Vehicle Fire and Crash Incidents
Four people, including two paramedics, were injured when a pickup truck collided with an ambulance
Street racing is considered after a Chrysler PT Cruiser slammed into a fire engine as it was responding to a call
Firefighters used a rope rescue evolution to reach a driver trapped for days in a ravine
Ryan Miller, 25, lost control of his motorcycle and hit a tree; it comes a little more than a year after his brother died in a crash
Steven Magliaro, 48, was found on the scene with serious injuries; he later died at a hospital
The department’s fire chief was driving a fire chief vehicle and collided with a Jeep driven by a volunteer firefighter
The car rolled after crashing into a ditch and threw the firefighter and his twin sons from the car; they weren’t wearing seatbelts
Medics had to extricate her from the wreckage after she blasted through the door while being pursued by a sheriff’s deputy
Chief Robert Glenn “Bud” Webster was driving the apparatus when it overturned, causing him to be ejected and pinned underneath the vehicle
Officials found one of the 100-pound propane tanks 95 feet from the truck following the explosion
Robert Thomas, 52, was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash
Firefighter Matthew Hicks lost his left leg below the knee in a motorcycle accident last year
The ambulance and semi truck collided on a highway; their names have not yet been released
A post on the fire department’s website describes firefighter Bacon as “a brave, passionate, strong and talented professional who will be sorely missed”
Both firefighters sustained non-life threatening injuries and are in stable condition
Fire Chief Todd Rummel and four other people died when a fire truck and pickup collided and exploded into flames
The department suspended the driver without pay for two weeks and the onboard captain was suspended without pay for one week
Four firefighters on board suffered minor injuries when the gravel road gave out beneath the truck
The impact was so hard, the pickup lost a wheel and spun into the median
Riley Sasser, 16, was found unconscious after a train hit his pickup truck and fell 20 feet into a ditch
Two police officers were taken to a hospital with minor injuries; no firefighters were injured
“A person’s actually dying in front of their eyes, and rather than you making it a priority, putting yourself in the role of a first responder, just to try to help out in some way, you choose your priority to be filming somebody’s death”
The firefighter suffered a deep bruise to his leg and will be off the job for several weeks to recover
The driver of the car was taken by ambulance to the hospital; no firefighters were injured
Another driver intentionally used his truck as a ram rod to stop the fleeing vehicle
The fire department was called for mutual aid assistance to help with a working structure fire when the accident occurred
Firefighter Chris Brown was killed when he was hit by a semi driver in March 2013; he left behind a wife and two young sons
The department’s reasons for suspending the two assistant chiefs were not immediately known
The extrication took firefighters over two hours; the driver was taken to a hospital in an unknown condition
No firefighters were injured, but were taken to a local hospital for evaluation
Lt. Raymond Glover was charged with failure to yield right of way involving death; he was not tested for any impairment based on his behavior at the scene
Andrew Gruenberg, 26, is charged in the death of 32-year-old Forest Service hotshot Michael Kelly
One woman was taken to a hospital in non-critical condition; no firefighters were injured