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 2015 59 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 BOOBY TRAPPED BUILDING COULD HAVE KILLED FIREFIGHTERS AND RESIDENTS-NEW YORK  Sunday, September 6, 2015   A tragedy that could have cost the lives of a number of Endicott, N.Y. Firefighters was narrowly averted early Friday morning.     Just after two a.m. crews responded to a fire at 117 Jefferson Avenue. Endicott Fire Chief Joseph Griswold said when firefighters entered they found a trip wire and discovered the building was booby trapped from the basement to the attic. The Endicott Bomb Squad was called out and neighboring residents were evacuated from their homes. A small fire in the stairway of the empty building was put out in 10-15 minutes. But had the trap gone off as it could have, firefighters and neighbors could have been killed. Griswold describes what his firefighters encountered. "They immediately encountered a trip wire which emptied a container of gasoline. As soon as they realized what happened they vacated the building. We then tried to get into the building from the southside toward the front, they opened that door. Ther... [ more ]       Tweet   FF INJURED AT PITTSBURGH FIRE  Saturday, September 5, 2015   One firefighter was injured while battling a fire in the Hill District Saturday morning. According to emergency dispatchers, the fire broke out in the 3400-block of Webster Avenue around 11 a.m. The extent of the firefighter’s injuries and the cause of the fire are unknown.         Tweet   6 FFs INJURED AT DELHI, INDIA CHEMICAL TRUCK FIRE  Saturday, September 5, 2015    Six firemen sustained minor burn injuries while battling a fire that broke out in a truck carrying chemicals here, an official said on Saturday. The incident was reported around 10.35 p.m. on Friday from Alipur area of west Delhi when the truck was entering the national capital from Haryana. "The truck carrying chemicals caught fire when it was entering Delhi from Haryana. The truck driver managed to stop it and made a call to the fire services following which we rushed five fire tenders to the spot," said a senior official of the Delhi Fire Services.Read more at http://www.thestatesman.com/news/delhi/six-firemen-injured-battling-blaze-on-truck/87797.html#HkmPfxDPzlidezor.99       Tweet   FF INJURED AT NJ FIRE  Saturday, September 5, 2015   One firefighter was injured and several families were left homeless Thursday after fire tore through two structures in the 500 block of North Ave."The stubborn fire burned two structures and left several families homeless," Dunellen Defender Fire Company 1 stated on Facebook. The American Red Cross and the Dunellen Office of Emergency Management assisted the displaced on Friday, officials said. One firefighter sustained minor injuries and was treated at a nearby hospital. No other injuries were reported. The cause of the blaze is under investigation. In addition to Dunellen, fire department crews from Middlesex, Green Brook, New Market, Arbor, North Stelton, Bound Brook, South Plainfield assisted.       Tweet   BOOBY TRAPPED BUILDING FIRE IN NY  Saturday, September 5, 2015   A tragedy that could have cost the lives of a number of Endicott firefighters was narrowly averted early Friday morning. Just after two a.m. crews responded to a fire at 117 Jefferson Avenue. Endicott Fire Chief Joseph Griswold said when firefighters entered they found a trip wire and discovered the building was booby trapped from the basement to the attic. The Endicott Bomb Squad was called out and neighboring residents were evacuated from their homes. A small fire in the stairway of the empty building was put out in 10-15 minutes. But had the trap gone off as it could have, firefighters and neighbors could have been killed. Griswold describes what his firefighters encountered. "They immediately encountered a trip wire which emptied a container of gasoline. As soon as they realized what happened they vacated the building. We then tried to get into the building from the southside toward the front, they opened that door. There was also a trip wire and a 20-poun... [ more ]       Tweet   ON DUTY, RESTING WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER BITTEN BY A BLACK BEAR  (Stock Photo)  Friday, September 4, 2015   Idaho officials have euthanized a black bear that bit a sleeping wildland firefighter. According to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, the bear bit the snoozing firefighter Tuesday evening while he was resting in a small tent in central Idaho. The region is currently experiencing several catastrophic wildfires, with hundreds of firefighters battling to fight the fires. The firefighter, whose name has not been released, was taken to a hospital for minor wounds and has since been released. It was not immediately clear where the firefighter had been bitten. Fish and Game officials say they trapped and euthanized a bear on Wednesday. However, the department is attempting a DNA test to confirm they put down the same bear involved in the biting.        Tweet   RESPONDING CRASH IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AS CIVILIAN RUNS STOP SIGN  Friday, September 4, 2015   Companies turned out for run yesterday in Keene, New Hampshire when this CLOSE CALL happened. The Shift Commander vehicle (19Car3) was struck by a civilian vehicle -that ran s stop sign. Thankfully, no injuries (SEAT BELTS WORN) but another "you never know" reminder!           Tweet   Fire Apparatus Crash T-Bone Video (The Secret List)  Holding 1 and 1 Video  Thursday, September 3, 2015   This video was shared with us and we want to pass it on. The following are the comments that accompanied the video: This vehicle accident should serve as a reminder that anything can happen, regardless of how good the chauffeur (fire apparatus operator/driver) is behind the wheel. You can either skip ahead to about the 5:00 mark to view the point of impact or watch it in its entirety, taking every opportunity to learn and discuss all that is available. The latter of the two is obviously recommended. Rest assured that while there are many videos of accidents involving fire apparatus out there, you haven't seen anything from this perspective. It should be noted that, thankfully, the three parties involved (the two in the rig as well as the driver in the passenger vehicle) did not suffer from any life threatening injuries. WHAT HAPPENED: Units from York County, Pennsylvania were dispatched... [ more ]       Tweet   APPARATUS CRASH IN OHIO  Thursday, September 3, 2015    At least one person was injured Thursday morning when a fire truck and another vehicle collided.The crash happened shortly after 11 a.m. on Groveport Road east of Lithopolis Road. Chief Deputy Jim Gilbert said the fire engine was responding to a gas leak in the area, and had its lights and sirens on. A silver car headed toward the truck has stopped. A blue SUV behind the silver car did not stop in time, went left of center to avoid the silver car, and struck the fire truck head on. A fire lieutenant riding in the passenger seat hurt his back and was transported to the hospital. He has been released. Two people in the SUV were also taken to the hospital with precautionary injuries. Madison Township Fire Chief Robert Bates said the firefighters involved in the crash got out of the mangled truck and helped tend to the injured people in their truck and both vehicles. Groveport Road is closed between Rager Road  and Betz Way. more ]       Tweet   WHAT!? YOUR iSmokeDetector !? Whoa.....  Thursday, September 3, 2015    A few years ago we had a discussion with some industry folks about the idea of a smoke and CO detector the size of a key chain. Attach it to book bags, hand bags, car keys, backpacks, suitcases-whatever-the idea was truly personal "always on the job" protection....especially when people are unknowingly in areas that lacked it. When I was sent this article today, I was THRILLED because people are thinking about fire survival. Check this out...a new patent granted to Apple hinting that the company plans to include a smoke detector in the iPhone, iPad and other other iDevices. Whoa. WHOA! A smoke alarm built in portable devices such as smartphones and tablets is a great and needed idea. Apple's plan to add a smoke detector to its iDevices can protect people WHEREVER they are. The below report explains that a small smoke detection sensor will be installed in an iDevice, which will be similar to the ones found in normal smoke detectors. The se... [ more ]        Tweet   FIREFIGHTER RESPONDS ON AN EMS CALL, ARRIVES/PARKS AT WRONG HOUSE, FACES GUNFIRE  Thursday, September 3, 2015    A Bernice (Louisiana) Fire Department firefighter responding to a medical emergency was faced with gunfire after arriving at the wrong address on August 7th. Union Parish Sheriff's detectives arrested 75-year-old John C. Bowen after an investigation into the incident. Detectives say the volunteer firefighter responded in her own vehicle and parked at the end of Bowen's driveway while waiting for other firefighters to arrive. She realized she was at the wrong address, but not before Bowen allegedly began walking toward her and firing shots into the ground or the air. The victim also reported that Bowen allegedly kept the beam of his flashlight in her eyes during the incident, and that she repeatedly shouted she was with the fire department. Detectives said Bowen called 911 about 10 minutes later reporting that someone tried to rob him. He admitted to firing shots, but he stated that he was on his ownproperty and could shoot anytime he wanted. UPSO arrest... [ more ]       Tweet   IT'S NEVER TOO LATE. EVER.  Thursday, September 3, 2015    As 9-11-2015 approaches-we remember it as the anniversary of the attacks and murders of thousands of Americans. But for the purpose of what WE do, as Firefighters, the 343+ members of the FDNY are the ones we especially focus on. Things look very different today......and with so many 9/11 CANCER ILLNESSES AND DEATHS, the attacks very much continue. While many Firefighters HAVE made a serious effort to make sure that the USA, Canada and others DO NOT forget-others have done little. While many communities HAVE memorials dedicated to those lost on 9-11-01, so many more do not. While several communities and FIRE DEPARTMENTS have activities planned for Friday, September 11, 2015, so many more do not - because many Firefighters have simply forgotten. ...or many of you weren't even Firefighters on 9/11/01. No excuse. We are quick to whine and b*tch that the politicians have forgotten us. We are quick to get annoyed when the public doesn't support us and w... [ more ]       Tweet   HUH - THE NEW SEAT BELT ALARM IS TOO LOUD? REALLY?  Wednesday, September 2, 2015   Ten brand new fire trucks have been a source of pride for the city of Detroit. But one firefighter pointed out an alarming imperfection in one of the new rigs and the administration didn't like it.Firefighters simply call it retaliation after the city took it away. Detroit firefighter Mike O'Lear was stunned by the reaction or retaliation as he calls it, following a letter he fired off to the city last week. In part, he expressed his concerns about the seatbelt alarms in the new rigs - he claims they were so loud and excessive that firefighters could miss vital information transmitted over the radio. In it he wrote that as a "proud member of the Detroit Fire Department" his hope and resolve was to have the situation rectified because due to the department's workload, they "should be on the forefront of apparatus designs." O'Lear also added that he would inform various publications regarding the issue. "It wasn't that I didn't want to wear a seatbelt ... [ more ]        Fox 2 Detroit  Tweet   FIREFIGHTER (AND POLICE OFFICER) LINE OF DUTY DEATH FAMILIES WAIT YEARS FOR BENEFITS OWED TO THEM BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT  Wednesday, September 2, 2015   It's been almost five years since a brush fire pickup lunged forward and crushed Firefighter Leonard Murray, killing him in the Line of Duty. But the Indiana man's family continues to wait for an answer from the federal government about whether they will or won't get a one-time death benefit meant to help the survivors of fallen public safety officers. Hundreds of families have waited for a year — and sometimes several years — for action from the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Programs set up in 1976 to help out families of police, firefighters and other emergency workers who die in the line of duty or after severely stressful events on the job. A USA TODAY Media Network investigation, including a review of almost 1,500 claims filed by families since 2009, found the program mired in delays... ENTIRE ARTICLE HERE: more ]       Tweet   FIREFIGHTER STABBED BY PSYCHO PATIENT IN HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM  KTLA Credit  Wednesday, September 2, 2015   A Firefighter with the Los Angeles Fire Department was stabbed by a patient at White Memorial Medical Center in Boyle Heights on Tuesday night. The stabbing occurred around 2130 in the hospital emergency room, according to Officer Mike Lopez with the Los Angeles Police Department. The patient was in the emergency room on a mental health hold, Lopez said. He allegedly pulled a knife out of his sock, stabbed the firefighter and threatened other hospital staff members before being tackled by security guards, according to Lopez. The firefighter was in stable condition with a non life-threatening wound to his arm, fire officials stated. The unidentified patient was in custody and was expected to be booked on suspicion of attempted murder, according to Lopez.        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       Page 1 of 702 [ Total items: 10520 ]    Search for news stories : Select Year      Select Year     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 - 2015 FireCompanies.com & Fire Fighter Close Calls.com | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Member Login