Over the past year, Firehouse.com has informed visitors about issues involving fire, rescue and EMS crews and incidents.
Here are the top stories that our viewers clicked on in 2024.
Firefighters from Washington and Frederick counties in Maryland, as well as crews from Jefferson County, WV, and Loudoun County, VA, battled a fire on the CSX bridge at Harpers Ferry, WV.
A couple, stranded by high water for several days following Hurricane Helene, praised Jordan Seidhom, the volunteer helicopter pilot who saved the woman. woman. They described the measures they took to survive.
A local fire officer threatened to arrest Jordan Seidhom, a helicopter pilot, if he went back to a cliff and rescued the husband of the victim he had just saved.
During a block party, a man suffered extensive head injuries after he ignited a firework and put it on his head.
Greene County Battalion Chief Chris Eddy was killed in a “violent explosion” that occurred when firefighters opened a burning truck.
The bodies of Firefighters Raegan Anderson and Chandler Kuhbander were located nearly 400 miles away in Cocke County, TN.
Fabian Camero, 28, son of Miami-Dade Fire Instructor Francisco Camero, was killed while inside a building during a live burn exercise.
Mount Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department officials said they didn't condone the conduct of participants in the the annual Halloween parade that showed Vice President Kamala Harris being led by chains.
Ty Voth collapsed and went unconsious following a house fire in August. The 27-year-old firefighter died at the hospital.
Burnsville Firefighter/Paramedic Adam Finseth and two police officers were gunned down responding to a domestic violence incident.
Susan Nicol | News Editor
Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues.
