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.
European company Tchibo said it had an excess supply and “we couldn’t think of a better cause than firefighters and first responders”
The off-duty responder sat with the passenger following the incident and helped keep her calm until the plane landed in Nashville
While being escorted on an apparatus adorned with Christmas lights, Santa and the crew jumped into action after spotting smoke
At least one fake call reported an explosion on an elevated train
Investigators found that the woman intentionally set the suspicious blaze
After screaming that firefighters were going to rape her, she ran atop the apparatus and refused to move
A jet clipped another aircraft as one was taxiing to its gate
Women pegged firefighters as the sexiest male professionals
Take a look back with us on some of the most memorable, commented on and shared FR1 articles over the last year
16 people were injured, half of them suffering deep cuts and bruises
The horse somehow made its way up the stairs
911 phone sex, face eating and a life guard fired for saving someone are some of the oddities of this year
The woman was upset and trying to recover two guard dogs at the scene of the fire
While scouting for a shooting location, an Australian filmmaker came upon the rare and often dangerous fire whirl
The value of the rare bust is now in question; it was damaged by the housekeeper who stole it
The chiefs are pulling double duty as they work for their department and their hometown departments
The man apparently got fed into the machine along with the rest of the laundry
Officers eventually had to use a Taser to allow crews to fight the fire
He had to be taken to the hospital with the bars still in his arm
Fire service holiday stories give us fits of disbelief, laughter and tears
It is not known why the man tried to stop the crews from fighting the fire
The officers used trashcans to create a makeshift stepladder
Thieves have stolen Christmas lights from a town tree twice in six days
The rescue was made more difficult by the closeness of the spikes
The man was too large to fit between the walls in an attempted escape from a Brazilian prison
6''8" Lincoln Dodd saved a husband and wife trapped in their bedroom
Ahmed Maloud Sidi Alewya was arrested for violating federal immigration law
A Public Saftey Building telephone failure left responders without a vital telephone service
The man, who claims to spit fire for money, is charged with trying to set two men on fire
No one is sure who is responsible for removing the rotting carcass or how to do it