Fitness & Health
The report details recommendations to enhance the effectiveness and safety of fire service personnel responding to residential structure fires
FITNESS IN FOCUS
During initial operations, Oakland firefighters heard two of their own were down and managed to retrieve them from the apartment building
Alcohol was found in the driver’s urine after he reportedly took Engine 48 to pick up food from a restaurant outside city limits
Thomasville Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Mark Holt and former firefighter Ernest Kinley were honorary members of the Fair Grove Fire Department
Dylan Fischer was about to miss his own wedding because of strained staffing at Travis County Emergency Services District #1
Otto Fire and Rescue Chief Terry Rholetter Jr. was flown to Augusta Burn Center in Georgia
4 were blown off a porch in a possible flashover, Chicago Fire Department Commissioner Annette Nance-Holt said
A firefighter and another person were injured and transported to a hospital
A coalition of unions sued to block the mass firings, but a judge ruled in favor of the city Thursday
Steve McCann’s death is the third for the department in 2022
Champaign Fire Department’s Ladder 161 was responding to a call when the collision happened
COMPLETE COVERAGE
Evansville Fire Chief Mike Connelly said the department has not confirmed how many of the houses were occupied at the time of the blast because “some were too unstable to enter”
Citizens in a private boat helped the injured pilot get to shore
EMS providers resuscitated Sandridge Volunteer Fire Department Capt. Doug Delk within 10 minutes and transported him to a hospital
Riley Huiras was a member of the Grand Rapids Police Department’s Auxiliary Unit and served with the volunteer fire department where his father serves
Duane McFarland didn’t believe he had won until he had his wife confirm the ticket
Brian McDonald shares the stories of the Feehan and Davan families of firefighters, stretching over nearly 100 years of FDNY history
Dan Patterson, 53, had been hospitalized since collapsing outside the front door of Spokane Valley Fire Department Station 2 following a run
Authorities reported that Juan Carlos Santana Garrido, 60, a firefighter from Cienfuegos, had died fighting the blaze; no other bodies have been recovered
Jaclyn Arndt of the Homer Volunteer Fire Department pushed herself to compete in “one of the most challenging experiences on the planet”
In this video, risk management expert Gordon Graham emphasizes the importance of first responders wearing properly-fitting PPE