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Operations & Training

The Fire Scene: Apparatus Positioning

March 11, 2025
John J. Salka Jr.'s examples of set up of ladder company apparatus, pumpers and chief's vehicles underscore the importance of grasp of this on-scene task.
WATCH: Security camera catches Des Moines crash involving ambulance, firetruck
Ambulance

WATCH: Des Moines, IA, Fire Truck, Ambulance Slide, Crash on Icy Street

Feb. 7, 2025
The car in the original wreck was hit by both the Des Moines fire engine and the ambulance.
Multiple cars damaged after VB fire truck hose snaps
Pumper

Multiple Vehicles Damaged after Hose Flies off Virginia Beach, VA, Rig

Feb. 6, 2025
Virginia Beach firefighters were wearing headsets and were unaware the hosebed had emptied.
'A blessing' | Dallas firefighter breaks silence on his miraculous survival after near 40-foot fall
Pumper

'Tough times don't last. Tough people do," Says Dallas FF Recovering from Rig Crash

Jan. 29, 2025
Dallas Fire Rescue Lt. John Hampton said he doesn't remember when his engine hydroplaned and plunged off an overpass onto train tracks below.
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LODDS

Funeral Set for Thomasville, MO, Firefighter Killed in Rig Wreck

Jan. 23, 2025
Thomasville Firefighter Bill Nix, 72, was killed Jan. 16 when the pumper, in which he was riding, rolled over while they were responding.
Vehicle crashes into fire truck in Kalamazoo
Pumper

Comstock, MI, Fire Rig Hit on Icy Highway, Again

Jan. 21, 2025
No Comstock personnel were hurt when for the second time in a few weeks, a vehicle slammed into their parked fire truck.