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•May 7, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO SEEKS TO BAN “FOREVER CHEMICALS” IN TURNOUT GEAR – CALIFORNIA

Lawmakers in San Francisco are scheduled to vote Tuesday...

•May 7, 2024

MAYDAY: COLLAPSE, CLEVELAND FIREFIGHTER SERIOUSLY INJURED AT HOUSE FIRE

A Cleveland (OH) firefighter sustained serious injuries in a...

•May 7, 2024

PARAMEDIC, FIREFIGHTER INJURED IN MICHIGAN WHEN AMBULANCE IS STRUCK

DELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WILX) – Two people are in...

•May 6, 2024

FIRE DEPARTMENT TAKING STEPS TO TEST FIREFIGHTERS FOR CANCER – OHIO

Fire departments across the country, including right here in...

•May 6, 2024

BURNED OUT AND UNDERSTAFFED, VIRGINIA BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT SEEKS OVERTIME RELIEF

By Stacy Parker Staff writer Published: May 5, 2024,...

•May 6, 2024

FIREHOUSE IN FLORIDA STRUCK BY SHOTS FIRED

At approximately 6:36 pm, crews at Flagler Beach Fire...

The Secret List

•May 5, 2024

THIS MORNING Watch Live: National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service 2024 (The Secret List)

All, The National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service is today-Sunday May 5th at 1000 Hours eastern...

•April 30, 2024

About Those Proposed OSHA Fire Service Changes, Charlotte Audio (The Secret List)

Hey, Odds are you’ve heard that there may be some significant changes coming related to fire,...

•April 29, 2024

FIRE CHIEF, 78, LODD AFTER APPARATUS CRASH

All, Just a brief, intentionally respectful comment before this posting: We often get feedback on...

•April 24, 2024

US Fire Reporting Update from USFA-NERIS (The Secret List)

All, From Dr. Lori Moore Merrell: “It has certainly been a fast paced and productive...

•April 21, 2024

Unusual Fire Death Involved Police Training – LODD – Videos

All, Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Freddy Flores has Died in the Line of Duty...

•April 15, 2024

FIREFIGHTER RECRUIT STRUCK/KILLED ON HIGHWAY (The Secret List)

All, A Los Angeles City recruit Firefighter, who was just sworn in last week, was...

EMS Close Calls

•May 7, 2024

PARAMEDIC, FIREFIGHTER INJURED IN MICHIGAN WHEN AMBULANCE IS STRUCK

DELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WILX) – Two people are in the hospital Monday after an ambulance...

•May 5, 2024

DRIVER CRASHES INTO BACK OF FLORIDA AMBULANCE

A 94-year-old Villager’s wild ride ended with her vehicle crashing into the back of an...

•May 3, 2024

VIRGINIA AMBULANCE OVERTURNS IN CRASH

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Police in Prince William County are investigating a crash that led to...

•May 3, 2024

MAN STEALS CALIFORNIA AMBULANCE WITH EMT IN BACK

An ambulance was stolen in Santa Rosa while paramedics responded to a medical emergency call...

•May 1, 2024

MASSACHUSETTS PARAMEDIC AMONG THREE INJURED IN CRASH

MILFORD, Mass. — A paramedic and two others were hospitalized after an ambulance crash in...

•April 30, 2024

WEST VIRGINIA AMBULANCE STOLEN FROM SCENE

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ)- A man police say stole an ambulance while medics were responding to...

Firefighter History

•April 29, 2024

FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 4/29

On 4/29/1986 the Los Angeles (California) Central Library fire destroyed more than $2 million in...

•April 28, 2024

FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 4/28

On 4/28/1873 two Iowa City, Iowa firefighters “died of the injuries they sustained after a...

•April 27, 2024

FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 4/27

On 4/27/1865 the SS Sultana boiler explosion and fire killed 1,547 in the Mississippi River...

•April 26, 2024

FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 4/26

On 4/26/1903 two Portland, Maine firefighters died at “a spectacular lumberyard fire on a wharf...

•April 25, 2024

FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 4/25

On 4/25/1854 a fire in the William T. Jennings Building in Manhattan, New York (231...

•April 24, 2024

FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 4/24

On 4/24/1851 the first fire alarm signal system was installed in Boston, Massachusetts. The system...

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