Posted: Nov 21, 2016
A firefighter has died after attempting to save several people who fell from a collapsed ramp into the Savannah River on Saturday.
The incident happened off of River Street where, WSAV reports, a ramp collapsed into the water.
As many as 55 people were involved and 30 injuries reported. Of those 13 were hospitalized.
- PUB DATE: 11/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIA-TV NBC 11 Atlanta
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Posted: Nov 21, 2016
An air-ambulance plane taking a heart-disease patient to a Utah hospital crashed in a parking lot in northern Nevada, killing all four people aboard and sending up explosions and flames.
Three crew members and a patient were killed in the Friday night crash in Elko, American Medflight said Saturday in a statement.
- PUB DATE: 11/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News
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Posted: Nov 21, 2016
Firefighters in a firetruck pick up a drunken, off-duty fellow fireman who was walking from Columbia’s St. Pat’s Festival. They ferry him to a nearby fire station that has a frat house reputation, where he causes trouble.
A fire captain gooses a young firefighter and dismisses it as typical horseplay.
- PUB DATE: 11/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The State
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Posted: Nov 21, 2016
Officials in West Texas are investigating whether procedures were followed after a 3-year-old girl was found in the back of a smashed vehicle hours after she was injured in a car accident.
A tow truck driver found the girl Monday while taking the vehicle to a wrecking yard after the accident in Odessa, KOSA-TV (CBS 7) reported.
- PUB DATE: 11/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Dallas Morning News
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Posted: Nov 21, 2016
The newly-minted class of FDNY probationary firefighters includes an unprecedented nine rookie Bravest with felony convictions, including one who did jail time for gun possession, insiders told The Post.
The nine ex-felons, all minorities, were among 295 probies who graduated from the Fire Academy on Nov.
- PUB DATE: 11/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post
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