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.
Along with the parrot, firefighters said they found a thankful tortoise who was “unable to holler” for a rescue
Pigeon Forge first responders triaged and transported two patients by ambulance, while the third was airlifted to the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville
Hilton Head firefighter rescues a cat on a hot mobile-home roof, marking his first save as a full-time employee
The man was trying to cook and eat a squirrel by using a propane torch to burn off the rodent’s fur
The woman was trying to light her cigarette when her hair caught fire
The firefighter will not face charges because he was attempting to prevent the suspect from causing more harm
His knife was improperly seized when he was arrested outside the singer’s N.Y. apartment two years ago
In actuality, the woman was sitting on the windowsill of a four-story building so she could use her neighbor’s wireless Internet signal
The London Fire Brigade says conmen dressed as firefighters are trying to get personal information from civilians
Jeff Gaglio said he was trying to keep an old man warm after he was displaced from his burning home
Inmates helped build a replica of the Twin Towers
The firefighters tied a hose around the horse to lift it out
The boy had been cooking with his sisters when he was injured
Firefighters were asked to pump 20,000 liters of water into an art gallery
Firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze before damage was done to the store
It is unclear why the man was in the creek in the first place
Jakub Halik, a former Czech firefighter is the only man in the world to have two artificial pumps working side by side instead of a heart
The Canadian apparatus is actually a converted golf cart
After a photo of firefighters trying to extricate the man from the trash can, “Bucket Heid” confesses he was looking for his hat
The pair were believed to be on their way to a romantic picnic when they fell
A contestant in a skateboarding race says a deer just started running towards him
Firefighters used a rescue boat to guide the cow to land
The firefighters were responding to a fire in her apartment when she threw the grease at them
The man reportedly was looking for something in the trash when he got his head stuck
The latest college campus case of alcohol taken rectally moves the practice from myth to reality
The woman reportedly barricaded herself in her apartment, lit herself on fire and jumped out the fourth-story window
Police say the driver likely pressed the accelerator instead of the brake on accident
The six-year-old boy knew to call for an ambulance because of song lyrics from English cartoon character, Fireman Sam’s, song
The accused is charged with burning a carport and five vehicles years after reality TV pet-grooming show
Zoo personnel used fire extinguishers to chase away a 400-pound tiger that was mauling a man who purposely jumped in its den
The two men reportedly bumped into one another outside a store, talked briefly, and got into a fight
The hydrants will cost the city about $40,000 to be replaced
Despite the risk of injury, the agency chose the area due to its high visibility