Corporal Sonny Collins. The ambulance disregarded t... [ more ]         2 FFs INJURED AT FIRE IN ROCK HILL, SC  YouTube Video  Monday, March 23, 2015    Two firefighters were reportedly injured while battling a house fire in York County Monday.The fire broke out Monday afternoon at a home on Volunteer Drive, in west Rock Hill near Highway 5. According to the Newton Fire Department (NFD), an explosion was reported at the home. Two firefighters were injured in the incident, according to the York County Sheriff's Office and NFD. Their names and the extent of their injuries have not been released, but Newport firefighters said both were taken to local hospitals. WBTV's Sky 3 was over the fire where heavy smoke and flames could be seen coming from what appeared to be a one-story home. The home appeared to be heavily damaged. Investigators have not said how the fire may have started, or if any other injuries were reported.         OHIO FF COMMITS SUICIDE IN THE FIREHOSUE  Monday, March 23, 2015   An Athens County volunteer firefighter died this morning at the fire station from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the head, Sheriff Rodney Smith said.  Christopher D. Downs, 47, of Glouster, was pronounced dead at the Jacksonville Volunteer Fire Department, Smith said.  Downs also t... [ more ]         "IN OUR WORLD, YOU NEVER FORGET THE CHILDREN"  Monday, March 23, 2015   In the aftermath of the horrible fire Saturday morning that killed 7 kids (and critically burned another and their Mom), there has been a lot of media reporting. FDNY, FDNY-EMS and Hatzolah EMS all responded to this fire. Take a moment to read this commentary: NY Daily News Mike Lupica: Kids' faces always on the minds of FDNY — 'In our world, you never forget the children' The code for those injured or killed in another fire in the city is “1045.” When he got the call just after midnight, in the first minutes of Saturday morning, FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro heard what his men had already heard at Engine 255 and Ladder 157, Rogers Ave. and Flatbush: “Fire in Brooklyn, multiple 1045s.” He does not know at the time how many of the victims on this night, a terrible night in Brooklyn, are children. The first firefighters from the FDNY wer... [ more ]   CHAIN REACTION APPARATUS CRASH IN TX INVOLVING PD AS WELL  Monday, March 23, 2015   Four firefighters and a driver were injured when a truck hit a police cruiser, which then slammed into a fire truck early Monday morning in Fort Worth.The accident occurred at I-35W at Golden Triangle Boulevard north of 287 as police and firefighters worked to clear the scene from an earlier wreck. According to police, the driver of a truck hit an unoccupied police cruiser, which then rammed the fire truck. The truck was flipped onto its top during the crash and the police cruiser left mangled. Three of the firefighters were transported to Harris Methodist Hospital with minor injuries. Authorities say the firefighters reported neck and back pain after the crash. All three firefighters were released from the hospital later in the morning. Another firefighter and the driver of the truck were treated at the scene. The cause of the crash is under investigation.   2 CHICAGO FFs INJURED AT COMMERCIAL BUILDING FIRE  Monday, March 23, 2015   Two firefighters were injured while battling a fire in the West Town neighborhood on the North Side early Monday.The fire was called in at 2:41 a.m. at a one-story commercial building in the 2200 block of West Grand, Fire Media Affairs spokesman Jeff Lyle said. Neither firefighter had life-threatening injuries, according to Fire Media Affairs. One was hurt from a fall and was taken to Rush University Medical Center, Lyle said. The second firefighter’s specific injuries or hospital information was not known. Crews were getting ready to leave the scene by 4:30 a.m., according to Fire Media Affairs. The damage to the building or a preliminary cause was not immediately known.         3 BOSTON JAKES INJURED AT FIRE  Monday, March 23, 2015   Three firefighters were injured Sunday in a blaze in Boston's West Roxbury neighborhood. The fire broke out 74 Manthorne Road at 1:10 p.m. Everyone was able to get out, but responders were forced to pull units from the house because of wind. The cause is not yet known, but the fire began in an enclosed porch and spread from there. The firefighters' injuries are not life-threatening. They were transported to Faulkner Hospital. Boston Fire estimates about $750,000 in damage.         WHEELS FOR BILL CHARITY CONCERT  Monday, March 23, 2015   Aaron Tippin will be performing a charity concert for Capt. Iron Bill Dowling March 27th, 2015. See www.HelptheGoodGuys.com or www.WheelsforBill.com for further.         ANOTHER MT. CARMEL CLOSE CALL UPDATE  Chief Reed  Sunday, March 22, 2015   Less than a week after emergency responders carried him from a burning building, performed CPR and brought him out of cardiac arrest, Jim Reed Sr. has nary a bruise on his body.Standing in the bay of American Hose & Chemical Company, the firehouse where he has been a member for some 35 years, Reed, 59, shows no signs of his turmoil. His voice has no hoarseness, his face and body are not singed and his mind is still sharp. In fact, he can remember almost everything that happened Monday when he raced into 213 S. Walnut St. during a four-alarm fire that burned through seven homes - everything except the five minutes he was in cardiac arrest. Lost in a burning building Reed was working at his job at Scicchitano's Ace Hardware when the call went out for the fire. "My wife called me - it sounded pretty bad," he said Saturday. Though he doesn't typically leave work for his volunteer duties as a fireman, the severity of the blaze ca... [ more ]         7 FFs INJURED IN PA APPARATUS CRASH  Sunday, March 22, 2015    Richlandtown Fire Co. Chief Calvin Trovinger and six other volunteer firefighters were injured Saturday in a multi-vehicle crash on their way to a training exercise. The crash occurred about 8 a.m. on Route 611 in Doylestown Township as the firefighters were riding in a 1989 E-1 special service truck. They were headed to the Bucks County Training Center for a day of sharpening firefighting and rescue skills. The truck was headed south on Route 611, when a car traveling north skidded out of control, likely due to ice, and crashed into the truck, causing extensive damage, the chief said Saturday. "After that first car hit our truck, it sent us into the northbound lanes and we wiped out several cars," the chief said. Despite all seven firefighters suffering injuries, they did what they always do on a call — take care of the other injured first. "We weren't worried about us; we we went to work to assess the other patien... [ more ]         MN FFs SUFFER CHEMICAL BURNS AT WASTE WATER PLANT FIRE  Sunday, March 22, 2015    Three St. Paul firefighters who responded to last week's blaze at the Metropolitan Wastewater Treatment Plant suffered chemical burns that were serious enough to keep them away from work, and their injuries led to discussion Friday between the fire department and firefighters union about what happened. The fire occurred March 10 in one building at the large complex on the Mississippi River southeast of downtown St. Paul. Later that day, eight firefighters reported symptoms apparently associated with the fire, Fire Chief Tim Butler said Friday. They went to the emergency room to be checked out, and three were found to have more serious burns while one had a minor rash, said Jeramiah Melquist, treasurer of the St. Paul International Association of Fire Fighters Local 21. Although firefighters are exposed to hazards at any fire, the president of the firefighters union said he's concerned about the seriousness of the injuries in this case and the n... [ more ]         CLOSE CALL AT GA FIRE  Sunday, March 22, 2015   Gwinnett County firefighters had to retreat from a burning home near Lawrenceville on Friday after its floor began to collapse.Crews were called at 3:35 p.m. to respond to a fire that began in the basement of a home on the 1200 block of Silverwood Court. The homeowners had been working in their backyard and were allerted to the fire when a neighbor saw smoke coming from the house. When firefighters arrived, they found flames throughout the house and a floor system that was “spongy,” thereby preventing them from carrying hose lines into the building, according to Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services officials.         APPARATUS CRASH IN KCMO  Sunday, March 22, 2015   Four people were hurt when a car collided with a fire truck early Saturday morning in southeast Kansas City.Kansas City police said four people in the car were injured. One was in critical condition at a hospital. Accident investigators said the car went around another vehicle turning left onto Bannister Road, when it collided with the fire truck. No firefighters were hurt. The crash is under investigation.         FF RESCUED FROM OHIO FIRE  Saturday, March 21, 2015   Smoke seen billowing from a Market Street business Thursday afternoon was coming from burning asphalt company.The fire was reported at Asphalt Solutions on the 700 block of Market Street just before 1:30 p.m. A second alarm was called in by crews first arriving on the scene. One firefighter was pulled from the building by fellow firefighters. The rescued firefighter was not injured. Just before 2 p.m., firefighters were instructed to exit the building because of safety concerns. A few moments later, firefighters reported that flames had spread to an adjoining house. 21 News reporter Matt Stone is on the scene and reports that he can hear the sound of vehicles exploding inside the building. The owner of the business says he believes that the fire started in the company break room. According to the company website, Asphalt Solutions is a pavement maintenance and construction firm that services commercial prop... 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