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MO Firefighter Killed in Apparatus Crash While Responding to Grass Fire
3+ week, 4+ day ago (116+ words) A Missouri firefighter, 27, died in the line of duty Friday after an apparatus crash. Butler County Fire District Shift Commander Jackson Warren was killed in a single-vehicle rollover crash that occurred around 4 p.m. on Highway W while crews were responding to…...
D.C. Battalion Chief Dies Following Medical Emergency During Stress Test
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (140+ words) D.C. Battalion Chief Dies Following Medical Emergency During Stress Test'Firefighter Nation District of Columbia Fire and EMS Battalion Fire Chief Keith T. Long, 58, died Feb. 4, 2026, after suffering a medical emergency while completing an annual stress test, according to the U.S. Fire Administration. The…...
IL Begins Tracking Causes of All Firefighter Deaths
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (97+ words) Illinois will soon begin collecting more detailed data on firefighter deaths under a new law.. The measure, requested by the Associated Firefighters of Illinois, requires the State Fire Marshal's Office to track and record the manner of death for firefighters,…...
FDNY Bids Farewell to Fire Commissioner Robert Tucker with Brooklyn Send-Off
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (422+ words) The'FDNY'bid farewell to Fire Commissioner'Robert Tucker'with a walkout ceremony at the department's Downtown Brooklyn HQ on Friday. Firefighters lining the entrance to the department's Metrotech Center headquarters near'Tech Place'saluted as their erstwhile commander passed an'FDNY'color guard and boarded a fire…...
FDNY Union Throws Support Behind Family of Retired Lieutenant Shot to Death by NYPD Cops at Brooklyn Hospital
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (315+ words) Roni Jacobson, Thomas Tracy " New York Daily News Lynch, 62, checked himself into New York-Presbyterian Hospital Brooklyn Methodist on'Jan. 7'after becoming concerned about mounting pressure in his head and other symptoms, fearing he was having a stroke, his wife'told the'Daily News....
WA Fire Department Procession Honors Firefighter Jeremiah Frenz, Who Died Tuesday
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (210+ words) Jan. 17The City of Vancouver Fire Department honored firefighter paramedic'Jeremiah Frenz, who died earlier this week, with a procession Friday through the city to a funeral home in'Camas. Frenz, 32, died Tuesday while off duty. No cause of death has been released....
NYC Breaks Ground on New Field House Named in Honor of FDNY Hero
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (416+ words) STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.New York Cityofficials broke ground Thursday on a new athletic field house atTottenville High School, named in honor of the school's former football coach and FDNY CaptainJohn Drennan, who was killed in the line of duty in 1994. According…...
Ex-CT Firefighter Used Department Gas Card to Repeatedly Fill Up His Own Car, Warrant Says
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (462+ words) Nov. 10REDDING A former'West Redding'volunteer firefighter was arrested last month after police say he confessed to stealing a department gas card and using it to fuel his personal vehicle. Matt A. Rees, 45, of'Norwalk, was charged with second-degree larceny last month following a…...
FDNY Firefighter Dies Battling Brooklyn Apartment Fire
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (181+ words) FDNY firefighter Patrick Brady, 42, died Saturday night while battling an all-hands apartment fire in Brooklyn, city officials confirmed. Brady, an 11-year veteran of the department, went into cardiac arrest while working on the roof of a six-story apartment building on…...
NJ Man Charged With Arson After Livestreaming Apartment Fire on Facebook
6+ mon, 2+ day ago (375+ words) Theresa Braine " New York Daily News A'New Jersey'man has been charged with arson after'setting his apartment building on fire and streaming it live'on his Facebook page, authorities in'Bergen County'said Wednesday. Alexander Pluchino, 42, was charged'Tuesday with aggravated arson, arson, risk of…...