While I was out riding my Harley, I rode up onto afire/rescue situation just north of town and offered help. We got this guy ventilated, he had been overcome because of all the smoke,,,right,,,he gets up on his feet, staggers around a bit, then in a little while, lookin pretty good,,,cool,,,another squad rolls up and BAM he is/becomes the hood ornament on their truck. He’s still among the livin’ and I told him to go buy a lottery ticket….. Read Full Story

I am 12 years old, I have been in fire departments my whole life. My grandfather was a fireman. I never got to meet him. My grandmother, mother and uncle tell me many stories about him. My uncle Kevin Guillot is a chief. I’m so proud of him The fire department where we lived saved my life when I was 5 months old. Mom had me in a stroller going to check the mail. A drunk driver hit us. I was in the hospital many days. Mom was ok, but I broke my ribs. I am ok today. I love my fire fighters t... Read Full Story

I am a firefighter/emt and I had a call for an infant not breathing. As it turns out the infant had been murdered by the babysitter. I did CPR for about 30 minutes but I was not able to get the infant back. I am not allowed to say anymore about the call. Another call I had was with a man from the Middle East. I am a female and men do not respect women there. It was hard because I had to take care of a patient who did not want my help because I am female. His family also did not want me to he... Read Full Story

Before my husband passed away in 1995 he was a pump operator @ Bridge City Vol. Fire and Rescue Department. Before he passed we had a major car wreck and everyone showed up at the scene. Another tone was put out - they needed a truck — Well at this time cancer had taken over took my husband’s body. I got him to the station - picked him up and put him in cab of the truck. I drove the fire truck to the scene amd radioed en route to the wreck. The eyes of the Chief and other fellow firem... Read Full Story

Up to half a million people have been evacuated after a massive fire erupted at a fuel depot in the Indian city of Jaipur last night night. Twelve people have been confirmed dead and at least 150 injured in the blaze, which continues to rage out of control more than 17 hours after it started. The fire broke out at around 7:30 pm in a giant tank holding 8,000 kilolitres of oil. It swiftly spread out of control as huge flames leapt into the air and thick black smoke billowed into the night sky... Read Full Story

I just started my life as a volunteer fire fighter and I have to make the choice sometime soon whether or not this is what I want to do for the rest of my life or if God has something other than the fire/ems service planned for me. I have so many options along with the stress of choosing College or fire fighting. I haven’t been on many bad calls and it’s weird how God so far has protected me from seeing the things the other guys in my department have seen in the past few weeks. We had one f... Read Full Story

I’m lfrom the Philippines. My friend asked me to join him in establishing a fire & emergency assitance group. I really hate hot weather, why should I join? But he assured me, having good training would change my opinion. It was fun. Our first call came and we responded to it by ourselves( we didn’t have a truck back then ) to render manpower, and we did great! After the situation i was so happy and overwhelmed by how the other paid firefighters appreciated our efforts and ou... Read Full Story

The thing that got me to join the Volunteer Fire Dept. was when my neighbors’ house burned down on a below zero winter night in Virginia I was watching TV when the phone rang. I didn’t realize at first that there was a fire within 20 feet of my house. I answered the phone and saw a orange light around my shadow on the wall. I turned around to see a large flame shooting out my neighbors’ front door, and saw 2 Firefighters running right into it. I hung up the phone and ran outside up... Read Full Story

Dressed in prison orange, Gilberto Smith was unloading shovels and other equipment when he twisted his ankle deep in Eureka Canyon while on an inmate firecrew in California. Officials from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection knew that if the Loma fire turned his way, he’d never make it out alive. So the officials called in a helicopter. “I was scared at first,” said Smith, a 23-year-old inmate at Susanville Prison. “I knew that they’d have ... Read Full Story

One of my female coworkers and I were in the process of placing an accident victim into the cooler in the morgue. The victim had been crushed by some heavy equipment while working on his new farm. This was a huge machine…bigger than any regular farm tractor that we typically see around here. Well, this huge earth mover had crushed the gentleman and needless to say, he was very difficult to move around. If the victim had not been crushed, the task of putting him into the top drawer ... Read Full Story