They’re supposed to be fighting blazes, not starting them — especially in their own firehouse.
Members of the Goldens Bridge Fire Department in Westchester accidentally ignited a 2014 fire that wiped out their headquarters, a Manhattan federal lawsuit says.
Their insurer filed the suit to force them to foot the bill for the damages to the tune of $9 million. - PUB DATE: 1/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post
Four children died after someone at their home sprayed water on a previously applied pesticide, causing a reaction that produced toxic phosphine gas, officials in Amarillo, Texas, said.
At least five other people were hospitalized in Monday's incident.
Fire Capt. Larry Davis said a family member had used water in an attempt to wash away the pesticide -- aluminum phosphide -- which had been applied under the home. - PUB DATE: 1/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN
Billy Burns has been the fire chief in Stuttgart for the last four years, but Burns said he’s spent the last two years trying to find a way to retire early. Burns claims working for Mayor J.W. Green is insufferable, saying he’s had no control of his department.
Friday was Burns’s last day on the job at the Stuttgart Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 1/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KATV-TV ABC 7 Little Rock
The biggest barrier to solving Dallas’ multibillion-dollar pension crisis isn’t just the money, it’s also the troubled relationship City Hall has long had with its own police and firefighters.
The two sides have never been so far apart at a time when it’s never been more critical they come together. Any deal to fix the public safety workers' deeply troubled pension system must go to the state Legislature for approval, and lawmakers have consistently insisted on one thing: cooperation. - PUB DATE: 1/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Dallas Morning News
It’s been more than three and a half years since 19 firefighters were killed battling the Yarnell Hill fire, and their families still have lingering questions.
“We don't know why the Granite Mountain Hotshots weren't provided with proper communications equipment,” said attorney David Abney. “We don't know why they weren't equipped with proper fire shelters that were rated to deal with a wildfire. - PUB DATE: 1/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPHO-TV CBS 5 Phoenix
PHOTOS - Police are investigating a crash involving a Seattle fire engine and a ladder truck that sent eight firefighters to the hospital Sunday morning, damaged the storefront of a massage business and smashed the ladder truck so badly that it’s out of service.
Alice Kim, spokeswoman for the Seattle Fire Department, said the trucks were responding to an automatic fire alarm when the crash occurred just before 8 a. - PUB DATE: 1/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seattle Times
It wasn’t the fire alarm, but rather thieves that brought Fire Station 9 to life early New Year’s Eve morning.
Albuquerque police said a trio had been cruising around in two stolen Ford F350 trucks, and they had their eyes on another one that belonged to a firefighter who works at the station near Menaul and Eubank NE. - PUB DATE: 1/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Albuquerque Journal
The mother of one of the firefighters killed in the Yarnell Hill blaze has no right to sue the state for her son's death, the state Court of Appeals ruled Friday.
In a unanimous opinion, the judges said Marcia McKee presented no evidence that the actions of the state that 2013 day amounted to "willful misconduct'' by anyone involved. - PUB DATE: 1/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: YourWestValley.com
When Marc Behrend was “on the nozzle” with the lead hose at a fire during his 28-year career with the Madison Fire Department, his fellow crew members marveled at his calm, confident demeanor and lightning-quick reactions as he worked his way through a burning building.
Behrend, who will retire Friday just one day shy of his 56th birthday, earned the most coveted job among firefighters because he snuffed out fires like he stopped hockey pucks as a goalie for the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team, leading the Badgers to two NCAA titles in the 1980s. - PUB DATE: 1/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin State Journal
VIDEO - TV host Ryan Seacrest says he and about five other people got stuck in a Times Square elevator before an appearance on ABC's "Good Morning America" and were rescued by firefighters.
The host of "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest" was heading up to the crystal ball on Friday morning when the elevator got stuck. - PUB DATE: 1/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1
A Whispering Pines firefighter has died after falling ill on the job on Christmas Day.
Lt. Reid Key was assisting with efforts to extinguish a fire in Carthage when he began complaining of a headache. The 31-year-old was taken to FirstHealth Regional Moore Hospital for treatment, according to Chief Rich Lambdin of the Whispering Pines Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 12/30/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Pilot
The chief of a Southern Indiana fire department was arrested Tuesday and charged with a felony after officials said he shoved a police officer and yelled profanities at him at a fire scene.
Christopher Herzog, 51, the chief of the Cannelton Fire Department, was taken into custody by Indiana State Police after an investigation was requested by the Cannelton Police Department, according to a news release. - PUB DATE: 12/30/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Courier Journal
By incredible odds, off-duty Providence Fire Lt. Robert McCollough happened to be driving along Hawkins Street around noon Thursday when he saw smoke emanating from a two-story house at 342 Hawkins St.
McCollough pulled over and parked the AAA tow truck he drives as a second job. "Two men were on the sidewalk, screaming to someone inside. - PUB DATE: 12/30/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Providence Journal
The family of a woman who died after going without oxygen for 17 minutes filed a lawsuit against a call center and first responders.
Laurelyn Wagner-Pitts, 60, went into cardiac arrest July 30; she died in August after her family decided to take her off a ventilator. Her husband, Randy Pitts, called 911 after Wagner-Pitts began to make “funny noises and had a look on her face,” reported the Joliet Patch. - PUB DATE: 12/30/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: EMS1
A City of Miami firefighter thanked his colleagues at Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, Thursday, for saving his son’s life, just before Christmas.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to a house fire on Southwest 112th Avenue, last Friday, and found Anthony Villa lying on the ground unconscious.
“He happened to be in cardiac arrest,” Miami Fire Rescue Chief Maurice Kemp said, “which, as you know, it doesn’t get any worse than that. - PUB DATE: 12/30/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSVN.com
An FDNY EMS ambulance struck and killed an elderly man walking in the passing lane of the Cross Island Parkway in Queens Tuesday night, police and fire sources said.
The pedestrian, an 89-year-old man, was walking on the southbound side of the parkway near 109th Ave in Queens Village at about 8:20 p. - PUB DATE: 12/29/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News
Denver Fire Capt. Steven Holtz stretched across a treatment table at the Rocky Mountain Fire Academy as a physical therapist wrapped a thick red rubber band around his arm and began pulling Holtz’s arm over his head and back down.
The physical therapist, Casey Stoneberger, worked to extend Holtz’s range of motion as he recovers from surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff and biceps tendon. - PUB DATE: 12/29/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Denver Post
The pending murder trial and investigations after the death of Hamilton firefighter Patrick Wolterman one year ago today have taken their toll on the Hamilton Fire Department.
“We still see guys having troubles,” Tony Harris, president of Hamilton IAFF Local 20, told the Journal-News last week after a court hearing for the man accused in Wolterman’s death. - PUB DATE: 12/29/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Journal-News
Once upon a shift, there was a newly promoted captain. Hearing the tones for a bicycle accident, he moved to the rig, confident in himself and his crew.
On arrival, the scene moved like ballet — firefighters on the victim dislodging legs and arms from twisted tubing with medics patching an apparent wound to the head. - PUB DATE: 12/29/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1
A teenager is recovering after being pinned under a 1,500-pound boulder in her grandma’s backyard.
Brianne Griffith, 15, was playing on a formation of boulders in the backyard of the home on Vineyard Way in White, Georgia, when one broke loose.
“It’s a natural rock formation that’s been there for no telling how long,” Bartow County EMS spokesman Brad Cothran said. - PUB DATE: 12/29/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: wsbtv.com
