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FIREFIGHTERS INJURED IN TWO-ALARM FIRE – SOUTH CAROLINA

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – Firefighters with the Columbia-Richland Fire Department (CRFD) extinguished a two-alarm fire that damaged six homes on Thursday afternoon. According to the department, 2nd Shift crews responded to the property in The Falls subdivision around 1:40 p.m. Fire Chief Aubrey Jenkins said there were six houses damaged in the fire. The main […]

NJ FIREFIGHTER FALLS THROUGH ROOF DURING APARTMENT FIRE

An Edison firefighter had to call a Mayday and was rescued after falling through a roof while battling a fire at a two-story apartment complex on Judson Street Tuesday morning. Crews were dispatched around 10:20 a.m. Upon arrival, firefighters encountered a working fire and quickly initiated suppression efforts. As conditions escalated, a second alarm was […]

TWO FIREFIGHTERS INJURED IN MASSIVE OVERNIGHT FIRE – PENNSYLVANIA

Four people, including two firefighters, were injured when a house in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood went up in flames early Thursday morning. The fire broke out just after 12:30 a.m. along Ligonier Street and quickly escalated to three alarms, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesperson Cara Cruz. “Pretty hard to see which house was actually was […]

LAWSUIT FILED OVER MISPLACED SEVERED FINGER – NEVADA

HENDERSON, Nev. — A man who claims that his severed finger was mishandled after police and firefighters were called to his home in 2024 has sued the city of Henderson. Kyle Adams, according to a lawsuit filed in Clark County District Court on April 7, alleges that Henderson Fire Department personnel failed to properly identify, […]

WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT FILED OVER CANAL RESCUE – FLORIDA

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the city of Riviera Beach, alleging that critical mistakes made by firefighters during a canal rescue led to the death of Heath Thomas. The lawsuit, filed this afternoon by Thomas’ widow, Gia Thomas, claims that her husband was still alive in a vehicle […]

FIREFIGHTER UPGRADED TO STABLE CONDITION AFTER ACADEMY FALL – MASSACHUETTS

CHELMSFORD, Mass. — The union for Chelmsford firefighters provided a positive update on the recovery of firefighter Nick Spinale after he suffered serious injuries from a fall at the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy in Stow last week. Chelmsford Firefighters IAFF Local 1839 President Rob Albon said in a letter Monday that Spinale remains in the intensive […]

F2026-01 KS: Four Career Firefighters Injured from a Floor Collapse in an Abandoned Residential Structure Fire – Kansas

F2026-01 KS: Four Career Firefighters Injured from a Floor Collapse in an Abandoned Residential Structure Fire – Kansas Report: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/firefighters/programs/pdfs/f202601.pdf Slides: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/firefighters/programs/pdfs/f202601RS.pdf The report was published exactly 100 days since the fire department submitted a request for a NIOSH investigation. FFFIPP continues to accept requests for serious injury and line-of-duty death investigations through the NIOSH website. Firefighters and other interested parties can […]

FIREFIGHTERS INJURED IN HOUSE FIRE – NORTH CAROLINA

GOLDSBORO, NC — Eleven people were displaced and two firefighters were injured following a structure fire Saturday night in Goldsboro. According to the Goldsboro Fire Department, crews responded to a call at 7:56 p.m. on April 11 at 1411 Herring Street. The incident was initially dispatched as an outside fire, but when the first unit arrived, […]

FIREFIGHTER SHOCKED BY PV SOLAR PANELS AT HOUSE FIRE – NORTH CAROLINA

Durham firefighters were injured Monday afternoon while trying to put out a house fire. The fire is at a home along Timberview Drive near Arborwood Drive. According to firefighters at the scene, dry and windy conditions made the fire harder to put out. Several Durham Fire Department fire trucks and firefighters responded to the scene. […]

FIREFIGHTER SUFFERS MEDICAL EMERGENCY, ANOTHER INJURED AT CONNECTICUT FIRE

PUTNAM, Conn. (WTNH) — A firefighter suffered a medical emergency, and another was injured while responding to a structure fire Sunday evening in Putnam, according to fire officials. The firefighter who suffered the medical emergency was taken to a local hospital for evaluation, fire officials said. The other firefighter was injured in a flashover event. […]