Tractor-Trailer Hits MA Fire Apparatus, Flees Scene
A Mansfield fire apparatus “sustained significant damage” after being hit by a tractor-trailer while responding to another crash on I-495.
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Federal Initiative Provides Insights to Help States Reduce Motor Vehicle Crashes
EMS responds to more than 1.4 million motor vehicle crash-related injuries every year.
Five Chicago Firefighters, Civilian Seriously Injured in Apparatus Crash
A Saturday afternoon fire apparatus crash in Chicago left six people injured, five of them firefighters, according to news reports.
Four DE Firefighters Injured When Apparatus Overturns
Four firefighters were injured, one seriously, after the fire apparatus they were traveling in overturned Friday night, according to reports.
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NH Firefighters Rescue Woman from Seven-Vehicle Collision; Firefighter Injured in Secondary Crash
A firefighter was injured when Manchester (NH) firefighters worked to rescue a woman from a seven-vehicle crash.
Fundamentals for Roadway Incident Operations
Jack Sullivan asks: Are we doing everything we can to protect our personnel and the motoring public at every roadway incident?
FDIC 2023 Preview: 16 Roadway Safety Strategies from Lessons Learned
This class will cover the lessons learned and the changes implemented in the wake of a line-of-duty death/struck-by-vehicle incident in Lubbock, Texas.
West (TX) Firefighter Struck and Killed at Scene of Vehicle Fire
Edward Hykel, who was injured in the 2013 West explosion, was killed after being struck while responding to a vehicle fire.
Cleveland Firefighter Killed After Being Struck on Roadway
Cleveland Firefighter Johnny Tetrick, 51, was struck while operating at the scene of a vehicle accident.
Traffic Incident Management Training and You
If your firefighters have not completed traffic incident management training or taken a refresher, now is the time to do so.
A New Perspective on the Hazards of Liquid Oxygen
Andrew Byrnes offers some intriguing statistics on this hazmat danger, which firefighters may encounter at highway incidents.
TX Fire Chief, Firefighter Killed in Crash Returning from Call
Dalhart Firefighter Brendan Torres and Fire Chief Curtis Brown were involved in a fatal motor vehicle accident with a semi.