Posts Categorized: Health Safety
Pennsylvania Paramedic Attacked by Shovel-Swinger
A FAYETTE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AMBULANCE CREW had a harrowing moment Sunday night when they were suddenly attacked by a man wielding a shovel.
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LODD in Belgium
A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER FROM DEERLIJK, Belgium, was killed Saturday morning when he was struck by a car speeding through an accident scene.
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“I Can Always Find a Place to Park Here…”
Laws Are For the "Little People," You Know.
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Morning Lineup – September 2
Not only does the practice of cleaning up has the potential of extending your own life, but it works to prevent you from carrying the contaminants home to be spread among your family members.
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Morning Lineup – August 5
Many people think -rightly - that they have something to do with the auto insurance companies, so out of curiosity I looked them up.
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NIOSH, 9/11, WTC and Cancer
NIOSH says, "No, for now."
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Updated: Morning Lineup – June 30
Yesterday (Wednesday) the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) released the preliminary report on their investigation into the two LODD's.
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A long and complex arson tale
Meth-addicted firefighters and a firefighter suicide are part of a complex arson story in the Valley of The Sun. Phoenx New Times feature.
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Morning Lineup – March 5
We have a visitor in the engine bay this morning who would like to talk to us for a minute.
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Fire Captain Fractures Spine on House Fire
A SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, FIRE CAPTAIN is in the hospital today after falling off the roof of a house Saturday night.
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Engine Driver Seriously Injured in Pumper Crash
A KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ENGINE OPERATOR IS IN SERIOUS but stable condition this morning after having part of one leg amputated following a crash cause by an automobile that hit the engine head-on.
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Firefighters Attacked With Homemade Bomb
IN NICE, FRANCE, SIX FIREFIGHTERS ARE OFF DUTY today following a terrorist attack on their fire engine Wednesday night.
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How Many BBC Reporters Needed To Start a Car?
Not quite a Dirk Steinhardt rescue911.de ride-along, two journalists struggle to start a BMW.
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Morning Lineup – December 27
But the owner had customized his abode to accommodate his auto workshop by adding on a garage to the end of the house, and inside the repair shop he had dug out a 5-ft. deep work pit.
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Forestry Firefighter Transport Crashes, 2 Dead and 12 Injured.
A LOS ANGELES COUNTY FORESTRY FIREFIGHTER TRANSPORT VAN crashed head-on with a passenger vehicle....
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Township to Pay For Volunteers’ Physicals
HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY, Pennsylvania, has decided to have all volunteer firefighters get medical physicals at the township's expense.
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“Just Call Me Jessica…”
WHEN THE LONDON FIRE BRIGADE'S FOREST HILL fire station commander went away for a 5-week vacation, the firefighters didn't know where he had gone to.
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Strip Down for Flu Shots
NEAR ORLANDO, FLORIDA, A STRIP CLUB HELD ITS annual Free Flu Shots for Seniors Day.
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Budget-Cutters Face the Consequences in Cleveland
THE CLEVELAND, OHIO, CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN "saving money" for years by not performing any maintenance on the city's 26 fire stations.
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Maybe They Really Are Hard to Drive
JIM HESELDEN, A MILLIONAIRE FROM YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND, purchased the U. S. company that makes the Segway motorised personal transporters just nine months ago.
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OSHA Fines Handed Down to North Charleston
THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE OSHA issued two citations for serious violations of safety rules, each carrying a $1,000 fine, to the North Charleston Fire Department last week.
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Flying Sauerkraut Brings Out Haz-Mat Squad
Haz-Mat squad was called out to the Kelly Road Secondary school Friday when a minor explosion in the science lab scattered a putrid, smelly substance all around the classroom and several of the students.
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“Respect the Red”
After all, contolled intersections seem to be one our most dangerous hazards these days.
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LODD – Chicago
A CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT FIREFIGHTER DIED EARLY Monday morning after falling 3-4 stories off of a ladder.
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Calgary City Council Sells Out Its Own Citizens