Firefighter Close Calls

Check out:Forget?  NEVER! 9-11-01  Check out:  Facebook.com  Check out our site sponsor:  GordonGraham.Com

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 2016 4 2015 86 2014 87 2013 101 2012 83 2011 81 2010 87 2009 93 2008 118 2007 118 "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 3 MARYLAND FFs INJURED AT FIRE WITH RESCUES  FOX5 Video  Thursday, January 14, 2016   Firefighters in Prince George’s County have put out a two-alarm fire at a condominium building in Adelphi.Fire officials said firefighters responded to the fire at around 5:20 p.m. SkyFox captured heavy flames coming out of the top floor of the complex located in the 9200 block of New Hampshire Avenue. Several people were seen being rescued by ladder from the balconies of upper level units at the four-story building. "The fire grew significantly," said Prince George's County Assistant Fire Chief Alan Doubleday. "Within a few minutes, we immediately called for a second alarm. The second-alarm units went to operate. We eventually had to assist in knocking the fire down from the outside of the structure because the fire conditions were so intense on the fourth floor of this building." He said nearly an hour after the fire started, 80 firefighters from Prince George's and Montgomery Counties were still working to control the flames. Prince G... [ more ]       Tweet   FIREFIGHTER (DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF) DIES IN THE LINE OF DUTY, BURN INJURIES/TRAUMA  RIP CHIEF  Thursday, January 14, 2016   We regret to pass on to you that Deputy Fire Chief Clarence (Speed) Hartbank of the Fremont County (Wyoming) Fire Protection District has succumbed to injuries he received in a fire on Sept. 10th 2015. Chief Hartbank fell through the ceiling of a bunker 15 ft, fighting a grass and structure fire in rural Fremont County, near Lander Wyoming.  He suffered 2nd and 3rd degree burns over 38% of his body, 7 broken ribs and a punctured lung. The Chief was air lifted to Swedish medical center in Denver, CO and has gone through numerous surgeries in the months since he suffered his injuries. Speed died today in the Line of Duty, 1430 hours, at Swedish Hospital. Our condolences to all those affected. RIP.       Tweet   FIREFIGHTERS ESCAPE SERIOUS INJURY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE FIRE APPARATUS ROLLOVER  Wednesday, January 13, 2016   A fire apparatus in Effingham, New Hampshire, rolled over this morning, knocking down a utility pole. The engine was returning to the station at the time of the crash. Effingham is located just northeast of New Hampshire's Lakes Region, right along the Maine border. The road conditions in that area of the state were quite slick on Wednesday morning after Tuesday night's snowfall. Ossipee, located just south of Effingham, received about 4 inches of snow. Winds were also gusting up to 40 mph.       Tweet   INDIANA FIRE CHIEF CRASH WITH SCHOOL BUS  Wednesday, January 13, 2016    Griffith Fire Chief Roy Schoon's department SUV was involved in an accident with a Griffith Public Schools bus Tuesday morning, police said.The accident occurred at 8:10 a.m in the intersection of North Broad Street and West Elm streets. Schoon was driving his department SUV north on Broad Street with two firefighters as passengers when the school bus crossed Elm Street eastbound, Sgt. Keith Martin, spokesman for the Griffith Police Department, said. Martin said the chief and firefighters were responding to a call for mutual aid at a house fire from the Highland Fire Department at the time of the crash. There were no students on the bus. The bus driver was later transported by a supervisor to an area hospital to be checked for any injuries, Martin said. The two firefighters in Schoon's vehicle were transported by ambulance to an area hospital as well. Martin said one firefighter was believed to ha... [ more ]       Tweet   NH FIRE APPARATUS ROLLOVER - CHIEF INJURED  Wednesday, January 13, 2016   The Effingham fire chief was injured when his fire truck rolled over in Effingham on Wednesday.Route 153 was closed near Plantation Road Wednesday morning. Officials said the chief was driving the truck when he went around a corner, hit the soft shoulder on the road, went into a utility pole and rolled the truck onto its roof. The pole was knocked down in the crash. The chief managed to crawl out of the truck. He was alone in the truck at the time. The chief was take to the hospital but did not suffer serious injuries.       Tweet   3 FFs INJURED AT NJ FIRE  News Video  Wednesday, January 13, 2016    Fueled by gusty winds on a frigid night,  a massive fire tore through a row of stores, displacing at least five people and hurting three firefighters in Irvington Wednesday morning.Authorities said a fire call came in at 1:45 a.m., with the blaze originating in the basement of Headquarters Bar and Grill on Florence Avenue. As many as 60 firefighters battled the blaze until it was brought under control around 4:30 a.m. No residents were injured but three firefighters were hurt, two after slipping on ice and another due to frostbite to his hand. The elements made the fire even more difficult to fight off. Winds recorded at 25 to 30 miles per hour helped fan the flames, according to Irvington fire chief John Tierney. "Wind does create a problem, it actually flares up and hurts the power of our streams," Tierney said. The blaze spread quickly to a total of six businesses on the first floor including another resta... [ more ]       Tweet   FIREFIGHTER IN SERIOUS CONDITION FOLLOWING A RESPONDING CRASH IN INDIANA  Wednesday, January 13, 2016   A Firefighter responding on a run was seriously injured this morning after a crash involving a semi in Fayette County, Indiana. It happened on State Road 44, west of Connersville, around  0715 hours today. Cops arrived and found a black 2002 Chevrolet pickup in a ditch and a 2012 International tractor-trailer across both lanes of SR 44. Apparently the pickup was westbound on SR 44 when the driver lost control on an icy section of the road. The truck spun around into the eastbound lane where it collided with the semi. The driver of the semi was not hurt. The Firefighter in the pickup had to be extricated from his vehicle and was taken by medical helicopter to St. Vincent’s Hospital in Indianapolis with internal injuries. The driver of the pickup truck is a volunteer firefighter with the Bentonville Fire Department. He was reportedly heading to the Glenwood Fire Department to help with a fire at the time of the crash.        Tweet   FIREFIGHTER LODD UPDATE: "He was my everything,’ mom says of NC firefighter who died in responding crash  WNCN Video  Wednesday, January 13, 2016    One community in the Triangle area is remembering a fallen first responder – a volunteer firefighter who died in a crash early Tuesday morning.It’s easy to forgot the kind of dedication and work ethic it takes to be a volunteer firefighter. These brave men and women put their lives on the line to help their communities. Tuesday morning in Chatham County, one such volunteer firefighter, Joshua Woods, was responding to a call when his car crashed and he died. In a WNCN exclusive, reporter Amy Cutler spoke with his mother. The loss of Woods — who was also a married father of two children — is a big hit to the Siler City Fire Department. His ‘turn out’ gear was placed outside the fire station Tuesday night. And as we quickly learned … he has touched a lot of lives. Previous story: more ]       Tweet   FF INJURED AT MASS FIRE  Wednesday, January 13, 2016   A Hub firefighter was injured last night while battling a two-alarm fire that tore through the top floor of an apartment building in Mattapan, fire officials say.The blaze, which broke out in the three-family apartment building on Cummins Highway about 6:25 p.m., displaced seven residents, according to fire department spokesman Steven MacDonald. "Fire was all on the top floor rear," MacDonald said. "Water ran down throughout the structure. The residents will be displaced for some time." One firefighter suffered minor burns and was hospitalized, authorities said.       Tweet   What Firefighters MUST Know About Bladder Cancer  Wednesday, January 13, 2016   By: Barry Stein, M.D., Urologist. Firefighters are among the most prominent occupational groups at increased risk for bladder cancer. Surprisingly, many firefighters and their physicians are unaware of their risk for this cancer. Men get screened for prostate and colon cancers; they are not immune from lung cancer if they smoke or are exposed to tobacco smoke; and watch for signs of skin cancer. Yet, one of the most deadly cancers, if not detected early, is not on their cancer watch list. Bladder cancer is the forgotten cancer. How can this be? Unlike the “ribbon cancers” bladder cancer does not have a celebrity face or spokesperson, or the sponsorship from major pharmaceutical companies. There aren’t walks or runs, or major news coverage. Bladder cancer is one of the most deadly cancers, if not detected early and treated while the cancer is still confined to the bladder lining. If diagnosed in its early stages, bladder cancer has a five-year survival rate... [ more ]       Tweet   BOSTON FF INJURED AT 4th ALARM  MyFoxBoston Video  Wednesday, January 13, 2016   Crews battled a multi-alarm fire in Mattapan Monday that injured two people and a firefighter. Firefighters first got to 130 Babston St. at about 4 p.m. SkyFOX flew over the scene where heavy smoke could be seen coming from the building. Two residents were home at the time and treated by Boston EMS, according to the Boston Fire Department. A firefighter was also injured. The department tweeted Monday afternoon saying that a fourth alarm was ordered and that the structure is a wood frame house and dentist's office.        Tweet   ILLINOIS FIREFIGHTER DIES FOLLOWING SHIFT-LODD  Tuesday, January 12, 2016   We regret to pass on to you that Firefighter Paramedic Kenneth K. Harris, 56, of the Oak Park (IL) Fire Department has died. Firefighter/Paramedic Harris finished his shift on 01/11/16 at 0730 hrs. During this shift, Harris responded to multiple incidents with the last incident being at 0615 hrs. At approximately 2030 hrs that same day, Harris suffered a cardiac arrest while at home and passed away from injuries sustained. Our condolences to all those affected. RIP.        Tweet   FIREFIGHTER , 24, DIES IN THE LINE OF DUTY-RESPONDING CRASH-NC  Tuesday, January 12, 2016    We regret to pass on to you reports that a 24 year old Firefighter with the Siler City, North Carolina Fire Department (Chatham County Station 9) died in the Line of Duty this morning in a single vehicle crash. He was responding to an EMS call (cardiac arrest) at around 0100 hours. He lost control of his personally owned vehicle left the road striking a tree and unfortunately succumbed to his injuries. He is survived by a wife (expectant) and two children. Our condolences to all those affected. More to follow. RIP.        Tweet   FIREFIGHTER HURT AT FIRE REFUSED TREATMENT...BECAUSE HE DIDNT HAVE HIS ID WITH HIM  Monday, January 11, 2016   An injured Dundee Township (Michigan) Firefighter reportedly was refused treatment at a local clinic because he did not have his identification with him, officials said. Dan Motylinski, chief of the Dundee Township Volunteer Fire Department, said one of his firefighters partially fell through the floor while battling a blaze at Country Heritage Community Homes Saturday morning. He said the firefighter did not suffer major injuries but he was told to seek treatment. The firefighter, who was in full gear and was not named, went to the nearby Dundee Urgent Care for treatment where he was told that he could not be treated because he didn’t have identification on him. The firefighter left and instead headed to St. Joseph Hospital in Ann Arbor where he was treated for bruises to his ribs, side and back. When told of the incident, Chief Motylinski went to the clinic and employees there reportedly told him that under policy, having identification for treatment was required. ��... [ more ]        Tweet   7 CHICAGO FFs INJURED IN RODGERS PARK MULTIPLE ALARM  Monday, January 11, 2016   Atleast seven firefighters were injured when an extra-alarm fire tore through a three-story apartment building in the Rogers Park neighborhood Monday morning, according to fire officials.Three of the firefighters were taken in good condition to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, and the other four were taken in fair to good condition to Swedish Covenant Hospital, officials said. Details of their injuries were not available. The fire broke out shortly before 6 a.m. in the 1700 block of West Estes Avenue and was raised to a 2-11 alarm as flames spread through the top two floors and crews briefly lost track of a firefighter, authorities said. Someone had asked for him on the radio and he didn't respond, so the battalion chief issued the mayday, officials said. A mayday triggers an automatic escalation of the response, making the fire on Estes an extra-alarm with an emergency medical services plan for a total of six ambulances. Someone had called 911... [ more ]       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        86        87        88        89        90        91        92        93        94        95        96        97        98        99        100        101        102        103        104        105        106        107        108        109        110        111        112        113        114        115        116        117        118        119        120        121        122        123        124        125        126        127        128        129        130        131        132        133        134        135        136        137        138        139        140        141        142        143        144        145        146        147        148        149        150        151        152        153        154        155        156        157        158        159        160        161        162        163        164        165        166        167        168        169        170        171        172        173        174        175        176        177        178        179        180        181        182        183        184        185        186        187        188        189        190        191        192        193        194        195        196        197        198        199        200        201        202        203        204        205        206        207        208        209        210        211        212        213        214        215        216        217        218        219        220        221        222        223        224        225        226        227        228        229        230        231        232        233        234        235        236        237        238        239        240        241        242        243        244        245        246        247        248        249        250        251        252        253        254        255        256        257        258        259        260        261        262        263        264        265        266        267        268        269        270        271        272        273        274        275        276        277        278        279        280        281        282        283        284        285        286        287        288        289        290        291        292        293        294        295        296        297        298        299        300        301        302        303        304        305        306        307        308        309        310        311        312        313        314        315        316        317        318        319        320        321        322        323        324        325        326        327        328        329        330        331        332        333        334        335        336        337        338        339        340        341        342        343        344        345        346        347        348        349        350        351        352        353        354        355        356        357        358        359        360        361        362        363        364        365        366        367        368        369        370        371        372        373        374        375        376        377        378        379        380        381        382        383        384        385        386        387        388        389        390        391        392        393        394        395        396        397        398        399        400        401        402        403        404        405        406        407        408        409        410        411        412        413        414        415        416        417        418        419        420        421        422        423        424        425        426        427        428        429        430        431        432        433        434        435        436        437        438        439        440        441        442        443        444        445        446        447        448        449        450        451        452        453        454        455        456        457        458        459        460        461        462        463        464        465        466        467        468        469        470        471        472        473        474        475        476        477        478        479        480        481        482        483        484        485        486        487        488        489        490        491        492        493        494        495        496        497        498        499        500        501        502        503        504        505        506        507        508        509        510        511        512        513        514        515        516        517        518        519        520        521        522        523        524        525        526        527        528        529        530        531        532        533        534        535        536        537        538        539        540        541        542        543        544        545        546        547        548        549        550        551        552        553        554        555        556        557        558        559        560        561        562        563        564        565        566        567        568        569        570        571        572        573        574        575        576        577        578        579        580        581        582        583        584        585        586        587        588        589        590        591        592        593        594        595        596        597        598        599        600        601        602        603        604        605        606        607        608        609        610        611        612        613        614        615        616        617        618        619        620        621        622        623        624        625        626        627        628        629        630        631        632        633        634        635        636        637        638        639        640        641        642        643        644        645        646        647        648        649        650        651        652        653        654        655        656        657        658        659        660        661        662        663        664        665        666        667        668        669        670        671        672        673        674        675        676        677        678        679        680        681        682        683        684        685        686        687        688        689        690        691        692        693        694        695        696        697        698        699        700        701        702        703        704        705        706        707        708        709        710        711        712        713        714        715        716        717        718        719        720        721        722        723        724        725        726        727        728        729        730        731        732       Page 1 of 732 [ Total items: 10972 ]    Search for news stories : Select Year      Select Year     2016     2015     2014     2013     2012     2011     2010     2009     2008     2007     2006     2005     2004     2003     2002     2001     2000     1997     1972     1940     1938  Select Month      Select Month     Jan     Feb     Mar     Apr     May     Jun     Jul     Aug     Sep     Oct     Nov     Dec  Select Category      Select Category     News Firefighter Close Calls     Pass It On     The Secret List     News Ems Close Calls     Close Calls - STRUCTURAL     Personal Survival     Non-Traumatic EMS, Deaths & Related News     Training     Vehicle Safety     Pandemic     THIS TIME - IT WENT RIGHT     Fire Training Academy     LODD's     Rollover News     FIREFIGHTER STAFFING, FUNDING SAFETY AND SURVIVAL     Close Calls-STAFFING     CloseCalls     Close Calls - APPARATUS/VEHICLE/HIGHWAY     Close Calls - WILDLAND     Close Calls - TRAINING/DRILLS     Close Calls - HAZMAT     Close Calls - RESCUE/EMS     Close Calls - MISCELLANEOUS     Averted     Gallery     Fire reports     Fire radio communcations     Non-traumatic     SAFETY, SURVIVAL & TRAINING DOWNLOADS     TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES  Enter Keyword     Recent Issue of Secret List Posters Click to Print   YOU NEED THIS BOOK! (Trust Us) 400+ PAGES. 90+ CONTRIBUTORS! 100% of the royalties from the sales of "PASS IT ON" will be donated to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and the Chief Ray Downey Scholarship Fund. CLICK ABOVE TO ORDER YOUR COPIES TODAY!

Site designed and maintained by © 2003 - 2016 FireCompanies.com & Fire Fighter Close Calls.com | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Member Login