Second alarm in Hanover Township, PA: Seven homes were damaged in this fire in Lehigh County on Sunday. Read more from NewsWorking.org.
Must see video of water rescue: Pretty dramatic video from Contra Costa County, California as a CHP chopper crew and a fire district rescue swimmer team up to pull a woman from a rain swollen canal. We have also added an interview with Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Engineer Dave Manzeck, who made the rescue. Check it out.
Man found dead on top floor at 7-alarm fire in Manhattan: Last night firefighters were able to get to a top floor on one of the three buildings on Grand Street that burned Sunday night into Monday morning. There, they found the body of an 87-year-old man. Click here for an interview with FDNY Commissioner Sal Cassano. The New York Times reports there is a history of neglect, including code violations, in these buildings. Click here for that story. In case you missed our coverage of the fire, including video of the early rescues and fireground audio, click here.
Let’s hear it for Virginia Beach’s Amy Mack: I was supposed to get to this story last week, but never got my act together. I am glad WVEC-TV caught up with Virginia Beach Firefighter Amy Mack. She was on vacation with her two children in Marco Island, Florida last week when the kids were able to see mom in action. Firefighter Mack saved the life of an elderly woman who had collapsed face down in the water. Here’s the story.
Loudoun fire chief heading south: Chief Joseph Pozzo has been picked to run the Volusia County Fire Service in Florida. Read more.
Early video from Loudoun County house fire: One house was destroyed in a fire Sunday afternoon in Leesburg. Here’s the video.
SAFER won’t make things safer in Flint until summer: The latest estimate of when Flint will be able to bring back firefighters who were victim of budget cuts is this summer. The re-hiring is coming under a SAFER grant for the troubled city. Read the latest.
Sit up, sit up, sit up, sit up you’re rocking the boat: Sorry for the dated Broadway reference, but sit ups have become a big issue in the fitness standard for firefighters in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Read more.
Exploding paint cans during overhaul spray firefighters: Spray paint cans that didn’t explode during an apartment fire waited to burst when firefighters were mopping up in Oakland, California. Two were briefly hospitalized when they were hit in the eyes as things went flying. Here’s the story.
And another firefighter is charged with arson: As we pointed out yesterday, it has been a bad couple of weeks with another rash of accused firefighter/arsonists making the news. Pennsylvania has been particularly hard hit, with reports today of another arrest. This time the accused is a volunteer firefighter charged with setting fire to the restaurant where he worked as a dishwasher. Here’s the story from Nicholson, PA.
Landslide wipes out train: Firegeezer has the story from Italy.
Union and chief fight over QRVs: The purchase of quick response vehicles for medical calls, now approved by the City Council, has become an issue in Billings, Montana. Click here for the story.
Inquest in fatal fire truck crash: A firefighter in Sheffield, England is having to answer for responding through a red light at 29 mph and crashing into a car, leaving a woman dead and her daughter injured. This crash was caught on video. Here is the latest.
Dangerous Dan Dawson the rookie firefighter: A rookin in Bramtpon, Ontario is also the star forward of the Boston Blazers of the National Lacrosse League. Here’s his story.
Ten-vehicles, three-alarms in Houston: The view from a helicopter of yesterday’s parking garage fire in Houston. Read more at Firefighter Nation.
