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  • Mass. Chief: Deadly Hose Incident Could Happen Anywhere

    BOSTON -- After an 82-year-old woman was killed by an unsecured hose on a passing fire truck in Cambridge, Team 5 Investigates learned it's not the first time an incident like this has happened. Gertrude King, of...

    News • January 30th, 2010

  • EMT Crashes Ambulance On Way to N.J. House Fire
    EMT Crashes Ambulance On Way to N.J. House Fire

    MIDDLE TOWNSHIP— On Tuesday, Jan. 26 Middle Township Ambulance Corps EMT Joseph Sims, was involved in a serious accident while driving ambulance unit 1409 at the intersection of Indian Trail Road and Route 9. According to police Sims was en-route...

    News • January 28th, 2010

  • Fire Hose Injures Mass. Woman

    BOSTON --   An 82-year-old Somerville woman was seriously injured in Cambridge Tuesday when a hose on the side of a fire truck struck her as she was standing waiting for the vehicle to pass. A Cambridge Fire Department engine was on Massachusetts...

    News • January 27th, 2010

  • 3 Kentucky FFs Injured in Crash

    OLDHAM COUNTY, Ky. --   Several firefighters are recovering after crashing their fire truck on the way to an emergency call. Officials said the crash happened at about 1:19 a.m. Sunday 11900 block of U.S. Highway 42 in Oldham County. The vehicle...

    News • January 18th, 2010

  • Ohio Man Tried To Steal Fire Truck

    CINCINNATI -- A man was shocked with a Taser gun and taken into custody Thursday after police said he tried to steal a fire truck. The incident occurred at about 2:30 p.m. on the 2700 block of North Bend...

    News • January 15th, 2010

  • N.H. Fire Vehicle Involved in Crash

    LACONIA, N.H. -- A Laconia Fire Department cruiser was involved in a crash Thursday afternoon. Officials said the fire vehicle was responding to an accident at 2:36 p.m. when it was struck by another vehicle turning...

    News • January 7th, 2010

  • Colo. Fire Truck Gets Stuck in Hole

    DENVER -- It's not everyday you see a fire truck stuck in a hole. But that's what happened Tuesday in Denver. The truck was rounding a corner at 19th Avenue and Logan Street when it started sinking...

    News • January 5th, 2010

  • Four Tenn. FFs Hurt in Engine Roll Over

    -- Four firefighters from the White House Volunteer Fire Department who were injured responding to a wreck Sunday have been released from a hospital. According to fire officials, the firefighters were treated at Vanderbilt and released...

    News • December 29th, 2009

  • Detroit Fire Truck Slams into Vehicle

    DETROIT -- A Detroit fire truck racing to a blaze at a commercial building on Detroit's west side slammed into a vehicle Wednesday afternoon. The truck collided with the car on Buchanan Road and 14 Street...

    News • December 24th, 2009

  • Wrong Parts in Boston Truck Crash

    A Boston Fire Department contractor installed the wrong parts on Ladder 26 several months before it crashed, killing a firefighter at in early January, according to The Boston Globe.The newspaper reviewed the police report from a recent investigation...

    News • December 16th, 2009

  • 2 Fla. FFs Hurt in Tanker Rollover

    -- Crews will have to rebuild a bridge that carries traffic on the Florida Turnpike, after a fiery tractor trailer crash damaged the overpass. A semi hauling flammable cooking spray was hit by a pickup truck and caught fire...

    News • December 15th, 2009

  • Chief's Car, Taxi Collide in Wis.

    MILWAUKEE -- A fire chief responding to a natural gas leak collided with a taxi on the city's north side just before 8 a.m. Friday. According to the Milwaukee Fire Department, Battalion 2 Chief Alonzo Chapman was going...

    News • December 12th, 2009

  • No Charges in Boston Truck Death

    BOSTON -- No criminal charges will be filed in connection with a Boston Fire Department ladder truck crash that claimed the life of a fire lieutenant in January. Lt. Kevin Kelley, a 30-year veteran of the department...

    News • December 10th, 2009

  • Boston FF's Family Wants Trucks Replaced

    BOSTON -- The family of a Boston firefighter killed on duty says it's losing patience with city lawmakers.

    News • December 6th, 2009

  • Tire Flies Off Fla. Fire Truck, Hits People

    DANIA BEACH, Fla. --   Two people were injured Monday morning when a tire flew off a Dania Beach fire truck that was responding to a call. A representative of Dania Beach Fire Rescue said the truck was moving east in the 2300 block of Griffin Road...

    News • November 10th, 2009

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