Close call
Full list of Close call results
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Mayday: 3 Houston firefighters rescued during corner store fire
– 1Three firefighters, who were on the top floors of the low-rise building, called a mayday after one firefighter suffered from heat exhaustion
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Baltimore firefighters recall minutes before being rescued from burning home
–Josh Montague and Rebecca Budnick realize it could have been worse, but that didn't make it any less scary when Montague fell through a burning home's floor
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Mont. firefighter hurt in 40-foot fall: 'I'll be back'
–Kyle Rauch, 19, was responding to a fatal semi-truck pileup when he fell 40 feet from a bridge
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Firefighters likely save station after quickly dousing apparatus blaze
–After an alarm alerted the Plymouth Fire Department to a fire in their own building, the three-man crew from Station 5 sprang into action
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Calif. fire captain rescued after nearly falling through roof
–The unnamed veteran fire captain was already halfway through the roof as his colleagues “put their own safety … to the side” and rescued him
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Ore. firefighters healing from emotional trauma after shooting
–Springfield Fire Department Battalion Chief Mike Caven said the five firefighters who were ambushed by a gunman at a fire scene are on leave
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Critically hurt firefighter escorted home after rehab
–Newark firefighter Paul Leber was released to continue recovery at home and was greeted by a crowd of colleagues cheering him on
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FDNY firefighter returns to work after almost losing arm
–Sean O’Rourke returned to work 15 months after nearly having his arm amputated when an I-beam crushed the fire truck he was driving
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Car crashes into bedroom of house, hits occupied bed
–Two women and a child were in the car and trying to flee a boyfriend, and the suspect reportedly fled the scene
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FDNY firefighters rescue woman, 3 children from underneath fallen tree
–FDNY said the woman was pushing a stroller with two children inside and holding an infant when the Central Park tree fell on them
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Crane in danger of collapse at Oakland construction fire
–Fire Chief Darin White said several hundred people living in nearby buildings were evacuated and some neighboring buildings had heat damage
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St. Louis firefighter injured after falling through roof
–The fire captain sustained first and second-degree burns on his face and hands and is recovering in the hospital
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Mayday: NJ firefighter rescued after falling through floor
–Crews were ordered out of the house due to unsafe conditions
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Video: Backdraft that injured 2 firefighters caught on camera
–Surveillance footage captured the moment where firefighters were knocked back as they prepared to enter the home
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Off-duty FDNY fire capt. saves man from burning car
–Captain Circo Napolitano was driving through Georgia with his wife when the crash unfolded in front of them
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