Sept. 18, 2010 Leave a Comment
An Orange County Fire Authority firefighter died Thursday during a training operation. James M. Owen, 56, was on a break from rescue drills at the OCFA Headquarters in Irvine when he collapsed and went into cardiac arrest, according to the U.S. Fire Administration, which reports on firefighter deaths. “Firefighter/Paramedic Owen was participating in multi-company training [...]
July 24, 2010 Leave a Comment
Two Bridgeport, Conn. firefighters have died fighting a massive house fire, according to a source briefed on the incident. According to WTNH-TV, the city mayor’s office confirmed that the firefighters died battling a fire which broke out around 3:30 p.m. on Elmwood Avenue. The firefighters’ names are Lieutenant Steven Velazquez and Michael Baik. Both leave [...]
March 3, 2010 Leave a Comment
A German fire officer, who was paralyzed in a November 2008 silo fire, took his own life. Fire Officer Peter Jung, 42, formally of the Worms Fire Brigade for the German city of Worms, who had been the incident commander at the fire in the Rheind¼rkheimer silos, has died. The fire broke out in a [...]
June 10, 2009 Leave a Comment
Blast’s wannabe firefighter tries his hand at the only fire title out there in video game land.
Jan. 9, 2009 Leave a Comment
A Boston firefighter was killed and others, including three other firefighters were injured Friday afternoon when a fire department ladder truck crashed into an apartment building on Huntington Avenue. Three children are also being treated at Children’s Hospital Boston, according to Boston’s Channel 7. According to The Boston Globe, the truck may have lost its [...]
