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FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 4/23

On 4/23/1940 the Rhythm Club fire killed 207 (209) and injured more than 200 of the over 700 patrons listening to music in Natchez, Mississippi on Saint Catherine Street. The fire started around 11:45 p.m. in the hamburger stand next to the lobby of the one-story wood frame corrugated steel-clad 4,560 square foot (200’ long) […]

FIREFIGHTER RECEIVES BURNS AT APARTMENT FIRE – CALIFORNIA

A firefighter and at least three residents were injured Monday afternoon in a fire at a Gardena apartment building. The fire was reported at about noon at a two-story building in the 12900 block of South Vermont Avenue. Flames were knocked down about 40 minutes later. Details about how the fire started were not immediately available. At least […]

WORKERS IGNITE BLAZE THAT DESTROYS INSIDE OF FIRE STATION – MISSISSIPPI

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) – Firefighters didn’t have to travel far to douse the flames at a Gulfport fire station. According to Chief Billy Kelley, workers were grinding metal at Station 2 on 42nd Street when sparks ignited a fire. Chief Billy Kelley said workers were grinding metal when some of the sparks ignited a fire […]

UPDATE: ALASKAN FIRE STATION DESTROYED BY FIRE RECEIVES DISASTER DECLARATION

The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly voted last week to enact a disaster declaration for the recent station fire that devastated the South Tongass Fire Department. Mayors from the borough and cities of Saxman and Ketchikan issued the disaster declaration on April 12. South Tongass Fire Chief Steve Rydeen choked up as he took the podium at the […]

Health & Wellness: Firefighter Suicide and the Link to Burnout and Lack of Meaning

Long shrouded in mystery, firefighter suicide recently emerged as one of the foremost problems in the fire service. Although researchers still build consensus through various studies, firefighters die by suicide at a rate that’s significantly more than the general population. Additionally, some estimates of rates of suicidal ideation for firefighters range as high as eight […]

FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 4/22

On 4/22/1869 a Baltimore, Maryland firefighter “died in agony as a result of painful injuries sustained in the wall collapse on April 17th. One leg was severely burned from his hip to his heel, and he suffered internal injuries. As firefighters reached him in the debris, he told them he was okay and to move […]

SUV CRASHES INTO RESPONDING FIRE APPARATUS IN FLORIDA

WALTON COUNTY, Fla. — Troopers are investigating a crash involving a Walton County fire truck that occurred on Saturday night. The crash happened at the intersection of Highway 90 and County Road 1087 at 11:38 p.m. Florida Highway Patrol says an SUV was traveling south on County Road 1087 in the left turn lane, approaching […]

Unusual Fire Death Involved Police Training – LODD – Videos

All, Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Freddy Flores has Died in the Line of Duty from injuries sustained six months earlier as the result of a fire inside a mobile shooting range at the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic. He and another deputy were inside the mobile shooting range, built inside a 53-foot semi-trailer when “an […]

UNUSUAL FIRE DEATH INVOLVING POLICE TRAINING-POLICE OFFICER LODD

LA County Deputy Sheriff Freddy Flores has Died in the Line of Duty from injuries sustained six months earlier as the result of a fire inside a mobile shooting range at the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic. He and another deputy were inside the mobile shooting range, built inside a 53-foot semi-trailer when “an equipment malfunction […]

THREE INJURED, ONE SERIOUSLY IN ARIZONA CRASH INVOLVING AMBULANCE

PEORIA, AZ — One person is seriously hurt after a crash involving an ambulance in Peoria early Saturday morning. Peoria police say they were called to the area near 83rd and Northern Avenues for a report of the crash. When officers arrived, they found a vehicle and the ambulance involved in the crash. The driver […]