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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 Calendar LODD STATS Yearly Totals Year Totals 2015 46 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)  Tweets by @alertpage UPDATE: SAN DIEGO FFs CONTINUE TO RECOVER  Saturday, June 27, 2015   Two firefighters who were jumped and stabbed by a physically imposing assailant during a medical-aid call at an East Village transit depot were recovering Thursday from their “near-death experience,” according to their boss. “I’m very, very pleased to be here today to announce that those firefighters are going to be OK,” San Diego Fire Chief Javier Mainar said during a briefing at downtown police headquarters.Ben Vernon, 32, and Alex Wallbertt, 37, were tending to an ill man at the trolley station in the 500 block of Park Boulevard shortly before 4 p.m. Wednesday when a bystander, 34-year-old Ryan Allen Jones, allegedly began crowding them and telling them what to do, even though he apparently was not acquainted with the patient. “He was asked several times by the firefighters to move back,” San Diego police Chief Shelley Zimmerman told reporters. “He continued to interfere with the firefighters rendering the aid, and an altercation occurred.” more ]       Tweet   FF INJURED AT CA GRASS FIRE  Saturday, June 27, 2015   A firefighter was injured and three structures were damaged as a fast-moving fire scorched grasslands in eastern Alameda County Thursday evening, officials said. The first reports of the blaze came in just after 4 p.m. on Tesla Road near Clifford Drive southeast of Livermore, said Aisha Knowles, a spokeswoman for the Alameda County Fire Department, which was battling the fire in cooperation with Cal Fire and municipal fire departments from Livermore, Pleasanton and Fremont. The fire quickly spread to around 50 acres, but by 6 p.m. Cal Fire officials said that the blaze was contained. A firefighter was hurt, though the nature and extent of the injuries was not immediately clear.A barn, a vehicle and a shipping container were destroyed and a home was damaged in the blaze, a Cal Fire spokeswoman said. Roads in the area were closed and California Highway Patrol officers were managing traffic near the scene and crews remained on the scene to mop up hotspots, officials said. more ]       Tweet   OR FF INJURED BY FALLING SHEETROCK AT FIRE  Thursday, June 25, 2015   A Clackamas firefighter was listed in stable condition Tuesday night after they were hit by falling sheetrock.The fire at 16321 Oak Valley Drive in Oregon City was reported just before 3 p.m. It was placed under control in 45 minutes, according to Brandon Paxton, public information officer for Clackamas Fire District No. 1. While conducting overhaul, a large section of sheettrock fell about 15 feet from the ceiling and landed on his head. He was transported to Legacy Emanuel Hospital for evaluation and treatment, where he was listed in stable condition       Tweet   2 MIAMI DADE FFs INJURED AT HOUSE FIRE  CBS Miami Video  Thursday, June 25, 2015   Two firefighters were injured while trying to put out a blaze inside a Kendall home Wednesday evening. Miami-Dade Fire officials said the two suffered minor injuries. “Two firefighters were transported to the hospital, one suffered minor burns. The other one suffered smoke inhalation,” said Arnold Piedrahita with Miami-Dade Fire Rescue. Crews were called to the scene around 5:30 p.m. at a home located at 8945 SW 100 Street. Chopper4 was over the scene when crews faced a challenge after the roof of the home collapsed. A firefighter was seen being carried by his or her colleagues then sitting down on the ground and getting checked. “The flames were really scary,” said neighbor Judy Muniz. While crews fought off the blaze, two elderly people were in the home at the time of the blaze along with their dogs. The couple’s next-door neighbor who ran over to help says the couple made it out of the home on their own before firefighters arrived. “I looked o... [ more ]       Tweet   UPDATE: SAN DIEGO FFs RECOVERING FROM STABBING  Thursday, June 25, 2015   Two firefighters were injured in an apparent stabbing attack Wednesday afternoon during a medical-aid call in the East Village.A man pulled a knife or similar weapon and assaulted the emergency personnel shortly before 4 p.m. as they were trying to treat him for some sort of ailment in the 600 block of Park Boulevard, according to the San Diego Fire- Rescue Department. An ambulance crew was called to the scene for the firefighters. It was unclear how seriously they were hurt. Police had a suspect in custody within 15 minutes of the altercation, SDPD Officer Humberto Hernandez said. The arrestee’s name was not immediately available. --- Officers are responding to reports that two firefighters have suffered injuries of unknown severity in a knife assault in the 600 block of Park Boulevard in the East Village, a San Diego police spokesman says. A possible suspect has been taken into custody, he says.       Tweet   2 FFs INJURED AT KANSAS DOLLAR GENERAL FIRE  Thursday, June 25, 2015   Fire investigators are looking for three juveniles who may have started the fire that heavily damaged the Dollar General on Pawnee near Meridian on Tuesday afternoon. The fire caused an estimated $400,000 in damage and sent two firefighters to the hospital, Fire Marshal Brad Crisp said. One was treated for dehydration and the other for injuries sustained when debris fell on him while fighting the blaze at 2427 W. Pawnee. “There was quite a bit of debris that was falling down,” Crisp said. “Visibility was very poor.” Both firefighters have been released after treatment. More than 70 firefighters were sent to the fire, which was reported just after 1 p.m. Tuesday. Employees at Sonic just east of the Dollar General noticed the fire near the front door and alerted people inside, Crisp said. “We are going after some leads,” he said. Investigators have been told three juveniles had been in the store a short time... [ more ]       Tweet   MOTORCYCLE/APPARATUS CRASH IN LA COUNTY - GO PRO VIDEO  GoPro Video  Thursday, June 25, 2015   GoPro video shows 24-year-old Jesse Lopez racing up Glendora Ridge Road on April 1 with another biker, when he came to a blind curve and crashed into the firetruck. His GoPro camera went flying off his helmet and captured him laying on the ground as it flew in the air. Lopez’s friend picked up the camera, nervously pacing as crew members rushed to help Lopez, who suffered two compound fractures in his left leg and a severely broken arm. He was later airlifted to a trauma center. He wants to share the video in hopes of saving other riders from his life-changing lesson.       Tweet   PITTSBURGH ENGINE HITS BRIDGE ABUTMANT  Wednesday, June 24, 2015   Two Pittsburgh firefighters were taken to a hospital Tuesday after their fire truck smashed into a support for the Brady Street bridge, reports triblive.com. The crash happened about 9 a.m. when a South Side Slopes fire crew was returning from a call for a disabled vehicle, Pittsburgh public safety spokeswoman Sonya Toler said. The truck was heading northeast on Bates Street from Second Avenue when it crashed into the bridge support, Toler said. Two of the four firefighters in the truck were taken to a hospital. Their injuries were minor, Toler said. Neither the bridge nor its support beam were damaged, but the fire truck was "significantly damaged," Toler said.       Tweet   FF BITTEN BY BEAR IN ALASKA  Wednesday, June 24, 2015   A firefighter battling a blaze in the Chugach National Forest is being treated for minor injuries after a run-in with a bear Monday night, fire officials said Tuesday.The man was bitten by the bear as he fought the Juneau Lake Fire, according to a statement posted on the Alaska Wildland Fire Information blog. The 573-acre lightning-caused fire, which started June 16, is about 35 percent contained; an online fire report Monday night lists “the remote access for incoming crews” as a key challenge in fighting it. “Due to the remote location of the encounter, the most direct transport was a LifeMed helicopter which airlifted the firefighter from the Juneau Lake site to a hospital in Anchorage,” fire officials wrote in a statement on the incident. “The firefighter walked from the encounter site to the helicopter and is undergoing standard treatment for animal bites.” Jean Goad, a spokeswoman with the incident management team handling the fire, didn’t i... [ more ]       Tweet   FIREFIGHTER DOWN IN NJ-CPR  Wednesday, June 24, 2015   This afternoon in New Jersey, a Firefighter went down and suffered cardiac arrest while operating at a fire. The Medford Township Firefighter is recovering now, after he was hospitalized while fighting that house fire in Tabernacle. The  Firefighter suffered cardiac arrest and was transported to Deboarah Heart and Lung Hospital, where he remains hospitalized. According to Union Fire Company #1's Facebook page, the Firefighter had responded to the scene on Sooy Place Road in the township this morning after spending hours responding to multiple calls related to the severe thunderstorms that battered South Jersey on Tuesday night.  KTIYP's https://www.facebook.com/UnionFireCo?fref=ts       Tweet   FIREFIGHTERS OPINIONS NEEDED: 90 Seconds of Questions About Firefighting Hoods  Wednesday, June 24, 2015   Every once in a while, we are asked to help gather FIREFIGHTER opinions. This one is about YOUR FIREFIGHTING HOOD-asking some important questions. This will take you about 90 seconds so tell'm what you think in 90 seconds: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MSQWJTG  ...and PLEASE share this with other FIREFIGHTERS.       Tweet   FIREFIGHTERS STABBED ON AN EMS RUN IN SAN DIEGO  Wednesday, June 24, 2015   Two firefighters responding to a medical call in the East Village section of San Diego (California) were stabbed this  afternoon, and the person suspected of attacking them was taken into custody. Cops say the incident happened at about 4:10 p.m. in the 600 block of Park Boulevard but what led to the stabbing and the extent of the firefighters' injuries is unknown. They were taken to UC San Diego Medical Center. KTIYP's.       Tweet   UPDATE: NH FFs RECOVERING AFTER RESCUE  Tuesday, June 23, 2015   Two firefighters are at home recovering from second-degree burns they suffered while rescuing a woman from her burning home Monday.A third firefighter, who suffered bumps and bruises when he and the victim tumbled off a ladder, is expected back at Station 5 on Webster Street Thursday for his normal shift. Lynn Marshall-Rene, 47, suffered second-degree burns to more than 30 percent of her body when her nightgown caught fire in the two-alarm, Monday morning fire. She had fled to the second-story porch of her 357-259 Walnut St. home to escape the blaze but, when she didn't close the door, flames followed, burning her, according to Manchester Fire Chief James Burkush. She initially was taken to Elliot Hospital but was transferred to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where on Tuesday she remained hospitalized. Burkush said firefighters Carl Milliard, who suffered significant burns to his face, ears, nose and hands, and Lt. Michael Smith... [ more ]       Tweet   FORT WORTH ENGINE STRUCK BY DUI DRIVER  Tuesday, June 23, 2015   A 24-year-old wrong-way driver is suspected of being drunk when he crashed into a Fort Worth fire truck Sunday, pushing the truck into a 180-degree spin, authorities said Monday.Firefighters from Fire Station 3 in Polytechnic Heights, responding to a medical call, were northbound in the 2300 block of Miller Avenue at 11:34 p.m. Sunday when the fire truck driver saw a vehicle traveling southbound at a “high rate of speed,” said firefighter Kyle Clay, a department spokesman. Daniel Espana, 24, of Haltom City is suspected of driving drunk Sunday, June 21, 2015, when he crashed into the side of a Fort Worth fire truck. He faces a DWI. In his picture, bruising from his seat belt can be seen. Clay said the driver drifted into the wrong lane, and the fire truck driver swerved to “avoid a head-on collision.” But the man crashed into the side of the 44,000-pound fire truck, sending it spinning 180 degrees. Four firefighters were on the truck, Clay sa... [ more ]       Tweet   3 MANCHESTER FFs INJURED AT FIRE WITH RESCUE  Monday, June 22, 2015   Three firefighters were injured while trying to rescue a woman from a burning house in Manchester, New Hampshire.One of the firefighters was brought to a hospital's the intensive care unit to be treated for face and hand burns. A second firefighter has minor burns. The third hurt his leg. Those two firefighters have been treated and released. The homeowner suffered severe burns and has been taken to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Her husband said she suffers from burns underneath her arms and possibly more serious burns. She is expected to at least survive. The fire was started by a stove left on at 2 a.m. by the woman's husband who left after making hot dogs.  He said they are in the process of moving and he left to get laundry from the other house when he must have accidentally left the stove on. The woman awoke to the smell of smoke and went on to the porch in an attempt to escape the flames. The door ... 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