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Fresno Maze-Like Fire
Fresno firefighters forced entry into a boarded-up office building, navigating maze-like corridors during a two-alarm search for reported occupants.
Locator Devices Unused
A Coast Guard report says Newark crews never activated Pak-Tracker devices before two firefighters died aboard a burning car carrier in 2023.
Triple Medevac Crash
Three Maryland State Police helicopters and the Shock Trauma GO-TEAM responded to an I-95 garbage-truck crash, airlifting two patients after an extended extrication that left the truck driver dead.
Plywood Plant Inferno
Strong winds sent embers miles away as multiple Virginia departments fought a massive blaze at a closed Georgia-Pacific plywood plant, sparking a dozen brush fires.
Pa. Merger Approved
Avondale and West Grove companies voted to merge into a single regional fire-EMS department serving ten Chester County municipalities.
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Collapse during RIT operations highlights the need for improved pre-incident planning and collapse zone awareness at vacant structures
Four Baltimore firefighters suffered minor injuries after their ladder truck slid into a parked truck while responding to a fire
Public backlash and political pressure led the city’s workers’ comp provider to reverse course and approve care for a Fort Worth firefighter severely injured in a collapse
Lawnside’s fire trucks are inoperable, forcing the department to borrow rigs from neighboring towns as the fire chief and officials trade blame over delayed repairs and limited funding
