Firefighter Close Calls

QUEENS, New York (WABC) — Six firefighters were injured, including one seriously, while fighting a blaze in Queens on Thursday. FDNY officials say the fire broke out around 6:45 p.m. in a vacant, two-story rectory, then spread to a vacant church next door. Both are over 100 years old. Officials say 84 units and 270 fire […]

Marion County Public Health Department issued order on April 23 Photo by: Decatur Township Fire Department Facebook page Decatur Township Fire Department By: Kara Kenney Posted 56 minutes ago INDIANAPOLIS — The Marion County Public Health Department has issued a notice of violation to the Decatur Township trustee after inspectors found mold inside the fire department. WRTV […]

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (WCIV) — A firefighter sustained non-life-threatening injuries when an explosion occurred while crews were combating a house fire in Moncks Corner Monday evening, according to a Berkeley County official. The Berkeley County Emergency Management official said the initial call for the fire came in just before 4 p.m., when the fire was […]

DYERSBURG, Tenn. — A firefighter was injured after battling an apartment fire Wednesday in Dyersburg, the fire department said. The Dyersburg Fire Department (DFD) said it got a call in the afternoon about a fire at an apartment complex on Wilson Circle. Once there, firefighters “promptly” worked to get the fire under control, DFD said. […]

Human factors are widely thought to contribute to a large proportion of adverse incidents that result in injuries and fatalities during fireground operations, firefighter training, and other firefighter work. However, there are challenges to accurately assessing and conveying human factors relevant to adverse incidents within the fire service. Since 2023, the NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality […]

The U.S. volunteer fire service has lost nearly a quarter of its members since 2008, while call volume over that period has exploded. On the heels of a major new study on the topic, two fire service vets discuss the trend and what needs to be done to help departments adjust to a new normal. […]

Researchers at the University of Arizona Comprehensive Cancer Center are conducting a clinical research trial with the Tucson Fire Department to evaluate whether an over-the-counter dietary supplement made from broccoli seed and sprout extracts can help the body detoxify and eliminate harmful chemical exposures that firefighters may encounter during their work. The clinical trial is […]

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – A firefighter was injured and taken to a local hospital after battling flames in Jackson. According to the Jackson Fire Department, officials responded to a vacant apartment fire around 3:50 a.m. on Tuesday on Alta Woods Boulevard. After the fire was extinguished, it was determined that the structure had no active […]

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (WCBD) – A firefighter was injured Monday afternoon while crews worked to put out a house fire in a Moncks Corner neighborhood, according to Pimlico Fire Chief Kevin Carter. Carter said firefighters were dispatched shortly before 4 p.m. for a reported structure fire. When the first units arrived, they found “working fire […]

LEWISBORO – Two Lewisboro Police officers were burned, one seriously, while rescuing people from a Cross River house fire last week. Two people perished in that fire. Lewisboro Police reported on Sunday that the officers, whose names were not made public, entered the 100-year-old wood frame home after receiving a report that two people were […]

A massive blaze ripped through multiple New Jersey buildings Friday night, injuring six firefighters and leaving dozens of residents displaced, according to reports. The flames erupted around 10:30 p.m. inside a commercial building on Jefferson Street in Newark’s Ironbound neighborhood before rapidly spreading to four neighboring structures, including at least three multifamily homes, CBS New York and PIX11 […]

On Saturday, April 18, 2026, at approximately 5:45 p.m., firefighters from St. Leonard, Prince Frederick, Solomons, Huntingtown and Bay District were dispatched to the 300 block of Planters Wharf Road in Lusby, for the reported house on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single story residence with smoke showing form the attic. […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – Firefighters with the Columbia-Richland Fire Department (CRFD) extinguished a two-alarm fire that damaged six homes on Thursday afternoon. According to the department, 2nd Shift crews responded to the property in The Falls subdivision around 1:40 p.m. Fire Chief Aubrey Jenkins said there were six houses damaged in the fire. The main […]

An Edison firefighter had to call a Mayday and was rescued after falling through a roof while battling a fire at a two-story apartment complex on Judson Street Tuesday morning. Crews were dispatched around 10:20 a.m. Upon arrival, firefighters encountered a working fire and quickly initiated suppression efforts. As conditions escalated, a second alarm was […]

Four people, including two firefighters, were injured when a house in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood went up in flames early Thursday morning. The fire broke out just after 12:30 a.m. along Ligonier Street and quickly escalated to three alarms, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesperson Cara Cruz. “Pretty hard to see which house was actually was […]

HENDERSON, Nev. — A man who claims that his severed finger was mishandled after police and firefighters were called to his home in 2024 has sued the city of Henderson. Kyle Adams, according to a lawsuit filed in Clark County District Court on April 7, alleges that Henderson Fire Department personnel failed to properly identify, […]

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the city of Riviera Beach, alleging that critical mistakes made by firefighters during a canal rescue led to the death of Heath Thomas. The lawsuit, filed this afternoon by Thomas’ widow, Gia Thomas, claims that her husband was still alive in a vehicle […]

CHELMSFORD, Mass. — The union for Chelmsford firefighters provided a positive update on the recovery of firefighter Nick Spinale after he suffered serious injuries from a fall at the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy in Stow last week. Chelmsford Firefighters IAFF Local 1839 President Rob Albon said in a letter Monday that Spinale remains in the intensive […]

F2026-01 KS: Four Career Firefighters Injured from a Floor Collapse in an Abandoned Residential Structure Fire – Kansas Report: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/firefighters/programs/pdfs/f202601.pdf Slides: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/firefighters/programs/pdfs/f202601RS.pdf The report was published exactly 100 days since the fire department submitted a request for a NIOSH investigation. FFFIPP continues to accept requests for serious injury and line-of-duty death investigations through the NIOSH website. Firefighters and other interested parties can […]

GOLDSBORO, NC — Eleven people were displaced and two firefighters were injured following a structure fire Saturday night in Goldsboro. According to the Goldsboro Fire Department, crews responded to a call at 7:56 p.m. on April 11 at 1411 Herring Street. The incident was initially dispatched as an outside fire, but when the first unit arrived, […]