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Ali Bakker did not have a cellphone, recently suffered a fracture and was on pain medications prior to the crash
FITNESS IN FOCUS
Manchester Captain Steve DesRuisseaux suffered second- and third-degree burns to more than one-third of his body in a flashover
EMS transported the firefighters from the Mariners Harbor Houses
The vehicles were responding to two different calls when the crash occurred
Titus County Firefighters Ross Estabrooks, 47, and Wesley Vanderver, 86, suffered cardiac arrests in a matter of weeks
Assistant Chief Bill Sames of the Western Salisbury Volunteer Fire Company called the fire a “logistical nightmare” due to the size of the home
The incident comes just nine days after a captain from the same department suffered severe burns from an apartment fire flashover
A firefighter working a structure and brush fire was working traffic when a driver “attempted to come through the road block”
Born four days apart, Fire Chief Jeff Blanchard and Police Chief Walter Sweeney have been friends since middle school
Two Cleburne firefighters were taken to the hospital for evaluation with non-life-threatening injuries
Baxter Springs Firefighter Lt. Malachi Brown suffered third-degree burns over 27% of body while battling a structure fire on Oct. 15
COMPLETE COVERAGE
Auburn Permanent Firefighters Local 4157 established a fund to support the family of Lt. Paul Wood
Recently completed toxicology tests showed that New Britain Firefighter Matthew Dizney had multiple drugs in his system when he died in January
Chief Joe Schrage said 30+ firefighters responded, EMS providers transported 24 people, and the department made trauma counselors available
Middletown Firefighter Beau Sienkiewicz performed the Heimlich maneuver and back blows before a Hartford HealthCare EMS crew arrived
Nantucket Captain Nate Barber and another firefighter were hospitalized with smoke inhalation and heat exhaustion, and a third suffered a back injury
House Bill 562 allows 48 hours of time off post-critical incident, but issues of messaging and pay are vital to ensuring firefighter support
After being diagnosed with WTC-related cancer in 2018, an international search matched Sal Parisi with Stephen Dawkins, a professor based in England
One of the firefighters was shocked by power lines that fell at the scene
Walter “Wally” Shaw, a licensed master pyrotechnician, was wearing safety glasses and “was able to stop, drop and roll and put himself out,” his father said
The challenge now is how to show up every day, with the same energy, and resist the threats of indifference and complacency