Apparatus Crash
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A Twiggs County fire truck overturned after being rear-ended by a pickup while responding to a car fire
Rock Island Engine 32, decommissioned due to a cracked frame, was used in a simulated crash and extrication drill
A training exercise turned tragic in Buncombe County when an ATV accident claimed the life of a Riceville firefighter and injured two others
A Fresno County fire engine responding to a grass fire collided with another vehicle, leaving three injured
Two Montgomery County firefighters and a civilian were hurt when a tanker collided with a vehicle while responding to a call
The Kansas City Fire Department previously relied on on-the-job training from an FAO passed down to a firefighter
Three Macon-Bibb firefighters were briefly hospitalized after their fire truck overturned while responding to a call
Preventing and reducing fire apparatus crashes should be a leading initiative in all fire departments
Kansas City’s finance committee rejected a proposed $915,000 settlement for a firefighter who killed three people in a 2021 crash
The driver was fired, but the department’s culture may still be on a collision course
Kansas City Firefighter Dominic Biscari may receive nearly $1 million to settle a grievance filed by the firefighters’ union after the city suspended him without pay
A Delray Beach firefigher was terminated following a city investigation into the crash that injured 15 people, including firefighters and train passengers, and destroyed a fire truck
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Three firefighters were hurt while battling the Staten Island house fire and fourth was hurt when a vehicle crashed into a department vehicle
The Junction Fire Company tanker was responding to a brush fire when it was struck by another vehicle
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The Elizabethtown assistant chief was trapped inside the department vehicle after it overturned while he was responding to a fire
After a Delray Beach fire truck collided with a Brightline train, fallout continues with ride-alongs suspended, administrators recusing themselves and investigations into licensing and safety
An investigation found Delray Beach chiefs were not at fault but that the review process for driver’s licenses was inadequate and had gaps
Three firefighters and 12 passengers were injured when the Brightline train struck a Delray Beach fire truck responding to an apartment fire
Surveillance video shows the fire engine crashing into a church’s food pantry on the South Side
Dashcam video shows the firefighter’s vehicle being swept off Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu
The boyfriend allegedly left the scene but was found just after he crashed head-on with one of the Orangeburg fire engines heading to the scene
An East Syracuse firefighter was transported to a hospital after the fire truck he was in collided with a truck while responding to an alarm
Icy conditions contributed to a Spokane quint crashing into a house and an engine crashing into two vehicles on one call
A Thomasville firefighter was killed and another injured when their fire engine went off the road and overturned
Delray Beach officials released the apartment fire dispatch audio and the 911 calls from when a ladder truck was struck by a Brightline passenger train
Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said a Super Scooper is grounded after a collision with a drone over the Palisades Fire
Delray’s vice mayor is questioning if firefighters might have had issues with their licenses after the chief sent out a memo on driver’s license requirements after the crash
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