Firefighter-EMT onboard with shipments to Chile
Firefighter-EMT is coordinating a shipment of firefighting equipment to Chile in light of the earthquake that happened on February 27, 2010.
Currently the Swarthmore Fire and Protective Association in Swarthmore, PA, as well as the Garden City Fire Department, will be donating used firefighting equipment including jackets, bunker gear, helmets, gloves, hoods and boots in an [...]
Chile earthquake rescue photos
UPDATE: Dear friends,
Donation of firefighting equipment and tools is a GO! We are coordinating with Charles Spencer of Spencer Global in Temuco, Chile, to assess areas of Chile that are in most need of firefighting equipment. If you know of anyone who is willing or can donate, please give me a call at 508-293-1123. I [...]
Metro train derails again in DC
Firefighters on the scene of a subway car derailment on Washington DC’s Metro system at the Farragut North Station. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Metro says a six-car red line train has derailed near the Farragut North station in downtown Washington and three minor injuries have been reported.
Spokeswoman Cathy Asato says only the front wheels of [...]
Medevac flights from Haiti resumed
The U.S. military says it has resumed the airlifts that brought hundreds of Haitian earthquake victims to hospitals in the United States, ending a four-day suspension. In a statement, White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said, “Patients are being identified for transfer, doctors are making sure that it is safe for them to fly, and we [...]
Photo of the Day, January 17, 2010
A house on Richhill Street in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, is engulfed in flames early Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. A coroner has confirmed that two children died in the house fire, though a woman escaped as did two other children who jumped off a roof into the arms of a police officer. (AP Photo/Observer-Reporter,Bob Niedbala) #
Photo of the Day, November 20, 2009
The 4th floor flat burned in District IX, Budapest, Hungary. Photo by Firefighter-EMT contributor András Hosznyák.
Photo of the Day, November 13, 2009
An ambulance rushes to the scene of a suicide car bomb attack on Pakistan’s main intelligence agency in the city of Peshawar, where officials say at least 12 people have been killed and 40 injured.
Five Killed in Building Collapse - Rescue Continues
At least five people were killed and two injured when a building collapsed early Monday in the capital of the Spanish holiday island of Majorca, police said.
Another four people may still be in the rubble of the building, which collapsed at around 12:30 am in the city of Palma, a police spokeswoman on the holiday [...]
It is never too late to remember
Honoring the heroes of September 11, 2001.
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2 Buffalo firefighters die in floor collapse
Two firefighters — one searching for a person reported to be trapped and the other responding to a mayday call — plunged through the collapsed first floor of a burning convenience store and died early Monday.
Rescue crews tried repeatedly to get to the two fallen firefighters, but were beaten back by fire and further collapses [...]
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