News
Here you will find all of the latest news from our department.| Texas firefighters vote no confidence in fire chief amid EMS shift | Wednesday August 19th, 2026 |
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Grapevine firefighters cited concerns over staffing, fire response capabilities, communication and morale after department changes replaced an engine with an EMS-focused squad |
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| 5 FDNY firefighters among 19 injured in crash with MTA bus | Wednesday August 19th, 2026 |
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Five firefighters and 14 civilians were taken to hospitals after an FDNY fire truck and MTA bus collided at a Bronx intersection |
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| Texas firefighter loses wife, 2 children in house fire | Tuesday August 18th, 2026 |
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The firefighter was serving the community when flames engulfed his Parker County home |
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| Hawaii National Guard rescues paramedics from floodwaters as rig washes away | Tuesday August 18th, 2026 |
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Two paramedics climbed onto their vehicle after becoming trapped in fast-moving floodwaters during Hurricane Lala |
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| Off-duty Calif. paramedic, firefighter husband rescue woman from burning car | Tuesday August 18th, 2026 |
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Shannon O’Neill-Gentry and Grant Gentry stopped at an El Dorado County crash and helped free a trapped woman as flames spread through her vehicle |
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| Surgeons called to free worker trapped in conveyor belt at Mass. facility | Tuesday August 18th, 2026 |
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Westford firefighters and a surgical team worked for over two hours to free a worker whose arm became trapped in machinery about 10 feet above the ground |
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| Teen lifeguard honored at White House after dramatic ocean rescue | Tuesday August 18th, 2026 |
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California lifeguard Ryder Williams reunited with the 10-year-old boy he rescued in Santa Cruz as President Donald Trump praised his actions |
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| Surgeons called to Ga. construction site for complex worker rescue | Monday August 17th, 2026 |
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Athens-Clarke County firefighters spent more than an hour freeing a worker trapped in machinery before a hospital trauma team was brought to the scene |
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| IAFF censures Md. prosecutor, alderman over paramedic's misconduct charge, staffing | Monday August 17th, 2026 |
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The union censured Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess over the prosecution of a paramedic and an Annapolis alderman over opposition to additional EMS staffing |
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| N.M. city's behavioral health response unit faces staffing cuts, overhaul | Monday August 17th, 2026 |
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Santa Fe's Alternative Response Unit has fallen from 13 employees to five and lost its dedicated paramedics |
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