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LODD – Muncie, Indiana

Working Church Fire Update, Thursday AM: The firefighter has been publicly identified as FF Scott Davis, age 40. A MUNCIE, INDIANA, FIREFIGHTER PERISHED Wednesday afternoon at a working church fire...

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Warren RI 9/11 float at July 4th parade

Nice Tribute Warren RI fire department pays tribute to the victims of 9/11 during the Bristol RI 4th of July parade 2011. from CBEMT at IACOJ.com: I'm on the opposite side of the street from the...

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LODD – Dallas, Texas

Sunday Afternoon Apartment Fire DALLAS, TEXAS, FIRE LIEUTENANT TODD KRODLE, 41, perished Sunday afternoon after falling through the roof of a garden apartment building that was on fire. The 3-alarm...

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Shock … followed by purposeful action

A brilliant and terrible Tuesday morning Fourteen months into retirement I am teaching a Fire Officer II class at the Reagan National Airport fire station. The classroom is also their kitchen. The...

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A different Fire EMS blogger meet-and-greet

PGFD 9-11 Memorial Stair Climb in Greenbelt, Maryland You will read about it later, but this photograph from a Prince George's County Fire Department press release shows Iron Firemen, Backstep...

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National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Candlelight Service

Candlelight Service held 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm Eastern time Live-Streaming Begins Here at 6:15 *  *  *  *  *   *  *  *  *  *  *  *

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National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service

Memorial Service 10:00 am to 12:30 pm Eastern Live-Stream programming begins here at 9:30 am *  *  *  *  *   *  *  *  *  *  *  *

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Firefighter Dies While on Duty in Virginia

No Prior Indications of Distress A FAIRFAX COUNTY (Virginia) FIRE & RESCUE Department firefighter died in his sleep in the station bunkroom Friday night/Saturday morning.  The Fire & Rescue...

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Worcester firefighters trapped in collapse of residential building. UPDATED....

As tweeted by @Boston_FF_L29 UPDATE (6:33 am): Pictures tweeted by @ProvFireVideos Sad morning. Incident timeline by @BOSTON_FF_L29 BOSTON & Needham, Ma., USA Boston Ma.Firefighter (L29). Tweeting...

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North Carolina Transportation Board Flips – Will Now Allow Highway Bridge to...

Will Also Look at  Revising Overall Policy A COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT of Transportation has voted this morning (Wednesday) to overrule a policy and recommend that a highway bridge be...

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James P. Aiken, Brevard FD Line of Duty Death, August 25, 1909 – part 1...

Was it a steamer engine explosion or a chemical engine crash that killed Chief Aiken? On Saturday, May 4, thirteen names will be added to the North Carolina Fallen Firefighters Memorial in downtown...

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International Firefighters Day

An Australian based recognition   International Firefighters’ Day (IFFD) is observed on May 4. It was instituted after a proposal was emailed out across the world on January 4, 1999 due to the deaths...

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James P. Aiken, Brevard FD Line of Duty Death, August 25, 1909 – part 2

Not a steamer, but a surprise In the first part of this posting, we presented the newspaper story of James P. "Jim" Aiken of the Brevard Fire Department in North Carolina, who was killed when a...

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Cincinnati Steam Pumper explosion with LODD 1855

reprint from the 2010 series on the creation of the Metropolitan Fire Department in New York City response to yesterday's question  original title "Cincinnati Sets the Example – 1853" Professor Robert...

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Paramedic Stephanie Callaway (8/27/76 – 6/17/08)

Director Stuarts Comments on the 5th Anniversary of the passing of Paramedic Stephanie Callaway: Today, Monday, June 17, 2013, marks the 5th anniversary of the death of SCEMS Paramedic Stephanie...

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Scofflaw Skates in Philly LODD Liability

Complete Disintegration of City Services NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO IN APRIL 2012, a warehouse fire in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, led to the deaths of PFD Lieut. Robert Neary and FF Daniel Sweeney who were...

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“We Were Strong, They Were Weak”

"In life as well as death, Osama bin Laden was always the weak horse."

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President Obama’s Remarks at FDNY

President Obama has lunch at FDNY Engine 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9 "Well, listen, the main reason I came here is because I heard the food is pretty good. (Laughter.)

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Remembering 41 EMS responders who died at WTC, including a hero from Prince...

Remembering the on-duty, off-duty and volunteer ems responders who perished at WTC.

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“Gentleness and Strength” (video added)

Moving eulogy by Tom O'Connor

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