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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 77 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 Tuesday, December 8, 2015   A member of the Union Township (Clermont County just east of Cincinnati) Fire Department was injured, along with another driver, in a crash today. The fire vehicle was responding to a call, along with police and fire apparatus, on SR 32, when it was hit by a car at Glen Este Withamsville Road. Both drivers were taken to the hospital with injuries.          Tweet   "MAYDAY-MAYDAY-MAYDAY" IT'S TRULY A "DEAD LINE" WEEK FOR EVERY AMERICAN FIREFIGHTER  Monday, December 7, 2015   This week is a very critical week and your help is needed...so out of respect for your time I will keep this really short and sweet with a "begging" overtone. While it's sad that there has to be a "begging" overtone-there is no choice. This week is the final week that congress will meet in 2015. It is expected that congress will make a decision on supporting and funding (or not supporting and funding) the "Zadroga" act. In order to pass before the end of the year, it must be voted on as part of the omnibus spending bill or be attached to a tax-extending bill. Please call your congress member or senator and urge their support to fully fund and support HR 1786 (https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1786). Simply p... [ more ]       Tweet   OFFENSIVE? DEFENSIVE? SIT ON THE FENCE-IVE? NONE OF THE ABOVE.  Monday, December 7, 2015   First of all-relax-this piece is NOT about offensive, defensive or sit on the fence-ive firefighting. This is about FIRE APPARATUS as well as about your BUNKER GEAR & RELATED PPE and the fact that new research supports significant changes are needed to fire apparatus and PPE to help us survive on the job. Over the last several years, researchers at the NIOSH have collected body measurements from firefighters across the U.S. This was done in an effort to assess how well fire apparatus and personal protective equipment (PPE) accommodate today’s firefighters, who have different body sizes than the general population. The data NIOSH collected show that design changes to fire apparatus and PPE can aid in improving firefighter safety. For example, NIOSH researchers found: ·         Seat belts are too short to allow firefighters to buckle up in turnout gear ·   &n... [ more ]       Tweet   APPARATUS CRASH IN PHOENIX  Monday, December 7, 2015   A Phoenix Fire truck collided with two other vehicles Sunday night, sending four people to the hospital, according to fire officials. The engine and cars crashed at about 7 p.m., near the intersection of 43rd Avenue and Roosevelt Street. According to fire officials, the truck had its lights and sirens on and was responding to a call. One adult and three children were injured, fire officials said. The adult and one of the children are considered to be in serious condition. 43rd Avenue north of Roosevelt Street was closed off after the accident.        Tweet   MEDIA MIS-INFORMED BEFORE ALL FACTS ARE AVAILABLE ? RE: DOUBLE FIREFIGHTER LODDs IN KANSAS CITY  Monday, December 7, 2015   Kansas City Fire Chief Paul Berardi responded Sunday night to an article published by The Kansas City Star. The article, headlined "Firefighters killed in alley shouldn’t have been there," touches on the Oct. 12 fatal fire that killed two Kansas City Fire Department firefighters. Firefighters John Mesh, 39, and Larry Leggio, 43, were killed during a two-alarm fire response on Independence Boulevard. The Star reported a collapse zone was ordered minutes before the collapse happened. The collapse killed the two firefighters. Berardi doesn't disagree something went wrong that night. However, he also expressed criticism about the article since an investigation has not been completed yet. He also said the article placed blame on the victim. "It's obvious that something went wrong," Berardi said. "Two people died, two people got seriously injured. So for me to stand up here and say nothing went wrong...that would be wrong also. But to put blame on John and L... [ more ]       Tweet   FIRE APPARATUS FIRE IN SC  Sunday, December 6, 2015    Berkley County Company 4 - Pierce Snorkel caught fire today - here are some photos          Tweet   STATE COLLEGE PA RIG STRUCK ON THE INTERSTATE  Sunday, December 6, 2015   An Alpha Fire Company truck was struck by another vehicle Sunday on Interstate 99 northbound, though no firefighters were injured. Engine 514 was blocking another accident near mile marker 69, according to the fire company’s Twitter page. Pictures on the Alpha Facebook page showed damage to rear of the truck. Alpha's Twitter feed reported that there were several accidents on I-99 between the Port Matilda and Grays Woods exits. Alpha urged drivers to use caution on the roads. "Slow down in fog," Alpha said on Twitter. "Someone just crashed into Engine 514 ... There are injuries." It is unclear if Alpha referred to possible injuries from the accident it responded to or the accident it was involved in. The roads, according to Alpha, were icy, making driving more difficult with impaired vision due to fog. Traffic was disrupted for about two hours around the accident, it was cleared at about 10:10 a.m., according to 511P... [ more ]       Tweet   COPS LOOKING FOR VEHICLE THAT STRUCK FF IN NC  Sunday, December 6, 2015    The Ruffin Volunteer Fire Department in Rockingham County is asking the community to pray for its chief following a hit and run Saturday night. The Rockingham County Sheriff's Office stated in a news release that a silver or grey sedan drove off at a high rate of speed after hitting a first responder helping with a wreck on southbound U.S. 29 near Worsham Mill Road at approximately 8:50 p.m. Saturday. Multiple media outlets are reporting that Ruffin Fire Chief Gary "Peanut" Brown was the first responder struck by the vehicle. Troopers and the fire department have yet to confirm Brown as the victim but the fire department has issued multiple Facebook posts about Brown having last said he's in stable condition following a surgery early Sunday morning. The N.C. Highway Patrol is now investigating the hit and run. Deputies said troopers believe the sedan is missing the driver's side mirror and may have... [ more ]       Tweet   PHILLY AREA ENGINE CRASHES INTO TELEPHONE POLE  Sunday, December 6, 2015    No firefighters were injured when a engine from the Tylersport Fire Company went off the road striking a telephone pole causing the pole to break. The accident happened Saturday morning in the 700 block of Allentown Road in West Rock Hill Township, Bucks County.        Tweet   UPDATE: MARYLAND TOWER LADDER RESPONDING CRASH  DVFC  Saturday, December 5, 2015   On Friday December 4, 2015 at 4:03 PM, the Denton Volunteer Fire Company was dispatched to assist the Goldsboro Volunteer Fire Company for a reported automobile fire impinging upon a home.  While responding Northbound on 6th Street, Tower 310 from Denton was involved in a collision at North 6th Street and Gay Street in the town of Denton. The 30 year old driver of the Tower suffered a medical emergency and the tower collided with a civilian SUV and a utility pole before coming to a stop a distance away. Two civilians and three firefighters were injured.  The driver of the SUV became entrapped in the vehicle and was extricated quickly by the Denton and Greensboro Fire Companies.  The driver and passenger of the SUV were transported to R. Adams Cowley Trauma Center in Baltimore by Maryland State Police Aviation Trooper 1 with serious but non-life threating injuries.  The three firefighters were transported to University of Maryland Shore Me... [ more ]       Tweet   MAYDAY - BUT NO INJURES IN PG CO MD  Saturday, December 5, 2015   A firefighter escaped injury after falling through the floor of a burning house this morning. Just before 5:00 am, Saturday, December 5, firefighters were alerted to a house fire in the 5700 block of Dade Street in Capitol Heights. Fire/EMS units arrived to find a 1-story with basement single family home with fire showing.Firefighters had just extinguished the bulk of the fire on the first floor and basement when a firefighter declared a “Mayday.” A firefighter operating on the first level fell through the weakened floor to the basement. The firefighter declared a Mayday and other firefighters already working in the basement quickly located him and removed him to the exterior. Medics evaluated the firefighter and determined he was not injured. The fire was soon completely extinguished. Fortunately, there were no firefighter or civilian injuries. Fire loss is estimated at $50,000 and the cause is under investigation. The house was found to be a vacant structure... [ more ]       Tweet   30 Year Old Kentucky Firefighter LODD (The Secret List)  Saturday, December 5, 2015    KENTUCKY FIREFIGHTER FOUND DOWN-LODD The Secret List www.FireFighterCloseCalls.com We regret to pass on to you that Captain Zach Clevenger responded to and worked a structure fire with the Estill County Fire Department last night. He was a volunteer Firefighter with the department - and a career Firefighter with Montgomery County, KY. He reportedly returned home shortly before midnight. His wife found him unconscious this morning but efforts to revive Clevenger were unsuccessful. Clevenger was 30 years-old. He had been with the Montgomery County Fire/EMS for seven years. The department says Clevenger is survived by his wife, Christina. Our condolences to all those affected. RIP. Take Care. Be Careful. Pass It On. BillyG The Secret List 12-5-2015-1100 hours www.FireFighterCloseCalls.commore ]       Tweet   RIG STRUCK BY BULLET IN GA  Saturday, December 5, 2015   Savannah-Chatham Metro Police are investigating after a bullet struck a fire engine windshield at White Bluff Road and Bliss Avenue. Savannah Fire and Emergency Services say four firefighters with Engine 2 was returning to their station from a call on Deerfield Avenue. They were traveling north on White Bluff Road, just south of Wilshire Blvd. when the bullet struck the driver’s side of the windshield. The bullet ricocheted against the inside of the windshield and landed on the machine's dashboard Two of the firefighters were hit with shattered glass but did not require medical treatment. Investigators are trying to determine where the bullet came from.       Tweet   30 YEAR OLD KENTUCKY FIREFIGHTER FOUND DOWN-LODD  Saturday, December 5, 2015   We regret to pass on to you that Captain Zach Clevenger responded to and worked a structure fire with the Estill County Fire Department last night. He was a volunteer Firefighter with the department - and a career Firefighter with Montgomery County, KY. He reportedly returned home shortly before midnight. His wife found him unconscious this morning but efforts to revive Clevenger were unsuccessful. Clevenger was 30 years-old. He had been with the Montgomery County Fire/EMS for seven years. The department says Clevenger is survived by his wife, Christina. Our condolences to all those affected. RIP.       Tweet   UPDATE: Denton Tower Ladder Involved in Collision  Saturday, December 5, 2015    On Friday December 4, 2015 at 4:03 PM, the Denton Volunteer Fire Company was dispatched to assist the Goldsboro Volunteer Fire Company for a reported automobile fire impinging upon a home.  While responding Northbound on 6th Street, Tower 310 from Denton was involved in a collision at North 6th Street and Gay Street in the town of Denton. The 30 year old driver of the Tower suffered a medical emergency and the tower collided with a civilian SUV and a utility pole before coming to a stop a distance away. Two civilians and three firefighters were injured.  The driver of the SUV became entrapped in the vehicle and was extricated quickly by the Denton and Greensboro Fire Companies.  The driver and passenger of the SUV were transported to R. Adams Cowley Trauma Center in Baltimore by Maryland State Police Aviation Trooper 1 with serious but non-life threating injuries.  The three firefighters were transported to University of Maryland Shore ... 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