LODD – South Carolina
Collapsed at the Pump Panel DAVID CRENSHAW, A LONG-TIME VOLUNTEER firefighter and former fire chief died suddenly Monday morning at the scene of an auto wreck in Anderson County, South Carolina. Crenshaw had driven a Pendleton Fire Department engine to the crash scene at 6:30 am Eastern and was found collapsed at the pump panel, apparently unwitnessed
Deep Tan Does In Half-Dozen Shops
All Because of One Light Bulb A STRIP MALL IN KITSAP COUNTY, WASHINGTON, lost six businesses to a fire Sunday afternoon. The 3-alarm blaze in Silverdale started in a Tanning Salon and has been tentatively traced back to a bulb in one of the tanning beds. KING-TV The alarm was dispatched at 2:15 pm Pacific and the first units found a working fire in the shopping center that had already, or soon after, spread into the common attic of the unsprinklered building.
Join the Hero Rush
A Participatory Event for Firefighters AND Spectators THE NEW EVENT HERO RUSH is making its official debut this year.
2 FF’s Injured in Fatal High-Rise Fire in Chicago
Fire Confined to 12th Floor ONE PERSON WAS KILLED AND NINE OTHERS injured, including two firefighters, in a Chicago high-rise fire.
HGTV Returns to the Rose Parade This Year
The Only Way to Watch the Tournament of Roses Parade CABLE TELECASTER HGTV WILL BE BROADCASTING the Tournament of Roses Parade from Pasadena, California, again this year. Regular Firegeezer readers know that the HGTV broadcast has NO commercials or incessant chatter about upcoming shows in the future. Their expert commentators talk about the parade instead of themselves and you are able to see every float, every marching band, and every equestrian unit in the parade
Ambulance Fire in Carolina
Heavy Damages A WAKE COUNTY EMS AMBULANCE caught fire inside the ambulance station in Raleigh, North Carolina, Thursday afternoon. The unit had just returned from a call and been parked in the bay for a few minutes before the fire broke out in the engine comparment. The 1-yr.-old ambulance was destroyed and the dedicated EMS station was heavily damaged when the fire extended into the ceiling.
Updated: LODD – B.C., Canada
Small Farming Community Updated: Photo and additional information posted. A POST-FIRE EXPLOSION RIPPED THROUGH an industrial building in Enderby, British Columbia, Thursday morning killing a volunteer firefighter and injuring another one. The victim has been identified by the B.C.
40-Vehicle Pileup Kills 2 in New Orleans
Heavy Fog Conditions May Have Been a Factor A PRE-DAWN PILEUP ON I-10 ENTERING New Orleans, Lousiana, Thursday left 2 people dead and about 59 others injured. WVUE-TV image The vehicles included cars and trucks of all sizes that were left in a tangled mess along the westbound lanes at 4:30 am. There are reports that there were heavy fog conditions in that area at the time
Embezzling Brothers Sentenced
Pleaded Guilty Last Month RICHARD AND RANDALL CARR, BROTHERS AND FORMER paid-on-call firefighters in Mahoning County, Ohio, were sentenced yesterday for stealing money from the Beaver Township Fire Department after pleading guilty to felony theft last month (See Firegeezer video report HERE ). Following an audit, it was found that they had been backdating time sheets to indicate that they had been responding to incidents, yet never showing up at the scene
Tanker Fire Closes California Freeway
Why Do So Many of Them Burn Underneath Bridges? A TANDEM-TRAILER TANKER CAUGHT FIRE on a California freeway in Montebello shortly after noon Wednesday and came to a stop just under a highway overpass.