On Sunday November 30, Ladder 13, with the Philadelphia (PA) Fire Department, was involved in an accident while en route to a reported fire. The tractor-drawn aerial hit several parked vehicles before coming to a stop. Ladder 13 radioed a MAYDAY for the location and requested EMS to respond. The five firefighters on the rig suffered injuries and were transported to a local hospital.

 

Surveillance Video from the Crash

 

Joseph J. Tomizzi’s decision to step down as a deputy fire commissioner occurred while he and the Fire Investigation Unit he headed are being investigated by the state Attorney General’s Office, a probe that apparently centers on allegations that Tomizzi was abusing his authority by performing criminal background checks on individuals, The Buffalo News has learned.
- PUB DATE: 12/1/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: buffalo news

Steph Bouillion never thought she’d be a firefighter. The odds seemed to be against her. Last December, the 27-year-old became one of just two women hired by the Garland Fire Department in nearly 15 years. “I know I’m one of a few,” she said. In North Texas, female firefighters are scarce. Data provided to The Dallas Morning News by 20 fire departments in the Dallas-Fort Worth area shows that as of June, women made up more than 2 percent of firefighters in just six departments.
- PUB DATE: 12/1/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the dallas morning news

Officials confirmed that a suspect is now in custody. This is now a homicide and fire investigation. Family members tell us a 68-year-old man was shot and killed early this morning on Selden Road. Sheriff Patrick O'Flynn says it appears the suspect wanted police to shoot him. Officials say the suspect set his own house on fire and then went to a neighbor's house and shot a man, who was in bed.
- PUB DATE: 12/1/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHEC-TV NBC 10 Rochester

As a public safety provider in Las Vegas we repeatedly heard the phrase, "It is a dry heat." When summer temperatures soar above 100 degree and stay there overnight radiating into the next day, it is common to retreat to a chilled dayroom in the fire station. Company officers push their crews to pre-hydrate as at any time a vehicle crash or fire during the midday desert heat would tax even the most physically fit firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 12/1/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firerescue1