Eight Paterson firefighters were injured when a pair of fire trucks collided Saturday evening while responding to a call, officials said.

Around 5:30 p.m., authorities were responding to a fire at a Targets Closeout store at 141 Main St., which was brought under control without injuries.

But as two fire trucks were en route to the fire, they collided at the intersection of Broadway and Straight Street, sending one vehicle careening into a tree and the other into the Golden Mango supermarket at 200 Broadway. Eight firefighters were seriously injured in the crash, said Jerry Speziale, the city’s public safety director of police and fire, who was on the scene Saturday evening.

All firefighters were rushed to St. Joseph’s medical center in Paterson. The three most seriously injured were in stable condition with “non-life-threatening” injuries, Paterson Fire Chief Brian McDermott told NorthJersey.com. No one was injured in the supermarket, Speziale said.

Paterson Mayor Andrew Sayegh told News 12 New Jersey that three of the firefighters were in critical condition.

“Paterson’s firefighters are the bravest and most talented group of individuals,” Speziale said. “We’re all praying for them. They do this everyday for the residents of Paterson.”

In September, firefighters with the Bozeman Fire Department officially transitioned into a new station at the corner of Rouse and Oak streets, BozemanDailyChronicle.com reported.

It was a bittersweet move that was long anticipated by members of the department. The previous location was iconic and centrally located, but dated and potentially dangerous, the report said. The old station carried decades of residual memories of firefighters who served Bozeman, but also carried decades of residual carcinogens, according to the report.

In the kitchen, a giant table bore the signatures of firefighters who served in Bozeman since the 1990s. On the walls of the kitchen and bedrooms, the outline of the wood framing the walls was visible through the drywall as dark, vertical lines, a constant reminder of the smoke and diesel exhaust saturating the bones of the building, the report said.

A fire reported in a hangar at Felts Field Spokane Airport prompted a heavy response from Spokane Fire Department (SFD) and Spokane Valley Fire Department (SVFD), just after 6 p.m. Saturday, KHQ.com reported. 

The details and cause of the fire are unknown at this time, the report said.

While responding to the fire, a major accident on Trent and Fancher was reported, involving multiple vehicles, including a fire engine, the report said. 

The extent of injuries and number of vehicles involved is not known at this time, according to the report. 

Jana DeCamilla

The Post-Star, Glens Falls, N.Y.

(MCT)

Sep. 9—Several area memorial ceremonies are scheduled on Sunday to remember the victims of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

Glens Falls

The Glens Falls Fire Department will remember the lives lost in a remembrance ceremony at the fire station at 134 Ridge St. at 9 a.m.

The Glens Falls Fire Department chaplain will open with a nondenominational prayer and remarks. Glens Falls Councilman at-Large Jim Clark will also speak. Kenny T. Fuller and D.C. Steve will perform a couple of songs honoring the lives lost and Glens Falls firefighters will hold an official honor guard.

The ceremony includes guest speaker Jack Tims, a retired member of the FDNY who now teaches EMS courses in Warren County and volunteers as a firefighter with Bay Ridge Volunteer Fire Company.

Tims began his EMS career in 1987, when he joined a volunteer fire department in Suffolk County and subsequently was hired by New York City EMS, prior to the FDNY/NYC EMS merger, as an emergency medical technician.

He became a paramedic in 1991 and worked at NYC EMS Station 34 in East New York, Brooklyn.

He spent many years with the FDNY EMS Academy as an instructor and as a paramedic at FDNY EMS Station 46 in Elmhurst, Queens. In 2008, he was promoted to the rank of FDNY EMS lieutenant. He was assigned to the FDNY EMS Academy and then to the FDNY EMS HazTac Battalion on Randall’s Island.

He retired from FDNY EMS in 2017 and then moved to the town of Queensbury with his family.

The ceremony, held at the 9/11 memorial outside the firehouse, will conclude with the last alarm bell ringing ceremony performed by a member of the Glens Falls Fire Department. It is the 5-5-5-5 last alarm to honor the 343 firefighters killed on Sept. 11, 2001 and the over 200 who have died since then from 9/11-related illnesses and cancer.

Hudson Falls

The Hudson Falls American Legion at 72 Pearl St. has a ceremony planned for noon Sunday, which follows a breakfast from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.

The breakfast is $9 per person or $30 for a family of four. The menu includes sausage gravy with biscuits, scrambled eggs, home fries, pancakes, bacon, sausage and French toast. The event is open to the public with tickets available at the door.

Saratoga Springs

The city of Saratoga Springs will hold a ceremony on Sunday in the High Rock Park at 112 High Rock Ave. at 8:30 a.m.

Jana DeCamilla is a staff writer who covers Moreau, Queensbury, and Lake George. She can be reached at 518-742-3272 or jdecamilla@poststar.com.

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The Seven Bays Fire was 65% contained by Saturday morning, according to the Department of Natural Resources. The fire had burned approximately 1,232 acres northwest of Davenport. No evacuations or road closures were in place, and 151 firefighters were assigned to the fire. The Seven Bays Fire was estimated to have burned 1,000 acres as of Wednesday morning, according to an update from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
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