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Also check the most current issue of THE SECRET LIST for related News and Updates-(Click Here)  Tweets by @alertpage CT FF BURNED AT DUMPSTER FIRE  Wednesday, July 8, 2015   A firefighter was injured last week in a dumpster fire that extended to the loading dock of a Round Hill Road business, Fairfield fire officials said. The firefighter suffered a burn on his left hand after falling into the dumpster, which was heated by a fire at the Heim Bearing Co. on Tuesday, June 30, according to fire officials. Officials said the pattern of fire development pointed to an ignition area inside the dumpster, which contained wood pallets, cardboard and plastic wrap. The dumpster was touching the loading dock and heat transfer caused the padding surrounding the overhead doors to ignite, fire officials said. Smoke traveled into the main building until an employee closed the manually operated fire door. An employee activated the fire alarm and the building was safely evacuated, fire officials said. Although the exact cause is undetermined, numerous discarded cigarettes were found around the dumpster, fire officials said.          Tweet   2 DETROIT FFs HOSPITALIZED FOR SMOKE INHALATION  Wednesday, July 8, 2015   Two Detroit firefighters were taken to the hospital early Wednesday morning after they suffered smoke inhalation while battling a two-alarm fire on the city's west side.A fire broke out just before 2 a.m. at a vacant house at Lawton and Richton streets and spread to a vacant 5-story apartment building that is next door. Because the structures are unstable, firefighters are working to extinguish the fire from the outside. They've also had difficultly because of low water pressure in the area.       Tweet   IRISH FF INJURED AT RECYCLING PLANT FIRE  Wednesday, July 8, 2015   A firefighter has been treated in hospital after working at a recycling plant blaze outside Londonderry. The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service attended the fire at the property on the Heather Road, after receiving a report shortly before 16:00 BST on Tuesday. Ten appliances and almost 50 firefighters were involved in tackling the fire. One man was injured by a vehicle. His injuries are not thought to be serious. The cause of the fire is still unknown. The building contains a shredding machine, waste paper and cardboard. The man has since been released from hospital.         Tweet   FF STRUCK BY GUNFIRE IN WI  Fox6Now Video  Tuesday, July 7, 2015   A Milwaukee firefighter was struck by gunfire near 40th and Lisbon early Monday, July 6th — as he was assisting a patient who was having trouble breathing.Officials say the firefighters were dispatched to the neighborhood around 12:30 a.m. MFD personnel assessed, treated and were in the process of transferring a patient into an ambulance when police say shots were fired in a nearby alley. Several rounds struck the ambulance and one struck a 46-year-old Milwaukee Fire Department firefighter. That firefighter suffered a graze wound to the right side of his head. The firefighter returned to the fire station — and was later taken to the hospital for treatment. He was released. A search for suspects in this incident is ongoing.       Tweet   MA FIRE CHIEF HOSPITALIZED AFTER FALL AT FIRE  Telegram.com Video  Tuesday, July 7, 2015   Firefighters battled house fires in Templeton and Spencer and a small but hazardous industrial fire at the Wyman-Gordon Co. building on Madison Street in Worcester on Friday. Gardner Fire Chief Richard Ares, who was injured fighting the Templeton fire, was in stable condition Saturday morning at UMass Memorial Medical Center — University Campus in Worcester, according to a nursing supervisor. The chief suffered a concussion and a back injury, according to fire officials. The 59-year-old chief and an EMT from Templeton were hurt fighting the blaze at 165 North Main St., a fire official confirmed. The chief was initially unconscious after falling 8 feet from a deck onto pavement when a railing let go, but he was later conscious and alert and his injuries are not life-threatening, the official said. Gardner Mayor Mark P. Hawke later posted an update on social media, saying the chief needed 10 staples for a cut on his head. The EMT suffered possible smoke inhalation and was t... [ more ]       Tweet   NH FIRE WITH RESCUES LEADS TO STAFFING QUESTIONS  The June 22 fire on Walnut Street that       injured four people, including three       firefighters, has prompted the       Manchester firefighters’ union to call       for increased staffing. (JEFFREY       HASTINGS)  Monday, July 6, 2015    The heroic rescue of a 47-year-old woman from the second floor of a burning home on June 22 highlighted the professionalism of the Manchester Fire Department, but also left three firefighters injured, prompting their union to express a growing concern about staffing levels.Jeff Duval, president of the local firefighters’ union, sent Mayor Ted Gatsas and the Board of Aldermen a letter on Tuesday, which he released to the media on Thursday afternoon. “The leadership and members of the Manchester Professional Firefighters Association are growing more concerned about the chance for more injuries to occur because the department is understaffed,” he wrote. Duval points out that over the past 10 years, the department has lost more than 30 firefighting positions, and now has three stations — Webster Street, Amory Street and Mammoth Road — that share staffing. “This means that only one piece of apparatus can respond at a time, leaving either... [ more ]       Tweet   DALLAS FFs ATTACKED WITH FIREWORKS  NBCDFW Video  Monday, July 6, 2015   More than half a dozen Dallas firefighters escaped injury when they responded to a dumpster fire started by illegal fireworks at the Creekside Villas, located at 340 N. Jim Miller Road. “They got out of control last night” said resident Kenneth Mitchell, “I saw flames and smoke and stuff like that”. Half-Ton of Fireworks Confiscated In Dallas The fire broke out shortly after midnight Sunday morning when residents said a large group of people in the parking lot shooting off fireworks started taking aim at the dumpster. “Trash can? That’s unnecessary” says Mitchell. When eight Dallas firefighters arrived in two units to put out the flames, people started shooting fireworks at them. “Artillery shells flying through the trash can, shooting at the firefighters”, said resident Larkres Jones, “firefighters trying to get water to put it out”. The group ran off before police arrived. None of the firefighters were hurt, and the... [ more ]       Tweet   UPDATE: SERIOUSLY INJURED FF OUT OF SURGERY  YourCentralValley.com Video  Monday, July 6, 2015   CAL FIRE has identified 25-year-old Damien Pereira as one of three firefighters injured while fighting a small mountain fire Friday. Crews say the father of one is in pain but has family by his side, saying the drought could've contributed to the danger.       Tweet   2 FDNY EMS WORKERS SERIOUS AFTER CRASH  Saturday, July 4, 2015   2 EMS workers taken to Bellevue Hospital in serious condition after an ambulance accident in Downtown Brooklyn on Friday.The ambulance collided with an SUV just before 5:30 p.m at the intersection of Tillary and Adams Street as it was heading south off of the Brooklyn Bridge. The ambulance was responding to a motor vehicle accident at the time. The EMTs were taken to Bellevue with serious, non-life threatening injuries. Two other people were taken to Long Island College Hospital with minor injuries. The investigation is ongoing. It is not clear whether the ambulance had sirens on at the time of the crash.       Tweet   FIREFIGHTER STABBED BY A FISH DURING TRAINING  Saturday, July 4, 2015    A Holley-Navarre firefighter was injured Friday morning when he was stabbed by a fish.The firefighter was in Santa Rosa Sound about 10:30 a.m. practicing water rescues with other firefighters and lifeguards, according to Howie Rounsaville, battalion chief for the Holley-Navarre Fire Department. They believe a personal watercraft used for the training startled a ballyhoo fish, which began to jump across the water and struck the firefighter in the back of the head. The spiny snout of the fish stuck about 1½ inches deep in the crease where the head meets the neck, Rounsaville said. The firefighter was taken to Gulf Breeze Baptist Hospital, where the snout was extracted from his neck. He was expected to be back at work in a couple days, Rounsaville said.       Tweet   Pilot Killed When Medical Helicopter Crashes in Colorado  Saturday, July 4, 2015    The pilot was killed and two other people were injured Friday when a medical helicopter exploded and burst into flames during takeoff near Frisco, about 70 miles west of Denver, according to fire officials. The two injured crew members, a paramedic and a hospital employee, were taken to Denver hospitals are are expected to survive their injuries, officials say. The Flight for Life chopper was taking off from St. Anthony Summit Medical Center in Frisco when it began to spiral out of control and crash into the ground, witness Curt Weitkunat said. Hospital officials say no patient was aboard the helicopter at the time of the explosion. Weitkunat was at Adventure Park next to the hospital when the crash happened. He said the chopper was trying to gain altitude in windy conditions. Lake Dillon fire crews arrived on scene and found the chopper fully engulfed in flames. A truck parked next to the crash scene was also on fire. No on... [ more ]       Tweet   Firefighter Suffers Major Injuries, 2 Inmates Injured At Brush Fire  ABC30.com  Saturday, July 4, 2015    A helicopter crew was on a medical mission Friday night. Their destination, Community Regional Medical Center in Downtown Fresno. Inside that chopper was a firefighter with major injuries.A Cal Fire chief says a tree fell on the three year veteran firefighter with Cal Fire as he battled a wildfire in the Tulare County foothills. The falling tree also injured two inmate firefighters. There is no word tonight on what caused the tree to crash into those firefighters. The accident happened as they fought the wildfire at Case Mountain near Three Rivers. Cal fire says the two -and-a-half acre fire is under control and there's no damage to any structures. A lightning strike is believed to have ignited the fire.       Tweet   FIREFIGHTERS INJURED-AIRLIFTED FROM EXPLOSION IN NEBRASKA  http://www.siouxlandmatters.com/  Saturday, July 4, 2015   Wednesday's explosion in West Point not only rocked the small community there, it put firefighters in an extremely dangerous situation.Investigators are saying a propane leak is what caused a huge explosion Wednesday afternoon inside a Sapp Bros. Petroleum facility. "From front to back, side to side, all the way across the board, totally engulfed. So that just tells you how fast and how much heat and how much gas was in there," said Tom Stratman, West Point Fire Chief. Stratman says the workers inside had less than a minute to get out, security video from nearby D&S Tires shows just how fast it all happened. "The roof of the building came up six, eight, maybe ten feet in the center of it and then came down," he said. With leaking propane fueling the blaze, he says, he stressed about what he and his crew should do next. "I worried about if there was going to be any more explosions, I worried if there was anyone left inside,"... [ more ]       Tweet   LOUISVILLE, KY MAYDAY VIDEO  Thursday, July 2, 2015   Two people were killed and five others were taken to a hospital - including a firefighter - after an apartment fire in Old Louisville Thursday morning.Fire Chief Greg Frederick said other people might still be inside the three-story building in the 1100 block of South Second Street. WAVE 3 News' Katherine Kington reported at 10 a.m. that a crew is making its way to the top floor, where one or two more occupants might be. Another crew is ready to rush in in case the partially collapsed roof falls even more. Frederick also said the injured firefighter had been trapped on the second floor. Fellow firefighters had to rescue him. Kington reported that he had already left the hospital after being evaluated. Some of the victims jumped out of the building, while others were rescued. A neighbor said one of the people killed had planned to move out of the building this weekend. The fire was reported at 7:42 a.m. Its cause is not yet known. more ]        #BREAKING Several rescued from burning building, including firefighter. 1100 block of South 2nd St. Posted by Derrick Rose Newson Thursday, July 2, 2015 Rescue Video  wave3.com-Louisville News, Weather  WAVE Video  Tweet   UPDATE: NJ FF CARDIAC ARREST  Thursday, July 2, 2015   The Firefighter that suffered the cardiac arrest at the Tabernacle structure fire last week has returned home tonight. He still has some recovery ahead of him, but we are thrilled to have him back home. We thank you all again for your thoughts and prayers and ask that they continue as he continues on his road to recovery.         Tweet     Prev1234Next        1        2        3        4        5        6        7        8        9        10        11        12        13        14        15        16        17        18        19        20        21        22        23        24        25        26        27        28        29        30        31        32        33        34        35        36        37        38        39        40        41        42        43        44        45        46        47        48        49        50        51        52        53        54        55        56        57        58        59        60        61        62        63        64        65        66        67        68        69        70        71        72        73        74        75        76        77        78        79        80        81        82        83        84        85       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