Arson/Investigation
The FireRescue1 Arson/Investigation resources page features news about confirmed and suspected arson as well as information on the latest fire investigation methodologies to help fire investigators and other personnel identify fire causes.
Officials say the critically injured firefighter is recovering and credit quick action for preventing fatalities
Lawyers for the city of Columbia said the Irmo Fire District “acted with malice in reckless disregard for the truth or falsity of the statements”
A four-alarm fire that tore through a long-neglected West Philly apartment building was intentionally set, fire officials say
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Firefighter Austin Duran died on duty in July after being crushed by a metal container filled with sand
Greenfield Township VFD administrator and former 911 dispatcher James Bartels admitting to starting the fires to “give the boys something to do”
The battery added to the “heavy smoke condition” that filled the building, officials said. Most of the residents who died suffered smoke inhalation
Several fundraisers seek to help Harold Baker, who lost 10 family members in the August blaze
One person in the car died, and the other was transported in critical condition
Fire service leaders address size-up, situational awareness, roadway safety, proper PPE, complacency, go/no-go decision-making and more
The firing of a Delray Beach firefighter for failing to check a patient’s vitals prompts important questions about ownership and empowerment
The man faces seven charges, including reckless vehicular homicide and failure to stop for an emergency vehicle
“If he never learned the consequences of spitting in a grown man’s face, then consider my actions a public education,” the firefighter told Telemundo
Both firefighters were on duty, and the injured person was transported to a hospital
Greensboro responders are grappling with the tragedy, and the fire department deployed its peer-support team to the scene
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Firefighters attempted to rescue the residents but were driven back by intense heat, smoke, and flames, Watertown Fire Department Chief Travis Teesch said
The Lehigh County coroner said the manner of death for Marvin Gruber and Zachary Paris is pending investigation
Fire crews from multiple counties fought the Marengo fire, and ambulance crews transported five people to a medical center
Former Coweta firefighter Hunter Forsyth’s alleged affiliation with a white supremacist group was unearthed
“Numerous maydays were given,” a trooper said, before Firefighter Marvin Gruber and First Assistant Chief Zachary Paris of the Community Fire Company were transported
The charter boat captain is asking a federal judge to clear him of all liability as investigations continue
Officials said they had no reason to think anyone was inside. Crews performed interior operations but evacuated after seeing signs of structural instability.
Rowan County EMS treated the three wounded first responders on site
Palestine FD members provided aid immediately, and the firefighter was transported to a medical center in stable condition, the police chief said
The report, compiled by the fire department’s internal Board of Inquiry, addresses the Jan. 24 rowhouse fire in which three city firefighters were killed
All public safety agencies will be located in one location for better communication; HPD’s police chief will have the authority to reject security plans
The single-engine aircraft was ensnared about 100 feet off the ground, and the rescuers used a crane
Hingham Fire Chief Steve Murphy said multiple patients were transported, and fire crews were evaluating the structural stability of the building
A man banged on the Santa Rosa station’s door and told firefighters he thought he had a bomb
One of the new offenses took place while Clifford Heiser was still employed by the Wausau Fire Department
On arrival, Mason City crewmembers saw flames on the home’s first and second floors
They are two of the 22 sailors who received administrative action from the Navy after the blaze
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