After 453 long days, Engine 481 is officially back in service and ready to serve the Kingsville community, the Kingsville (MD) Volunteer Fire Company said in a Facebook post Wednesday, Aug. 6.
“Today marks a huge milestone as E481 officially returns to service and once again serves the Kingsville community,” the post said.
Here is the rest of the post:
On May 10, 2024, E481, Squad 483, and Medic 485 responded to I-95 South at Mile Marker 68 for a reported medical emergency. Shortly after arriving on scene, both the engine and squad were struck by a vehicle, sustaining significant damage. The impact also resulted in two patients trapped in the striking vehicle.
Kingsville Engine 481 returned to service Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, 15 months after getting hit at an accident scene. (Source: Kingsville VFC)
Without hesitation, Kingsville members immediately began extrication efforts, working alongside surrounding companies to safely remove both patients. Eight of our own were transported to Shock Trauma with minor injuries. Thankfully, all have since recovered and are doing well.
We are extremely grateful that no lives were lost and that our apparatus did what it was built to do—protect those inside. While we were disappointed to lose two frontline units that night, we never lost sight of what matters most: everyone went home.
We’d like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Patriot Fire for the outstanding repair work and to the Baltimore County Fire Department for providing us with a reserve engine during this long process.
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Posted: Aug 7, 2025
The Columbia-Richland (SC) Fire Department is having a rough few weeks as it was reported Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, that another fire truck was in a collision, wltx.com reported. It is the third wreck in 24 days for the department’s fire apparatus.
The most recent accident happened Tuesday, Aug. 5, at the intersection of Garners Ferry Road and Atlas Road, when a Columbia fire truck, responding to a call, collided with a tractor trailer, the report said.
No one was injured in the crash, according to the report. There was no mention of how much damage the fire truck or the tractor trailer received.
On July 17, a crash between a Columbia-Richland fire truck resulted in the two occupants of the other vehicle being sent to a nearby hospital by EMS. They were sent “just as a precaution to be checked out,” the Columbia-Richland Fire Department said. No one in the fire truck was injured. The rig was not responding to a call at the time of the wreck.
Another collision involving a Columbia-Richland apparatus occurred July 12. In that wreck Columbia resident Carolyn V. Collins was killed when a fire truck collided with her sedan traveling north on Two Notch Road. The fire truck was responding to a call.
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Posted: Aug 7, 2025
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On July 28, 2025, at approximately 6:30 p.m., Ontario (Canada) Provincial Police – North East Region responded to a single vehicle collision involving a fire truck on Goreville Road in Laurier Township, the police department said in a Facebook post.
As a result, a 52-year-old person from South River was charged with careless driving and driving the fire truck without an airbrake endorsement.
The driver was also issued a three-day suspension after registering a blood alcohol level in the warning range, according to a pentictonherald.ca report.
There were no injuries and the vehicle was removed.
Police did not identify the fire department the truck belonged to.
There were no injuries, according to police, and the fire truck was removed. (Source: Ontario Provincial Police – North East Region)
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A fire damaged the upstairs living quarters of the Poughkeepsie Fire Department’s Hooker Avenue firehouse Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, midhudsonnews.com reported. The firehouse has been a part of the South Side neighborhood since 1926, the report said.
Deputy Chief Vincent Parise of the Poughkeepsie (NY) Fire Department issued the following press release:
At 7:06 p.m. Tuesday, the Poughkeepsie Fire Department was dispatched to 224 Hooker Avenue for the report of smoke coming from the second story window. All department apparatus had just cleared from a previous alarm and responded immediately.
The first arriving engine found heavy smoke coming from multiple windows on the second floor of the Hooker Avenue firehouse. Crews aggressively made their way to the second floor to conduct fire suppression operations. They were met with heavy fire in the rear of the second floor. The fire was quickly extinguished, and salvage operations were started.
The fire caused extensive damage to the second floor area of the firehouse. Currently, the Hooker Avenue firehouse is uninhabitable. This is a difficult time for all of us within city administration and the Poughkeepsie Fire Department.
We appreciate all the outreach we have received so far. Although this is a setback, this will not affect the department’s emergency service we provided to the residents of Poughkeepsie, no reduction of manpower or apparatus will be affected while we rebuild our historic firehouse.
The fire is currently under investigation and does not appear to be suspicious in nature. There were no injuries to fire personnel.
The first arriving engine found heavy smoke coming from multiple windows on the second floor of the Hooker Avenue firehouse. (Source: City of Poughkeepsie Fire Department NY Local 596)
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