Weird News
The weird news topic covers offbeat news about firefighting – all the quirky, unusual news that everyone in the firehouse is going to be talking about.
Agata Sarkis was finishing her shift in Milton when she covered the bird with a blanket and transported it to a fire station
“I just couldn’t believe it,” he said
“They thought the cow would figure it out, but it got into the creek and the soft ground there and just laid down,” said South Thurston Fire Chief Andrew Schaffran
Chief Tom Trigg sent a letter to the saloon owner asking for a donation rather than billing him; the owner has yet to respond
Council members said firefighters should bring food they need when they report for work; they want a policy in place to assure engines used to run personal errands aren’t abused
Driving back and forth over the fire only set the van ablaze, which was packed with firearms ammunition and a full tank of fuel
The homeowner says some have attempted CPR and “once they find out it’s a dummy, it’s so hilarious.”
The move comes after one firefighter recently got sick; the chief said some of them are the size of small puppies
The driver swerves and weaves across lanes into the ambulance’s path; the driver confronted the ambulance in the middle of the road
The man doused himself in gasoline and was threatening to set himself on fire; crews were able to get him down uninjured through a combination of water and bean bags
The fire district signed a five-year intergovernmental agreement with the state to use portions of the closed facility, which was an all-female prison, for hands-on training
The contractor basically identified himself from surveillance video; the three-alarm fire caused $2 million damage to the high-rise apartment building
PennDOT told the department to remove their signs advertising the haunted house because they could pose a safety risk on state roads
By nightfall the bees were so aggressive that the contents of trailer had to be burned to keep them at bay
The retired firefighter was in possession of a 12-inch knife when he joined what he thought was the pontiff’s convoy; he was charged with criminal trespass
The worker, who wasn’t immediately identified, suffered non-life threatening injuries
A clerk shut off the pump from indoors and called the fire department
Firefighters had been called for pregnancy medical aid, but the park’s own medical system took care of the birth
Professor Rick Rosenfeld said since crime is up, firefighters should patrol the streets in their downtime to stem violent crime
Edna Mitchell covers some 400 square miles of coastal Maine, handling more than 100 calls a year
His accounts were hacked by a woman in California who used his late father’s credentials to falsely verify his death
The chief of the Association of Flight Attendants union said she expects federal investigators will find that baggage slowed down the evacuation and caused some of the injuries
A man in a motorized wheelchair stole an SCBA tank, firefighting mask and backpack; he was later arrested and the items were returned
The mother dropped off her 2-year-old and 9-month-old sons at the firehouse, saying she was overwhelmed and couldn’t take care of them anymore
The 75-year-old resident allegedly walked toward the firefighter and began firing shots into the air; she repeatedly told him she was with the fire department
The bite didn’t break the skin but did leave a mark; police charged him for simple assault
Firefighters and police officers were called out for an infant in a hot car; after breaking into the car they realized the infant was a lifelike doll
It took 23 firefighters about an hour to place the fire under control; the house was a complete loss
Alex Thomason, a personal injury lawyer, bought a $5,000 rig from a local station and took a four-hour “mini” firefighting course
Due to a lifeguard shortage, off-duty firefighters and paramedics can work the beaches for $45 per hour
Travis Bowman, 31, allegedly went into a home the paramedics were responding to on two occasions
Of the 15,000 .gov emails revealed from the Ashley Madison hack, at least one is from the Houston Fire Department
From animals to hand grenades, the items dropped off at the doorstep of a firehouse continue to surprise and confuse us