As I was leaving this morning, why is that always the case?

MVA two cars one injury Shumway Hill Road.

Bad day for accidents. We responded to a boy hit by a car later in the afternoon. Flew him out.

Don't forget the EMS folks. With the nursing homes, elderly warehouses, and normal stupidity at an all time high, they have several times the calls that require an engine or truck.…

I don’t want to be a hero. Being a hero means I haft to do something that scares the hell out of me. It means I haft to go into this building that is fully engulfed in flames.

My heart is pounding I can hear it in my…

Let me start by saying I really think this is a cool website. I was looking on our local mountain communities’ website, rimoftheworld.net, and the ad for this website displayed on one of the pages.

I adopted the name Mysteryy about 13 years ago when I started chatting on…

you know there are people out there that abuse the 911 system well yesterday and today was one of those days we have a lady that calls 911 for the attention and well as much as I hate to say it this way I am she it a VARY Heavy lady sweet at times well she all ways calls 911 because she falls out of bed trying to lay on the edge of it well this happens 6 to 7 times a month and when that’s…

• Immobilizing the vehicle by blocking the wheels, place the vehicle into 'park', turn vehicle 'off' and place standard keys on the dash. Keyless start will require the keys to be 15 feet or greater from the…

In the photo above, there are several colors of smoke. Each color represents different situations going on inside the structure. Can you identify what each color possibly means in this Cape Cod style home? Post your comments below ... Photo courtesy of Wes Gerald, Fairfax County Fire & Rescue.

HI MY NAME IS JASON H. RICE AKA "STEER" IN THE 70 HOUSE. I STARTED AS A JR FF IN UNION COUNTY WEST END. AFTER I TURNED 18 I STARTED RUNNING WITH MY HOME TOWN MIFFLINBURG FIRE CO. #1. THEN I MOVED DOWN TO HUMMELS WHARF AFTER I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL. I HAVE BEEN WITH HWFD FOR ABOUT 11 YRS AND LEARNED SO MUCH. I WAS ASKED TO TAKE A ASS. TRUCK FORMAN BUT DECLINED DUE TO MY JOB. I AM A OVER THE ROAD TRUCK DRIVER W\ TRACTOR SUPPLY co. WELL I CANT REALLY SAY OTR DUE TO ME BEING HOME EVERY DAY BUT…

On Friday August 10, 2007 at 1950 the radio silences broke with Battalion 1 reporting a working fire at 436 Hospital Drive. Engine 1 quickly hit the street with 3. With the short response time arrived to find a single story end unit office of a row of five with heavy fire though the roof. The Engine chauffeur nosed into a plug on side Adam. The crew forced entry for a quick search. With the search negative they…

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