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Radio traffic: MD fire chief threatens to have sheriff remove firefighters not obeying evacuation order Charles County fire occurred Friday at the home of local firefighters 12 hours ago There was an unusual series of radio transmissions (above) over about four-minutes during a house fire in Charles County, Maryland on Friday. There apparently was such resistance to an order to evacuate the burning home that the incident commander threatened to have the sheriff remove firefighters from the fire...

UPDATE: Los Angeles County firefighter killed in fire station shooting & captain wounded Gunman was off-duty firefighter whose home was set on fire 4 hours ago UPDATE: Los Angeles County Fire Department chiefs  confirm a firefighter was shot and killed at Fire Station 81 this morning and that an off-duty firefighter was the gunman. That firefighter also is dead. A fire captain at Fire Station 81 was wounded and is in critical but stable condition. The gunman’s home was the one that burned. A...

News reports: House fire appears to be connected to shooting

Survey says 40% of Detroit firefighters have witnessed drinking on the job Audit was ordered after two recent crashes involving firefighters accused of drinking on duty 1 hour ago According to a new environmental audit at the Detroit Fire Department, 40% of firefighters have witnessed drinking on the job. The audit comes after a party was held at a fire station house party, where the department said on-duty firefighters were drinking. An emergency call came in and the first to arrive was crash...

Court filing shows 2 Los Angeles County firefighters face firing over Kobe Bryant crash photos Filing shows suspension possible for PIO 4 hours ago The fallout from images taking of the January 2020 helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight others continues. It has impacted both the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department and Los Angeles County Fire Department. Filings in the lawsuit by Bryant’s wife Vanessa show that a captain pushed back against Sheriff Alex Villanueva‘s order to d...

Lt. Samod Rankins in medically induced coma

News report: Claims of hazing & fear of retaliation at Virginia fire department Arlington County says hazing will "not be tolerated" after former recruit and others go public 1 day ago Over a year ago, firefighter EMT recruit Brett Ahern alleged extreme bullying and hazing at the hands of one firefighter who was an instructor with the Arlington County Fire Department’s Training Academy. “He went out of his way to make a spectacle out of me and that usually wasn’t done with other recruits,...

NEW: Metro confirms safety lapses at two more incidents Third rail safety device not used during December evacuation and control center gave inaccurate info to 911 after worker hurt in February 3 weeks ago Metro tells STATter911 its investigations identified safety lapses during two separate rail emergencies near the Fort Totten Metro Station. In one case, Metro workers did not use a warning device to confirm third rail power remained off during the evacuation of two stranded trains. In another...

PGFD says administrative investigation of West Lanham Hills VFD is just beginning

Must see: Woman sets MD home on fire then watches from lawn chair Maryland State Fire Marshal arrests Elkton woman for Thursday fire set during a domestic dispute Apr 30, 2021 CECIL COUNTY WOMAN CHARGED WITH ARSON AFTER HOUSE FIRE A woman sat in a lawn chair after setting her home on fire and watched the house become engulfed in flames. She then walks away while another person was inside. Bystanders later rescued the occupanthttps://t.co/iJcCN2ebpupic.twitter.com/zCYhWeObRZ Apr 30, 2021 Related...