Two-alarm house fire in Malden, Massachusetts: This fire occurred on Thursday sending a number of occupants to the hospital. Two firefighters were injured when they slipped on the ice. Read more.
UPDATE – Two FDNY EMS workers now suspended without pay over break incident: Mayor Michael Bloomberg blasts the EMTs who were on break in a coffee shop as a woman was dying. Witnesses say the pair didn’t help. A union rep says the two did the best they could and that both were dispatchers who have been away from patient care for some time. Click here for the latest.
Some like it. Some don’t: Riverdale VFD Chief Charles Ryan reports he is investigating the circumstance surrounding the video apparently posted by some of his firefighters during the snowstorm. Read the latest.
Fireground audio from Bronx fifth-alarm: Click here to listen in. Read about the fire and see pictures and video at Firefighter Spot.
Icy roads in North Carolina result in two firefighters hit: On I-40 in the Asheville area two firefighters with the Enka-Candler VFD were struck by a vehicle while offering assistance at the scene of another collision. Click here for more.
Who, other than Geezer, would be on top of this one?: Fire in the Guinness Brewery in Dublin has Bill’s full attention. Make sure you also check out the funny comments.
Case over wrecked Massachusetts ladder truck still making its way through court: It was more than a year ago that we told you about 22-year-old Firefighter Elias Martinez who had taken the rig belonging to the Provincetown Fire Department for a spin and wrecked it. Police said Martinez’s blood alcohol level at the hospital where he and a female passenger were treated was four times the legal limit. The lawyer for Martinez is arguing for a dismissal of the case based on privacy issues with Martinez’s medical records. Read the article.
Could this fire have been predicted?: The home business of a psychic advisor burned on Monday in Lake Station, Indiana. The photographer reports the interior stairs and the floor had burned away halting the interior attack.
