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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 60 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 APPARATUS CRASH IN MA  Friday, September 18, 2015   A Brockton fire engine truck and a car collided head-on Wednesday evening.The accident occurred at the intersection of Court and Plymouth streets about 4:50 p.m., the Brockton Enterprise reported. All Brockton fire personnel were out of the truck immediately, but people were reported to be trapped inside the car. Firefighters initially checked on the availability of a medical helicopter. At least one person was taken by ambulance to Boston Medical Center. No other information was immediately available.       Tweet   NO CHARGES IN CANADA FFs ICE RESCUE TRAINING DEATH - 2nd FOR THE SAME INSTRUCTOR  West Grey police officers assist Hanover       police near the water's edge by taking a       video documenting the spot where Adam       Robert Brunt, 30, of Bowmanville, was       trapped under ice for approximately 15       minutes during an ice water rescue       training exercise in the Saugeen River       on Feb. 8.​  Thursday, September 17, 2015    The police investigation into the death of Adam Brunt has wrapped up, but investigations by the Ministry of Labour and the coroner’s office continue.No criminal charges will be laid in relation to the 30-year-old Bowmanville man's death, which occurred during a training exercise in the Saugeen River in Hanover in February, Hanover Police Service announced on Thursday. "The Hanover Police Service has concluded that there are no reasonable grounds to charge any person involved with the swift water training for any criminal offence," town police said in a news release. Brunt died on Feb. 8 during a swift water training course that was being conducted by Herschel Rescue Training Systems of Newmarket. He was among a dozen Durham College firefighting program students taking part in the exercise, with one instructor. Brunt died after becoming submerged beneath the ice in the fast-flowing river near the 7th Ave. bridge. It was discovered B... [ more ]       Tweet   4 BUFFALO NY FFs INJURED AT HOUSE FIRE  Thursday, September 17, 2015    At least four of Buffalo's bravest were hurt fighting a house fire this morning in South Buffalo. Firefighters say the flames broke out at a home on Abbott Road before 9 this morning. When crews arrived on scene, the fire was too heavy for them to enter the building. They say smoke was coming from the second floor extending into the attic and through the roof. There was no one inside when firefighters arrived. At least four firefighters were taken to area hospitals-- there's no word on the extent of their injuries. "It is warm with the gear, certainly does stress more people. We did have a couple extra companies come in for relief to  help lighten that load a little bit" said Michael Tuberdyke, Division Chief for the Buffalo Fire Department. The fire caused about $90,000 in damages.. and also caused some damage to the homes nearby. There's no word yet on a cause.  more ]       Tweet   3 FFs BURNED, 1 SERIOUS AT COLORADO GRASS/STRUCTURE FIRE  Thursday, September 17, 2015   Fremont County Fire Protection District Chief Craig Haslam released the following statement late Friday concerning the grass and structure fire which seriously burned one firefighter and injured two others. Haslam was in Denver to be with his Deputy Chief, Speed Hartbank, who was burned in the fire:“Fremont County Fire District is deeply saddened to report the injury of two of our firefighters and a Fremont County Sheriff’s Deputy. Thursday, September 10, at 1:20 pm, a grass fire was reported in the area of Eight Mile Road and Rabbit Lane near Lost Wells Butte that was threatening structures. During initial attack and size up of the incident Deputy Chief Clarence “Speed” Hartbank along with Deputy Chief Dan Oakley were going to check a burned area that involved a cellar or bunker that was built level with the ground. The bunker was larger than anticipated and as Deputy Chief Hartbank was walking along the edge the ground gave way and he began to fall into the bunk... [ more ]       Tweet   Firefighter Killed After Police Chase, Crash (The Secret List)  Thursday, September 17, 2015   All, A Deputy Sheriff was struck and a Firefighter enroute to work was innocently killed in South Carolina this morning after a high-speed chase ended in a fatal wreck in northern Greenville County. Sheriff Steve Loftis said a deputy was initially investigating a report of a stolen truck at TD's Express Mart on West Blue Ridge Drive early Thursday morning. When the deputy arrived, he found two trucks parked end to end.  A suspect in one of the trucks immediately began driving toward the deputy, who was pinned against a concrete wall with nowhere to go, Loftis said. Loftis said the deputy pulled out his gun and fired several shots into the truck. One bullet shattered the windshield, but the truck kept going, hitting the deputy in the lower body. He was transferred to the hospital with minor injuries, Loftis... [ more ]       Tweet   UPDATE: SC AMBULANCE CRASH & FIREFIGHTER DEATH  Thursday, September 17, 2015    All,Battalion Chief Maywood Gaskins, 56, of the Santee Circle Fire Department in Berkeley County, South Carolina is who passed away this morning at 07:10, September 16, 2015 from a cardiac event. Chief Gaskins was the "working code" patient in the ambulance / log truck crash. It is reported that he experienced chest discomfort following fire department training last evening, the 15th. The Macedonia VFD and Berkeley County EMS crews responded and were enroute to the hospital at 06:35 when they became involved in that crash at 06:37. The crash is still under investigation by the South Carolina Highway Patrol; however a rider in the f... [ more ]       Tweet   FIREFIGHTER / EMS CRASH-POSSIBLE FIREFIGHTER LODD  (Website Photo)  Thursday, September 17, 2015   Bad news out of South Carolina today. An ambulance transporting a Firefighter in cardiac arrest was involved in a serious crash in Berkeley County this morning.The Firefighter reportedly suffered cardiac arrest in his home-following training at his firehouse. Fire and EMS crews were working to save his life-and were transporting him to the hospital. The ambulance was traveling on Highway 17 in the Macedonia area when it was involved in a crash with a logging tractor trailer. The tractor trailer was apparently turning as the ambulance was trying pass. Three people were extricated, treated and taken to the hospital, including that Firefighter that was already in the ambulance. The Firefighter did not survive. Our condolences to all those affected. More details to follow. RIP.       Tweet   Firefighter/EMS Crash-Poss. LODD  Count On 2 Video  Thursday, September 17, 2015   Bad news out of South Carolina today. An ambulance transporting a Firefighter in cardiac arrest was involved in a serious crash in Berkeley County this morning. The Firefighter reportedly suffered cardiac arrest in his home-following training at his firehouse. Fire and EMS crews were working to save his life-and were transporting him to the hospital. The ambulance was traveling on Highway 17 in the Macedonia area when it was involved in a crash with a logging tractor trailer. The tractor trailer was apparently turning as the ambulance was trying pass. Three people were extricated, treated and taken to the hospital, including that Firefighter that was already in the ambulance. The Firefighter did not survive. Our condolences to all those affected. More details to follow. RIP.       Tweet   Firefighter/EMS Crash-Poss. LODD (The Secret List)  Thursday, September 17, 2015   All- Bad news out of South Carolina today. An ambulance transporting a Firefighter in cardiac arrest was involved in a serious crash in Berkeley County this morning. The Firefighter reportedly suffered cardiac arrest in his home-following training at his firehouse. Fire and EMS crews were working to save his life-and were transporting him to the hospital. The ambulance was traveling on Highway 17 in the Macedonia area when it was involved in a crash with a logging tractor trailer. The tractor trailer was apparently turning as the ambulance was trying pass. Three people were extricated, treated and taken to the hospital, including that Firefighter that was already in the ambulance. The Firefighter did not survive. Our condolences to all those affected. More details to follow. RIP. Take Care. Be Careful. Pass It On. BillyG The Secret List 9-16-2015-2024 hours more ]       Tweet   NO ONE LEFT BEHIND? FIREFIGHTERS & CONGRESS-TELL THEM TODAY!  Pray For Ray...And So Many Others!  Wednesday, September 16, 2015   THIS WILL TAKE YOU 15 SECONDS. Seriously. Please help the Firefighters, Cops, EMT's and other responders who are SICK, in some case DEATHLY ILL from the impacts of 9/11. PLEASE SIGN THE ELECTRONIC PETITION TODAY. READ AND WATCH VIDEO on what long time Secret List member, Retired FDNY Firefighter Ray Pfeifer, who worked at Ground Zero says. Now he’s working to stay alive, with advanced kidney cancer since 2009. “I am the luckiest Stage 4 cancer guy out there,” he said. “I can’t complain. I have 14 more years than my friends did.” Congress now has the choice whether or not to extend the Zadroga Act to permanently cover health expenses of our 9/11 heroes, and we are asking you to please sign the below petition TODAY to gain support for our fellow Americans in their time of need. Tragically, our CONGRESS has refused to come together to guarantee support for these victims throug... [ more ]       Tweet   AZ WOMAN ARRESTED FOR PUSHING FIREFIGHTER ON EMS CALL  Wednesday, September 16, 2015   A Kingman woman was arrested after police say she pushed a firefighter who was checking her vital signs.Amy Sue Fox, 44, faces a felony count of aggravated assault on a firefighter, according to the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded to a disturbance just after 9:20 p.m. Monday at a residence on the 1600 block of Devlin Avenue. They found Fox to be extremely intoxicated and noted that she was yelling at no one and talking to herself. Deputies requested medical assistance, and the Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District responded. Fox, police say, yelled and pushed a firefighter, who lost his balance and struck his back against a corner of a wall. Fox was arrested and transported to Kingman Regional Medical Center where she was medically cleared. She was transported and booked into the Mohave County Jail without further incident.       Tweet   APPARATUS ROLLOVER IN CLARK CO, WA  Wednesday, September 16, 2015   A Clark County Fire & Rescue engine was damaged after being driven into a ditch alongside Eaton Boulevard in Battle Ground around 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 10. The district’s contracted mechanic was driving the engine back to the station after a trip to the mechanic when he went off the roadway and into a ditch, according to fire officials. Battle Ground Police are investigating the crash, but no citations were issued to the driver. Annie Truong, who lives along Eaton Boulevard, said the fire truck accident happened basically right in her family’s yard. “It was very loud, the house shook,” Truong said. “We went out to check what was going on and saw the truck had struck the pole. Wires were dangling, and the driver was a mechanic, and he was not injured.” Jessica Bradstreet said she was right behind the fire engine when it went off the road. “I was right behind him,” Bradstreet said. “He swerved and corrected himself, swerved again, tried to correct, th... [ more ]       Tweet   OUT OF CONTROL FIRE HOSE HITS CIVILIANS IN MONTREAL  Wednesday, September 16, 2015   Three pedestrians are in hospital after being struck by an out-of-control fire hose in Chinatown.The incident happened around 10 p.m. Monday near St-Laurent and René Lévesque Blvds. Firefighters were in the area battling a blaze when an STM bus ran over a fire-truck hose and it became tangled in the wheels. One of the three, all women, was seriously injured.       Tweet   FF BURNED AT TN FIRE  WMC Action News 5 - Memphis, Tennessee WMCTV Video  Wednesday, September 16, 2015   A fire broke out around 1:45 p.m. at the Legacy Apartments on Monday. Crews arrived to find smoke and flames coming from one apartment and spreading to another. No one was inside at the time, but when the tenants arrived they told fire crews there were two cats still inside. About an hour later, crews pulled the first cat, Autumn, from the apartment. Fifteen minutes later, they rescued the second, Tiger. "They're like your kids you know,” Kristina McMillan said. McMillan was expecting the worst when she drove up to her apartment and saw it engulfed in flames. "Driving here I was told that there was nothing in the apartment, that everything was dead, so I had a breakdown in the car.” Inside McMillan’s apartment were Autumn and Tiger. Fire crews fought heavy smoke and flames when they found Autumn hiding under the furniture. While McMillan waited nervously, firefighters brought Tiger downstairs. <... [ more ]       Tweet   OHIO FF FALLS THRU FLOOR AT HOUSE FIRE  WLWT Video  Tuesday, September 15, 2015   A Liberty Township firefighter is counting his blessing after falling through the second floor of a home while fighting a fire this weekend. "I think you just get this mindset where you react based off your training and you do what you have to do and you can think about it later," Jon Meyer said. For 15 years Meyer has battled all types of fires, but none that left him with a serious knee injury. "Nobody wants to get hurt. Nobody wants to at least in our field. Nobody doesn't want to go to work and do their job," said Meyer. "I was frustrated but that's kind of surpassed and I know I have to keep my chin up to work through this and go through the steps and get better and get back on the job."       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       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