Two
#NewarkNJ
#firefighters
were killed Thursday night while battling a ship fire in Newark Port.
#FireChief
Rufus Jackson, fighting to maintain his composure, said it was a tragedy.
Today is the 16th anniversary of the
#SofaSuperStoreFire
in
#Charleston
.
"Many people will wake up (tomorrow), and it will be over for them...For the families of the 9 and for us in the CFD....it will be right there," David Griffin wrote.
#Charleston9
Three of the children
@STLFireDept
#firefighters
pulled out of the fire were in cardiac arrest, but all four eventually were breathing on their own and in stable condition at the hospital.
A second
#Baltimore
#firefighter
has died of injuries suffered in a row house fire last week. Lt. Dillon Rinaldo, a six-year veteran of the department, suffered serious burns in the fire that claimed Firefighter Rodney Pitts III.
#LODD
"But for the grace of God, we have four children that are still alive now,"
@STLFireDept
Chief Dennis Jenkerson said after
#firefighters
rescued the children from a burning apartment.
"My 1-year-old just fell in the pool," said the Orlando 9-1-1 caller. An
@OCFireRescue
dispatcher was able give a neighbor CPR instructions and help save the child.
#firefighters
How about a hand for
@HarrisburgFire
crews who hastily threw together a station party for a 3-year-old boy whose birthday guests canceled on him at last minute
#firefighters
At 65,
#FDNY
#Firefighter
Robert Thomas is ready to move on from donning gear and jumping on a
#firetruck
. But, turnout coats will still bear his last name because his three sons have joined the ranks. The four spent the last shift together.
Today we pause to remember the nearly 3,000 lives lost 18 years ago on 9/11, including 343
#firefighters
along with 37 Port Authority and 23 NYPD officers. These photos show
@FDNY
members at Ground Zero shortly after the towers collapsed. That's why they call them "The Bravest."
Today we pause to remember the 2,977 lives taken on this day in 2001, including 343
@FDNY
#firefighters
lost at Ground Zero. Please also take a moment to honor those who have died or are suffering from their exposure to hazardous substances in the aftermath. We will
#NeverForget
.
.
@CAL_FIRE
@LAFD
@LACOFD
@VCFD
The staff at Firehouse would like to thank the over 7,000
#firefighters
working the front lines and managing the local, state and federal resources of the tragic and devastating CA wildfires Be safe!
"I don't deserve this. But I will treasure it, like I treasured Ray and our friendship," said Jon Stewart about receiving the bunker coat of late
@FDNY
#firefighter
Ray Pfeifer.
#Chicago
#Firefighter
Andrew Price, 39, was killed Monday morning when he fell through a roof at a building fire. Crews had to breach a wall to rescue him. He had been on the job since 2009.
#CFD
Each fire department received $20,000 from Dolly Parton for needed resources and equipment, and the final $40,000 will go toward building a new classroom at the countywide training center.
#firefighters
Today is the 18th anniversary of the
#Worcester
Cold Storage Fire. Watch interview with Mike McNamee about decision to stop sending
#firefighters
in
#Worcester6
"I saw this young firefighter who was about 3 feet tall, dressed in full turnouts with a red plastic helmet. I didn't recognize this firefighter I thought he must be a rookie in our department," said
@FresnoFire
Battalion Chief Thomas Cope.
Today we pause to remember the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who perished on June 30, 2013, while battling the Yarnell Hill Fire, one of the worst line-of-duty death incidents of the modern era.
#LODD
#firefighters
Thousands paid their final respects to
#Baltimore
#Firefighter
Rodney Pitts III on Friday. Throngs lined the streets and highways as the engine carrying his casket made its journey to his final resting place.
#LODD
#FireDepartment
"We are deeply disappointed that Samuel Peña has become the first fire chief in Houston history to willingly execute mass layoffs and demotions of
#firefighters
,"
@FirefightersHOU
President Marty Lancton said in a statement.
Video: Watch retired Chief Mike McNamee talk about the tough decisions he made 19 years ago today that saved countless lives at the Worcester, MA, Cold Storage fire
#Worcester6
Our friend Kirk Rosenhan shared with us this great photo of a sign at the East Oktibbeha VFD outside Starkville, MS, and we thought it might give our readers a much needed laugh during our trying times. Stay safe, everyone, and thank you for all that you do!
#firefighters
Today is
#InternationalFirefightersDay
, and the entire Firehouse team would like to offer our thanks and appreciation for all the hard work each of you put in every day to protect our communities. Stay safe, everyone!
#firefighters
"We're 19 years out, so now these first responders who were in their 20-30s are developing early onset neurodegenerative disease, in particular Alzheimer's-like disease … ," said one of the researchers.
#firefighters
The hoses that were being used to fight the ship fire in
#NewarkPort
were only one-inch, more suitable for putting out a dumpster fire.
#Newark
#Firefighters
Augusto Acabou, 45, and Wayne Brooks Jr., 49, died after they were trapped by the blaze.
A
@STLFireDept
#firefighter
carried out a 2-year-old child of a burning apartment building, while a captain handed off a 7-month-old infant to a police officer who climbed a ladder to a second-floor window.
“It’s a dream come true. I don’t think the full effect has hit me yet," Aric Tegtmeier said about becoming an
@FDNY
#firefighter
like his dad, Paul, who was one of 343 FDNY first responders who died when the World Trade Center towers collapsed on Sept. 11.
Today marks 49 years since the largest
#LODD
incident in the history of
@BostonFire
, which lost 9
#firefighters
on June 17, 1972 during the Hotel Vendrome Fire. This historic photo from
@CambridgeMAFire
shows a ladder truck that was crushed in the deadly collapse.
“(A boy) was found at the bottom of a pool, … and your
#firefighters
bravely went into action, and that boy walked out of the hospital. If you don’t think seconds count, I urge you to talk to that family," said the head of the firefighters union.
On June 30, 2013, 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshot Crew lost their lives on the Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona. With the five-year anniversary approaching, Brad Mayhew asks: How have we learned from this accident?
#GraniteMountainHotshots
As young boys, identical twins, were impressed by
#FDNY
#firefighters
who donated toys. Those visits inspired them to pursue a career in
#firefighting
. They are now recruiting youths from their former neighborhood.
.
@SacFirePIO
Sacramento fire captain recovering from harrowing ordeal in which colleagues rescued him as he began falling through roof of commercial building
#firefighters
"We all knew the risk when we took this job. We just didn't know it was still going to chase us into retirement," the Quincy
#firefighters
union president said about the precautions that need to be taken to prevent cancer.
A
#MiamiDadeAmbulance
#EMT
was headed home after her shift when she stopped to help at a vehicle crash on I-95 in
#FortLauderdaleFL
. She was struck and killed while assisting a patient.
"The words ‘thank you’ do not even begin to fully convey how deeply our community appreciates not only (
@VCFD
Chief Mark Lorenz's) service and leadership, but the service of all of our local
#firefighters
and first responders …," said Rep. Julia Brownley.
Update: One
#Baltimore
#firefighter
was killed and four others injured in a blaze that destroyed several row houses. The identity of the firefighter will not be released until the family is notified.
This month's Hot Shots features Houston, TX, firefighters exiting the roof after completing vertical ventilation operations that allowed the crew from Engine 67 to find the fire and knock it down.
#HotShots
#Firehouse
“Ashley is a great
#firefighter
and will be a great leader. … (S)ince she has been hired, she has continued to show her strength and dedication to this job,”
@BoiseFire
Chief Dennis Doan said of the 1st female captain in the department's 143-year history.
Jesse Sackaroff, 7, suffers from a life-threatening blood disorder, and his dad—
@LAFD
#firefighter
Roger Sackaroff—has been trying to find a compatible blood stem cell donor that could help lead to a cure.
Today is
#InternationalFirefightersDay
, and the entire
#Firehouse
team would like to offer our thanks and appreciation for all the hard work each of you put in every day to protect our communities. Stay safe, everyone!
#firefighters
Robert Burke looks into the Houston Hazmat Team, one of the busiest teams in the United States, located in the petrochemical capital of the country.
#HazmatStudies
#Firehouse
Sam Springsteen, 25, graduated from the Monmouth County Fire Academy in 2014 and had been a part a volunteer
#firefighter
with the Colts Neck Fire Department.
.
@FDNY
rookie follows in footsteps of trailblazing mother who was member of first academy class to include women in 1982 and retired as captain in 2003
#firefighters