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.
Lifeguards also extricated two women from the crashed vehicle; one woman was transported to a hospital as firefighters worked to remove the car
Ali Bakker did not have a cellphone, recently suffered a fracture and was on pain medications prior to the crash
The Woolwich Fire Co. crew found the 4-foot reptile and worked with an animal control officer to wrangle it
Firefighters used ropes and ladders to get her and her small dog out of the 20-foot deep hole they were in
Heather Levia, 23, ordered 25 breakfast sandwiches and hash browns as a thank you for firefighters working nearby in sub-zero temperatures
Following an explosion at the house, authorities found chemicals, gunpowder and other materials for making explosives
Fire gutted the car and scattered debris; two men were injured and the cause of the explosion is unknown
Firefighters set up a rigging system to help lift the horse upright; a veterinarian is now treating the horse
The rescue took about two hours after a car hit a tanker truck and fell 120 feet and landed upright on 8 feet of snow
Firefighters and medics had returned from a run of their own minutes before they heard sirens outside the firehouse
The patient was pulled out of the burning rig and two crew members suffered smoke inhalation
The fire marshal shut it down after he noticed split wooden supports holding up the floor moving as people danced on the structure
The mothers-to-be, hampered by treacherous driving conditions, couldn’t make it to the hospital on time
The medic jumped out when the rig slowed for an intersection; police used tire-puncture spikes to halt the ambulance
They are fire stations that are too old and too small for modern day firefighting, and have already been replaced by new stations
One defense attorney said it was cold out, they had just bought some beer and wanted a warm place to party
William Coleman led police on a multi-city manhunt where he allegedly stole a car, set a car on fire and threatened a man with a gun
Neither side admitted fault but issued a statement expressing “utmost respect for each other and our respective missions” and that it was an “isolated incident”
The firefighter and officer got in a dispute over where the fire engine should park while firefighters were responding to the crash
Surveillance cameras captured the 15-year-olds using a lighter on the girl’s hair; they wanted to ‘freak her out’
The pair were charged with obstruction of government administration after being warned about the toddler’s calls
The girl is in serious condition at the hospital; it took firefighters nearly 20 minutes to saw through the rebar so the girl could be taken to a hospital
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has received 16 reports involving the humidifiers, including five reports of fires resulting in about $430,000 in property damage
The department has battled bed bugs before in 2010 when seven fire stations had to be fumigated over a span of three months
After an evaluation of the situation, fire officials determined that a field amputation would be conducted on the man’s arm
More than 20 responders worked 2 1/2 hours to pull Moonshine out of the ‘quicksand-like’ mud and ice
By the time firefighters arrived, the truck was unhooked from the trailer and was engulfed in flames
Firefighters and paramedics repelled down the cliff side using a rope rescue system and found the victim in his car
Sam Springsteen, 20, was among 42 who graduated in a ceremony at the Fire Academy on Wednesday
Capt. Craig Moreau was driving home with his wife when he spotted a truck fire; he used beer the truck was carrying to put out the brake fire
Almon Harris, 42, was charged with aggravated menacing and assault after threatening his tenant because she was behind on rent
A man shot the couple over the use of a cellphone during a movie
It sounded like a transformer had blown, the captain recalled; he held the man’s neck to guard against spinal cord injury until rescuers arrived