Chicago IL June 28, 2022 — The Chicago City Council unanimously approved an ordinance to extend line-of-duty death benefits to families of police officers and firefighters who die by suicide, CBS News reported on Wednesday. The new measure will give families a year of salary and access to additional finances for healthcare, education and other expenses, […]
Lieutenant Sean Williamson Philadelphia Fire Department Philadelphia, PA On Saturday, June 18, 2022, Lieutenant Sean Williamson responded to a fire at a commercial building. Eight occupants of the property were safely evacuated. Approximately an hour later, the fire was under control. Firefighters remained working when the building collapsed around 3 a.m. Five firefighters and one […]
Jonathon Coco- Assistant Chief Maxwell Community Volunteer Fire Department Maxwell, TX Two brothers, Assistant Chief Jonathon Coco and Firefighter Hunter Coco, were returning from the scene of a wildland fire on Texas Highway 20 in a brush truck when the driver of a privately owned vehicle failed to yield and was struck by the truck. […]
Hunter Coco Firefighter Maxwell Community Volunteer Fire Department Maxwell, TX Two brothers, Assistant Chief Jonathon Coco, and Firefighter Hunter Coco, were returning from the scene of a wildland fire on Texas Highway 20 in a brush truck when the driver of a privately owned vehicle failed to yield and was struck by the truck. The […]
Joshua Haynes Firefighter Linn County Rural Fire District #1 Pleasanton, KS On Monday night, June 20, 2022, Firefighter Joshua Haynes,35, responded to a building fire at Carpenter Chiropractic. While fighting the fire, he experienced a medical emergency and collapsed at the scene. He was airlifted to the University of Kansas Medical Center where he passed […]
Philadelphia PA June 18 2022 A Philadelphia firefighter was killed and five others injured in an early-morning building collapse that has devastated the Fire Department and left a neighborhood shaken. A city building inspector was also injured in the collapse in the city’s Fairhill section, which followed a fire at a popular pizza shop. The firefighter […]
CONROE, Texas June 16 2022— An EMS provider disarmed a patient who took out a gun and fired twice inside a hospital emergency department, Conroe police said. Harris County Emergency Corps crewmembers transported Glendar Johnson-Jackson, 65, to HCA Conroe for a mental health evaluation under an emergency detention order by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, […]
New York June 12 2022 Police officers and firefighters are more likely to die by suicide than in the line of duty, a troubling trend that researchers say didn’t improve in 2020 despite national suicide rates decreasing. A new study provided exclusively to USA TODAY from the Ruderman Family Foundation, a private philanthropic organization that […]
Greenville MS March 4, 2022 A group of Mississippi firefighters caught fire during their desperate attempt to save a 3-year-old from a burning apartment on March 1, according to the Greenville Fire Department. The boy died in the fire. But the valiant attempt to rescue him at all costs is being hailed as heroic in […]
Richmond CA Feb 2, 2022 A Richmond fire crew was caught in the crossfire of an alleged drive-by shooting earlier this week, narrowly avoiding injury when the pumper was struck. Firefighters on Engine 64 were responding to a medical call when the apparatus was struck by multiple rounds. Richmond Firefighters Local 188 posted on photos and […]