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Ambulance patient dies in crash – Hungary

Friends of LFF — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:05:56 +0000

A 59-year-old patient died after the ambulance transporting him collided with a garbage truck in the city of KÃ¡llÃ³semjÃ©n on Monday. The staff of three aboard the ambulance, which was using its lights and siren, suffered light injuries. The unconscious man was taken to the nearby county hospital but did not survive. Authorities said he had been in a serious condition before the crash but police launched an investigation to determine whether his death was caused by the accident.&nb…

2 FFs INJURED AT OR FIRE

Friends of LFF — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:05:52 +0000

Two firefighters were hurt while trying to put out a large fire that ripped through an apartment complex in Multnomah Village on Wednesday afternoon.The two-alarm fire burned several units at a complex in the 7900 block of SW 40th Avenue. Six units were destroyed in the blaze, which firefighters said started somewhere in a third floor attic. The first call came in around 4:10 p.m.”It’s the biggest fire I’ve ever seen” said A-li Yun. “I couldn’t believe it. You could feel the heat from here, and the flames were just red and huge and it engulfed the entire roof and I watched it cave in.”"Oh my God – to see that roof burst into flames. And it was big,” said Debbie James.Portland Fire and Rescue spokesman Paul Corah said one of the firefighters who was hurt suffered burns on his knees and wrists. He was taken to a burn center at a nearby hospital but is expected to be OK.Corah showed a pair of pants the firefighter was wearing that had burn marks up and down both legs. The burned firefighter and a second firefighter both also suffered heat exhaustionSTORY FROM: KATU.com …

CLOSE CALL IN MO – WALL COLLAPSE

Friends of LFF — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:05:29 +0000

Thanks to Dave Statter www.Statter911.com for tipping us off to a video of a collapse in MO.The video above is from Ozark Radio News of
a fire at a thrift store on Tuesday in West Plains, Missouri.
A collapse occurs at the 5:00 point in the video.
Ed Button, ozarkareanetwork.com:

The Ozark Treasures Thrift Store,
1026 St. Louis St. in West Plains, sustained crippling damage after an
intense fire burned on Tuesday.
Firefighters from the West Plains and Howell Rural Fire
Departments were called to the scene just after 4 PM on Tuesday and
found excessive smoke coming from the building where the old Stanley
grocery store once was. Crews with the West Plains Fire Department were
still on-scene as of 9 PM. Howell Rural cleared the scene around 6:30
PM….

2 FFS HURT AT KY STORE FIRE

Friends of LFF — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:05:26 +0000

Two firefighters were apparently injured in a blaze at an historic Northern Kentucky grocery store on Tuesday night.A
Kentucky State Police dispatcher said five fire departments responded
to Allen’s Country Store in Corinth around 8:30 p.m. The store is
located on Dixie Highway. There are reports that one firefighter was treated for a back injury at
a local hospital and released. Another was taken to a hospital in
nearby Scott County to be treated for smoke inhalation. Firefighters
say the store owner went back to turn on the security system when they
noticed the fire. Several apartment buildings sit above the store. One
was occupied and a woman and another person staying there were able to
escape the fire. Firefighters say the building is more than 100
years old. The store is a total loss. Fire marshal will be at the scene
Wednesday afternoon to try and determine a cause.Corinth, Crittenden, Jonesville, Dry Ridge and Willamstown Fire Departments all helped put out the fire.STORY FROM: http://www.local12.com/news/local/story/Two-Firefighters-Hurt-in-Historic-Grant-County/OJjKTv3YYkqMUOhilCq13g.cspx?rss=30…

Ambulance involved in wreck; no serious injures reported – North Carolina

Friends of LFF — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:05:02 +0000

By Darrick IgnasiakThe DispatchTHOMASVILLE | An ambulance transporting a patient to Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem received significant damage after it collided with an SUV at the intersection of N.C. Highway 109 North and West Lexington Avenue Extension.First responders were dispatched to the wreck at 8:27 a.m. Monday, said Zach Jordan, deputy chief of the Hasty Volunteer Fire Department.Trooper S.E. McHenry said Phillip Leonard, 41, of High Point, was traveling west on West Lexington Avenue Extension crossing N.C. 109 in a Land Rover when he did not see an ambulance with sirens and lights flashing heading north on N.C. 109. The ambulance, driven by Maxwell Messinger of Salisbury, had stopped at the intersection to make sure he was clear to continue onto N.C. 109 North. McHenry said Messinger proceeded northbound at a low rate of speed when he was struck by Leonard who was traveling about 40 miles per hour.Leonard thought he was clear to proceed because he also had the green light, McHenry said.âWe should all look before we (get into an intersection),â McHenry said. âThatâs what I told him (Leonard). I told him to always look before you cross regardless of the light (being green).âLeonard, who was carrying his 3-year-old and 3-month-old children, was charged with failing to yield for emergency traffic. Jordan said Leonard and two passengers were uninjured.Jeff Smith, director of Davidson County Emergency Services, said the ambulance was hit in the back quarter at the rear wheels. The ambulance spun around and struck the guardrail on N.C. 109.âIt was actually against the guardrail. They had to pull it up to get the patient out,â Smith said.&nb...

Five killed in ambulance-truck collision in Haryana – India

Friends of LFF — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:05:00 +0000

At least five people, including a one-day-old infant, were killed when an ambulance in which they were travelling collided with a speeding truck on the Hisar-Ambala highway in Haryana early Tuesday, police said.Police officials said that the accident took place about 150km fromChandigarh.The victims, who were coming from Kaithal side, were taking the infant to Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh for treatment as he had developed complications after birth.The father of the infant, two relatives and the ambulance driver were among those killed in the accident, police officials said. …

Jury: Fire dept, apparatus mfg. equally faulted in 2 firefighter deaths

Friends of LFF — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:51:58 +0000

Jury deliberated for 4 hours before awarding $800,000 in damages for 2009 incident that killed 2 firefighters

Video: Mayor Rahm Emanuel to appear in ‘Chicago Fire’

Firerescue1 Daily News — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:47:41 +0000

The Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO — Of all the actors on the upcoming NBC series “Chicago Fire,” one will be more familiar to Chicagoans: Mayor Rahm Emanuel. A trailer for the show, released this week, shows Hizzoner greeting a firefighter as flames lick a nearby building. “It’s easier being mayor than playing mayor,” he told WMAQ-Channel 5. “I told them I’d do it under one condition: The TV show …

Firefighter injured fighting Colo. wildfire

Firerescue1 Daily News — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:41:22 +0000

By Robert Allen The ColoradoanFORT COLLINS, Colo. — The firefighting effort continues to ramp up as the wildfire enters its third day, bringing with it a chance for gusty winds and lightning. Some 180 firefighters are on order to join the roughly 150 at the scene from local agencies and across the state. Further resources, including a large airplane tanker, are expected. “This is different from …

Pa. town sues union for interfering with volunteer response

Firerescue1 Daily News — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:37:53 +0000

Members received letters asking that they ‘refrain from providing volunteer firefighting services to the borough’