Nightclub Fire in Santa Maria, Brazil, kills at least 230
Photo credit: Germano Roratto/AFP/Getty Images
A fire at a nightclub in Brazil has killed at least 230 people in an incident that harkens to the Station fire in Rhode Island back in 2003, which also similarly killed 100 people after fire broke out at a popular club. There appears to have only been one exit to [...]
Happy Holidays from us
We extend our condolences to Michael J. Chiapperini and Tomasz Kaczowka, who were killed yesterday as they responded to a blaze in Webster, NY. Please stay safe as you continue responding to calls, helping others in need, and often putting your lives at risk. Please listen to this Christmas eve broadcast from Orange County, CA, [...]
20 years ago: Windsor Castle Fire
Photo by Thierry Saliou, AFP/Getty Images
20 years ago today, at 11:33am on November 20, 1992, a massive fire swept through Queen Elizabeth’s weekend home, Windsor Castle. The cause was determined to be a spotlight burning through a curtain on the first floor chapel of the northeast wing. After the alarm was called, castle workers formed [...]
Photo of the Day: Empathy
Firefighter-EMT.com differentiates itself from other firefighter websites by 1) highlighting fire and emergency medical news from around the world and 2) examining common concepts and ideas that are useful for any emergency medical and firefighting community. Today’s photo of the day, taken by the Department of Photography highlights the role that firefighters play in being [...]
Earthquake in Italy kills 7, injures 50
Photo by DANILO BALDUCCI / SINTESI / SIPA
Rescue workers carry a body from the rubbles of a building in the town center. The death toll from a devastating earthquake in central Italy rose to at least 260 on Wednesday and aftershocks hampered the race to dig possible survivors out of the debris.
Dramatic highway extrication saves 3
In a dramatic rescue operation on stretch of Highway 101 near Buellton, California, a mother and her two daughters were successfully extricated from their BMW when it was struck from behind by a truck and ended up dangling high over Nojoqui Creek on Highway 101. A team of Navy Seabees happened to be passing by [...]
Top fire and EMS photos of 2011
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head January 8 when an assailant opened fire outside a grocery store during a meeting with constituents, killing six people and wounding 13 others. In the above still captured from TV, she is wheeled to awaiting ambulances.
Digging out survivors: Rescue workers sift through the debris of [...]
Merry Christmas and stay safe
Photo by micu_paramedic. Selected with permission from the Firefighter-EMT.com photo contributor group.
As the holiday and the end of the year draws close, we at Firefighter-EMT.com want to thank you for your continued readership and want to wish you all a safe, warm Christmas and New Years with family and friends, wherever in the world you [...]
10 years on
Firefighter-EMT.com salutes the firefighters, the EMTs, the first responders, and all those who laid their lives down 10 years ago in an effort to save others lives.
Photo of the Day, September 7, 2011
Hundreds of families have been left homeless after a wind-fueled wildfire swept through Central Texas. More than 1,000 homes were destroyed, and 5,000 residents evacuated, as the flames spread yesterday to cover more than 25,000 acres. Firefighters were last night hoping for a drop in the winds, the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee, so they [...]
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