Woman taken to hospital following fire in a converted house
Fire in a converted house caused damage to a first-floor flat, resulting in a woman hospitalized for smoke inhalation. Firefighters recommend home safety checks for avoiding fire hazards. [ more ]
Fire scorches Huntington Park fire station, but no injuries are reported
Firefighters at Huntington Park's Fire Station No. 164 bravely fought a fire in their own burning station, receiving support from surrounding firefighters. [ more ]
Leisure centre shut after 'chemicals' found - man taken to hospital
A leisure centre in Harold Hill was closed temporarily after chemicals were found on site by firefighters.
Firefighters identified chemicals in a bucket in the plant room and took precautionary measures to check for elevated readings of chemical substances. [ more ]
Dog rescued after falling through ice on frozen lake in Dulwich, prompting warning to owners
A dog named Ponzo was rescued by firefighters after falling through ice on a frozen-over lake in south London. Ponzo was chasing something when she ran out across the boating lake and became stranded on an island in the middle of the water. Firefighters had to break through the ice and paddle across the water in an inflatable boat to rescue her. [ more ]
Age exception could open up FDNY test to 300 EMTs, paramedics in NYC
EMTs and paramedics with dreams of becoming an FDNY firefighter are pushing for a one-time age extension to take the test.Paul Martinka Hundreds of emergency medical technicians with dreams of fighting fires aged out of the opportunity in 2020 when the last promotional test was postponed due to the pandemic.
1 Dead Among at Least 9 Shot in Shooting in Illinois Parking Lot
At least nine people were shot, one fatally, in a shooting just after midnight Sunday in Willowbrook, Ill., southwest of Chicago, fire officials said.Around 12:30 a.m., shots were fired during some kind of celebration with hundreds of people in a shopping mall's parking lot on Route 83, near Honeysuckle Rose Lane, in DuPage County, said Joe Ostrander, a battalion chief with the Tri-State Fire Protection District.
Firefighters' turnout gear - the heavy clothing they don before fighting a fire - is essential protective equipment.But the textiles that make the clothing fireproof carry hazards of their own.A May report published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology concludes that " forever chemicals " known as PFAS - some linked to cancer - are present in textiles commonly used in the gear.