Firefighter struck by car after responding to accident on Interstate 5
In critical but stable condition at Harborview Medical Center
Jasper County, Texas firefighter killed in car accident
DALLAS -- A Texas firefighter was killed in a car accident Sunday.
Angelina River Volunteer Firefighter Anthony Quinten Meyers, 38, was working a Jasper County wildfire when the ATV he was riding in was st...
54 Boston firefighters suspended in wake of EMT training scam
The Boston Fire Department suspended 54 firefighters on Thursday who were part of a state-wide scheme involving more than 200 Emergency Medical Technicians who faked medical training certifications last year, a...
Dallas firefighter, 35, dies on duty
DALLAS -- A 35-year-old city firefighter died Thursday morning after he was found unresponsive in the station.
Chris Pham, 35, was found in his bunk during the shift change at Fire Station 49. Fellow firefig...
Texas judge refuses to grant firefighter death benefits to transgendered widow
A Wharton county, Texas, Judge recently ruled that a transgender widow's marriage to a Wharton Firefighter was not legal at the time of the firefighter's death, leaving the widow ineligible to receive her husba...
LifeLine Ambulance executives indicted
A Suffolk County Grand Jury recently indicted a Cambridge man and four executives of LifeLine Ambulance in Woburn for their alleged involvement with falsifying EMT training records as part of a well-publicized ...
Connecticut firefighter dies on duty
A Windsor, Conn. firefighter died in the line of duty after collapsing during a fire on Monday.
Robert Watts, 50, a Marine Corps veteran and volunteer firefighter in the town of 30,000, was charging a fire h...
Texas firefighter severely burned in wildfire
A northern Texas firefighter was critically burned fighting a wildland fire last weekend, according to FirefighterCloseCalls.com, which reports on firefighter fatalities and injuries.
Elias Jacquez, a member...
New Hampshire firefighter dies in training
A Sandown, N.H. firefighter died during a training exercise Sunday morning.
Harold Frey, 46, of Sandown, was finishing an ice rescue training class on the Exeter River just before noon when he collapsed, suf...
Maine volunteer firefighter killed responding to call Monday night
A volunteer firefighter from the Shapleigh, Maine department died last night in a single vehicle accident while responding to a call.
David Remington, 58, of Acton, was responding to a rescue call when he lo...
Fire Marshal: Help dig out the hydrants too!
As New England emerges from the Blizzard of 2010, fire officials would like to remind residents that every moment counts in a fire. So, while you're digging out your car, your mailbox, your stoop, and sidewalk,...
Doctor Senator Tom Coburn to block the 9/11 health-care bill
Oklahoma Republican Senator Tom Coburn will block a bill that would cover the health-care costs for Ground Zero workers, preventing a vote before the Christmas holiday, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Cobu...
3-alarm fire strikes house in Uxbridge
Firefighters from around the region battled a 3-alarm fire at the home of one of their own last night in the Worcester County town of Uxbridge.
The fire broke out at 7:19 p.m. at the duplex at 12a Hazel St.,...
Young Israeli firefighter dies in wildfire
A 16-year-old volunteer Israeli firefighter died in the Carmel forest fire in Israel, a wildfire that is ravaging the landscape.
Elad Riven, of Haifa, was killed Thursday. He was a volunteer with a scout gro...
33-year-old Rehoboth firefighter dies of heart attack while responding to emergency
Southeastern Massachusetts is in mourning after the death of a third generation firefighter, who suffered a heart attack while responding to a fire call.
Firefighter Kenneth Marshall Jr., just 33 years o...
Mexican national charged in crash that killed S.C. firefighter
A woman responsible for a traffic crash that killed a South Carolina firefighter faces several charges.
Neida Ortega, 34, was allegedly speeding and only had a Mexican driver's license when she crashed a van...
Suspect arraigned for stealing helmet off a Boston firetruck
Nicholas Duncan, 23, of Jamaica Plain was arraigned today in West Roxbury District Court, charged with stealing a fireman's helmet out of a firetruck as its crew was working at a medical call on Huntington Aven...
Connecticut firefighter dies after shift
NEW HAVEN -- A Waterbury, Conn. firefighter has died after suffering a massive heart attack hours after his shift ended Tuesday.
Lieutenant Bruce Bachinsky, of Waterbury's Engine 8, fell ill a few hours afte...
Ghent firefighter killed responding to call
A Ghent, N.Y. firefighter died while responding to an emergency call on Tuesday, according to FireFighterCloseCalls.com.
Captain William Akin, 52, a member of the Ghent Volunteer Fire Company was responding ...
Fire truck gets stuck in a trench
SAN DIEGO -- A San Diego Fire-Rescue Department ladder truck got stuck in a roadway trench while returning from a medical call Monday night, according to FireFighterCloseCalls.com.
KFMB-TV reported the t...
