Apparatus & Tools
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- Cumberland County (TN) Firefighters Respond to House FireMichael Moser Crossville Chronicle, Tenn. (MCT) Apr. 12—Cumberland County firefighters responded to structure fires last week that resulted in thousands of dollars in damage. No injuries were reported in either incident. Around 9:30 p.m. April 2, firefighters were dispatched to the 1700 block of Poplar Dr. on a report ... read more
- Firefighters Conduct Rescue Training in Memory of Sylvania Township (OH) ManKate Snyder The Blade, Toledo, Ohio (MCT) Apr. 12—When firefighters arranged to conduct search and rescue training on a vacant house in memory of Dominic “Bama” Hunt, who died in a Sylvania Township house fire in February, Mr. Hunt’s fiancée Teresa Laney wanted to be there. “We had to ... read more
- NTSB: Pilot Error Likely Caused Vintage Bomber’s Fatal Crash in CTHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Pilot error probably caused the 2019 crash of a World War II-era bomber in Connecticut that killed seven people and wounded six others, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a report released Tuesday. It also cited inadequate maintenance as a contributing factor. The four-engine, ... read more
- CA Targets Urgent Projects as Wildfire Season LoomsOROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — California is in such an urgent race with another devastating wildfire season that officials began soliciting local project ideas even before they had money to pay for them. It faces such a threat of drought that the governor said Tuesday that he has executive orders ... read more
- Shooting Occurs Near MD State Police BarracksLEONARDTOWN, Md. (AP) — A trooper was involved in a shooting near a Maryland State Police barracks Tuesday, authorities said. The shooting occurred after the trooper responded to a call about a person who was possibly armed with a gun near the State Police barracks in Leonardtown, authorities said ... read more
- NM Issues 10-Year Plan for Boosting Forest HealthALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Restoring forests, using fire as a management tool and getting more buy-in from private land owners are among the strategies outlined in New Mexico’s latest forest action plan. The state Forestry Division released the plan Monday. The federal government requires each state to update the ... read more
- Five Miners Die, Four Missing in Coal Mine Collapse in AfghanistanKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A makeshift coal mine collapsed Tuesday in northern Afghanistan, burying five miners and leaving four more missing, a provincial security official said. Jawed Basharat, a spokesman for the provincial police chief in northern Baghlan province said a rescue team is at the site in Nahrin ... read more
- Podcast: In Their Own Words: Sean F. PeckHost Joe Pronesti speaks with guest Sean F. Peck about his recent article on FirefighterNation about the journey of the fire chief. The Journey to Fire Chief: Taking a Page from the Surface Warfare Community Sponsored by UniMac: https://UniMac.com/safety Subscribe to get all our episodes directly with Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts or ... read more
- Digital Skills in Grant WritingBy Mandy George Computer use in the fire service has increased exponentially over the years. Paper log books and handwritten reports have given way to an electronic way of doing business. We use laptops in the fire trucks to locate our incident scenes, communicate with dispatch, and access preplan ... read more
- Topeka (KS) Firefighters Rescue Man Trapped on Balcony During Apartment FireTim Hrenchir The Topeka Capital-Journal, Kan. (TNS) Apr. 13—Topeka firefighters used a ladder to rescue a man trapped on a second-story balcony during an apartment fire that did an estimated $35,000 damage Monday in south Topeka. The man’s name wasn’t made public. An American Medical Response ambulance crew treated him at the ... read more
- Three-Alarm Fire Severely Damages Golf Course Clubhouse in Reading (MA)According to a report from WCVB, firefighters worked hard to extinguish a three-alarm fire at a Meadow Brook Golf Club clubhouse on Grove Street, which was under construction in Reading, Massachusetts, early Tuesday. The building was under construction because it was destroyed almost exactly one year ago in ... read more
- Fire Ravages Deposit (NY) NeighborhoodSarah Eames The Daily Star, Oneonta, N.Y. (TNS) Apr. 13—About a dozen Deposit residents were displaced in the aftermath of a fire that consumed multiple residences on Allen Street in the village Friday, April 9, according to Mayor Bryan Moore. The Deposit Fire Department described the blaze as “one of the largest fires in recent times ... read more
- Separate Fires Claim Two Victims in ChicagoStill and box 9400 Halsted. One adult female to Christ. Serious. One adult male unaccounted for. pic.twitter.com/lCtpK76iYd— Chicago Fire Media (@CFDMedia) April 10, 2021 Alice Yin Chicago Tribune (TNS) A man and a woman in their 70s died Friday night in separate fires on the South Side, ... read more
- Intoxicated Man Arrested after Punching WI FirefighterJeff Richgels The Wisconsin State Journal (MCT) Apr. 12—An intoxicated man was arrested after punching a firefighter Downtown on Saturday night, Madison police reported. At about 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Madison police and fire personnel were dispatched to check on an intoxicated person laying on the ground near the intersection of ... read more
- Exciting News from the National STOP THE BLEED® Day ProjectThe National STOP THE BLEED® Day is a call to action designed to provide everyone with easy access to resources to get trained, get STOP THE BLEED® equipment or to get involved in one of the largest public health campaigns in our country. The National STOP THE BLEED® Day ... read more
- Fire Destroys Thomasville (NC) Family HomeJill Doss-Raines The Dispatch, Lexington, N.C. (MCT) Apr. 12—THOMASVILLE — Thomasville, Davidson County and state fire investigators were on the scene Monday morning trying to understand what sparked a fire Sunday morning at a home on Veach Court that completely destroyed the home. Neighbors told firefighters who arrived Sunday ... read more
- Spain: Rescuers Find Four Dead, Save 19 From Vessel in AtlanticMADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities said Sunday that they had recovered the bodies of four migrants from a boat along with 19 survivors who had taken the treacherous route from West Africa to the Canary Islands. Spain’s maritime rescue service said that its crews had responded to an alarm ... read more
- Officials: Missing Kayaker’s body Found in Middlebury (CT) PondMIDDLEBURY, Conn. (AP) — Rescue workers recovered the body of a missing kayaker in Middlebury on Sunday. Middlebury Fire Chief Brett Kales told the Connecticut Post that the body of the kayaker who was reported missing in Long Meadow Pond on Saturday was found Sunday morning. The Connecticut Department ... read more
- Russian Firefighter Killed in FireMOSCOW (AP) — A major fire engulfed a business center in St. Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city, on Monday, killing a firefighter and injuring two others. The fire spread across all four of the building’s floors and was raging in an area of 10,000 square meters (more than 100,000 square ... read more
- Marijuana Growing Equipment May Have Caused Los Angeles (CA) ExplosionLOS ANGELES (AP) — Equipment from a marijuana grow in a Los Angeles home’s garage may have caused an explosion that shattered the structures, trapping one man in the debris and sending another to the hospital with critical burn injuries, authorities said Monday. More than a dozen nearby homes ... read more
