Damages caused during the response to a 2023 Sussex County fire has state lawmakers considering additional penalties for intentionally harming first response vehicles. Several Sussex County fire companies had their windows shattered by thrown rocks as they responded to a blaze at the New Process Fibre Company in Greenwood.

Shortly after the incident, Bridgeville fire truck driver Brent Workman told WBOC they were in disbelief as they were approached the fire scene and realized their windshield had been cracked. “We go to help people, and something like that happens? Something is wrong with society today if you’re throwing rocks at a fire truck with its lights on.”

Ultimately, a 17-year-old was charged with 9 counts, including four of Criminal Mischief for damaging the Greenwood, Ellendale, Farmington, and Seaford fire trucks. “We go to help people, and something like that happens? Something is wrong with society today if you’re throwing rocks at a fire truck with its lights on.”

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VIDEO/PHOTOS: First responders were on the scene of a crash involving a Nashville Fire Department engine in Old Hickory Thursday afternoon. The crash happened around 4:15 p.m. Thursday in the area of Old Hickory Boulevard and Fields Drive.

A NFD spokesperson said the preliminary information indicates the firefighter driving the engine “experienced a medical episode” and lost control, hitting several telephone poles, parked cars and eventually a building. “He wasn’t swerving to miss any cars or anything,” nearby resident Jasmine Dotson, whose power went out because of the crash, told News 2.

“It just randomly happened.” The firefighter was brought to a local hospital for evaluation. Two people were also injured while they tried to move out of the way, but the NFD spokesperson said they declined transportation at the scene.

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PHOTOS: A five-alarm fire burned through an apartment building in the Bronx, killing one person and injuring four firefighters. The flames broke out just after 5:30 a.m. Thursday inside the building on East 184th Street in the Belmont section.

Fire quickly engulfed the top floor of the building. Flames could be seen shooting through the roof. A section of the parapet fell to the ground while still on fire. Residents were evacuated from the entire building.

One person who lived in the apartment where the fire started was killed. Four firefighters suffered minor injuries. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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VIDEO: It was 60 years ago, March 29, 1966, when a tragedy involving the Mattoon Fire Department left the community in mourning. Two fire trucks from different stations, going to the same fire, collided at the intersection of Broadway and 15th Street. Eight firefighters were injured.

The driver of one truck, Robert “Bobby” DeMars, was killed when his truck rolled over, pinning him underneath. The second truck crashed into parked cars along busy Broadway, coming to a rest near the Time Theatre. Both trucks were total losses.

A marker is at the intersection and lists the names of the firefighters involved. A brick with the name of DeMars is located outside the Mattoon Public Library.

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San Francisco fire crews swiftly rescued a woman who was found clinging to the side of a cliff near the Cliff House on Wednesday.

SKY7 was over the entire rescue operation, and when they first arrived on scene, they spotted a woman in a bikini and no shoes about 70 feet down the cliff.

Firefighters were able to first drop down a rescue cable for the woman to secure herself. One firefighter then had to rappel down the cliff and strap a harness and a helmet onto the woman. It took a few tense minutes to get moving, but rescue crews were able to walk the woman safely up the cliff.

The woman was placed into an ambulance as firefighters evaluated her to determine if she needed to be taken to the hospital.

It was not immediately known how the unidentified woman ended up clinging to the rocks by the Cliff House. SFFD said in a statement that the woman had gone over the cliff and became stuck on the rocks. They didn’t immediately provide more details.

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