OCALA, Fla. -- An Ocala firefighter lifted a vehicle about a foot off the ground, allowing other firefighters to free the arm of a driver who was involved in a crash.
According to Ocala fire officials, two firefighters who were not at the fire station drove up on the crash, which took place on Northeast 36th Avenue, at about 12:15 p.m. Tuesday....Read More LOCAL 6
Firefighter Lloyd Maybry has passed away as a result of being a victim of a hit and run accident. Lloyd was a member of the Austin Tracy Volunteer Fire Department and was only 31 years old.
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Glasgow Daily NewsModesto and Norboerto Figueroa, two Hispanic males who were working as tenant farmers for a family in Monroe County, are being sought. Their last known place of residence was off the Jeff Hicks Road in the Austin community.
A $3,500 reward is being offered in the case. Anyone with information should contact the sheriff’s office at (270) 651-2771 or the hot line at (270) 646-8771.
News sources are reporting one of the victems of the double helicopter crash in Arizona was firefighter Michael MacDonald. 26 year old Michael was the first member of a Blackfeet wildfire crew to ever die while being dispatched to a fire.
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Runningwolf said MacDonald was aboard the helicopter as a patient, but not because of any firefighting injuries sustained. Rather, MacDonald was bitten by an insect and was being treated at a hospital on the south rim of the Grand Canyon when he had an allergic reaction to antibiotics...READ MORE