[From R to L: Charlotte Shannon, Giselle King, Vanessa Schoening and Antoinette Proctor] Four women (three of them, women of color) were among the 286…
911 is a joke? No one is laughing here after firefighters refused to leave their Washington fire station to help a 77-year-old man who had collapsed OUTSIDE the fire station. CNN.com has the complete story. Â Read more:
The men and women who serve on the front lines as firefighters, rescuing citizens in harm’s way, should be saluted daily for their bravery. In one of…
Nineteen members of an elite firefighting crew were killed Sunday (June 30th) when a fire they were battling in an Arizona forest blew out of control, making it the deadliest wildfire involving firefighters in the U.S. for at least 30 years. The fire, which started Friday, spread to 2,000 acres on Sunday amid triple-digit temperatures, […]
The memorial service has ended, and soon the outpouring of grief and unwavering support for the families of Houston’s four fallen firefighters will subside. Most…
Tomorrow’s memorial for Houston’s four fallen firefighters will begin with two processions. Jeff Caynon is the president of the Houston Professional Firefighter’s Association. He says around 5,000 firefighters from around the country and Canada are flooding the city to attend tomorrow’s ceremony, and more than 600 more are coming here to work. Caynon says fire […]
The service will be held on Wednesday, June 5, at 10 a.m. at Reliant Stadium for falling fire fighters  Captain EMT Matthew Renaud, 35, of Station 51. He began his career with the Houston Fire Department in October of 2001. In addition to Fire Station 68, he served out of stations 51, 39, 83, 73, 37, […]
These firefighter were involved in the hotel fire off the Southwest freeway Read More
via: myfoxhouston.com HOUSTON – Firefighters were able to rescue a young boy who was trapped in a burning house in northwest Houston. Boy Removed from Burning House: MyFoxHOUSTON.com After the firefighters arrived around 9 a.m. Tuesday to the home on East 43rd Street near Arlington Street, they found light smoke coming from the home and […]
