Firefighters battle Miami apartment blaze after finding person with gunshot wound inside
Miami firefighters were battling a blaze at an apartment building where a gunshot victim was found Monday morning, fire officials said. According to the Miami Fire Department, the three-alarm blaze broke out at the Temple Court Apartments in downtown Miami and began in a common area on the roof, quickly spreading before multiple firefighters battled […]
California firefighters battling Corral Fire now face triple-digit heat
TRACY, Calif. – California firefighters will be braving frigid conditions this week as they continue to work to contain the Corral Fire outside Tracy, which grew to more than 14,000 acres over the weekend. According to officials with the Santa Clara Division of Cal Fire (SCU), the Corral Fire began Saturday afternoon near the Lawrence […]
Firefighters make progress against California’s largest wildfire of the year
California’s largest wildfire so far this year was widely engulfed Monday after charring swathes of hilly grassland between San Francisco Bay and the Central Valley. The Corral Fire, which burned more than 22 square miles over the weekend, is 75% contained, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. One home was destroyed […]
FDNY teams up with experts to offer free skin cancer screenings for firefighters
New York’s Bravest are engaged in one of their most personal battles yet. The FDNY will be teaming up with the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) and the Firefighter Cancer Support Network on Saturday to offer free skin cancer screenings to smoke-eating firefighters at the Randall’s Island Fire Academy. Firefighters face the harsh reality that […]
FDNY firefighters who nearly died responding to NYC house fire released from hospital
An FDNY firefighter who nearly died fighting a house fire in the Bronx was released from the hospital Sunday to thunderous applause from first responders. Kevin Paulicelli, a father of two, was discharged from Jacobi Medical Center on his own, just two days after he went into respiratory arrest and was rushed to a Bronx […]
Video Shows Firefighters Rescuing Woman Who Crashed Into Pond
Body camera footage shows firefighters in Orange County, Florida, rescuing a woman whose car crashed into a pond next to the fire station on April 10. The Orange County Fire and Rescue Department (OCFR) announced on Facebook that a vehicle was seen running off the road at Station 42 and into a reservoir near the […]
‘Save Us Please’: FDNY Firefighters Tell Trump They Need Him To Win Election During Pizza Stop After Leaving Court
A New York City Fire Department (FDNY) employee was seen telling former President Donald Trump during a pizza stop after leaving the courthouse on Thursday that he needed to win the election, a video reported. Video footage posted on Twitter Thursday afternoon shows the former president and 2024 Republican presidential candidate speaking after spending a […]
Trump delivers pizza to New York City firefighters in campaign stop after day in court
NEW YORK CITY — Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit a midtown Manhattan fire station Thursday night to honor first responders following a hours-long courtroom session in an unprecedented criminal trial. The former president and potential 2024 Republican presidential candidate visited the same New York City fire station in 2021 to commemorate the […]
Burning question: California’s fire risk is so high its firefighters can’t insure their stations
California’s firefighters have already put out more than 290 wildfires in 2024, but some are facing difficulties in insuring their home bases amid the state’s risky fire profile. Those problems came to the forefront Thursday when Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) administration defended an $11 million request from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection […]
Calif. city to pay $800K to family of man who died after firefighters wouldn’t enter his care center because of COVID rules
A California city has settled a wrongful death lawsuit filed by a woman who lost her father shortly after firefighters refused entry to her care center over alleged coronavirus precautions. On the evening of November 17, 2021, 911 dispatchers received a call from a nurse saying: unresponsive patient Rialto Post Acute Care Center is a […]