Category: firefighter

BC Wildfire Service Crew Member Dies Near Revelstoke While Responding to Wildfire

The B.C. government is confirming the death of a firefighter who was responding to a wildfire near Revelstoke. A statement from Premier David Eby issued late Thursday offers his condolences. Calling it a “tremendous loss for everyone involved with the BC Wildfire Service at an already challenging time,” the statement goes on to say the…


Texas Firefighter Stabbed While Fighting Blazes Along Interstate

AUSTIN, Texas—A Texas firefighter was stabbed in the thigh early Monday morning by a man accused of starting the multiple fires firefighters were putting out along Interstate 35 in Austin, authorities said. Austin Fire Department shift commander Eddie Martinez told the Austin American-Statesman that the firefighter’s injuries weren’t life-threatening. Martinez said the man accused of…


Chicago Firefighter’s 2 Remaining Children Die After Fire Claims Wife, Son

CHICAGO—A Chicago firefighter’s two remaining children have died days after a fire at the family’s Northwest Side home also fatally injured his wife and 7-year-old son, authorities said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office said firefighter Walter Stewart’s 2-year-old son, Emory Day-Stewart, and his 9-year-old daughter, Autumn Day-Stewart, died Saturday and Friday, respectively, from injuries…


LIVE 12:15 PM ET: Biden Delivers Remarks at Fire Fighters Conference in Washington

President Joe Biden speaks at the Fire Fighters Conference in Washington, D.C., at 12:15 p.m. ET on March 6. …


LIVE NOW: Biden Delivers Remarks at Fire Fighters Conference in Washington

President Joe Biden speaks at the Fire Fighters Conference in Washington, D.C., at 12:15 p.m. ET on March 6. …


Biden Delivers Remarks at Fire Fighters Conference in Washington

President Joe Biden speaks at the Fire Fighters Conference in Washington, D.C., at 12:15 p.m. ET on March 6. …


Name of Buffalo Firefighter Killed in Downtown Fire Released

BUFFALO, N.Y.—A firefighter killed in an explosive blaze in Buffalo was identified Thursday as a 37-year-old father who had been with the department for three years, as authorities promised a thorough investigation of the fire’s cause. Firefighter Jason Arno was found dead Wednesday inside a badly burned brick building in the city’s downtown, several hours…


LIVE 7 AM ET: NTD Good Morning (Mar. 2): U.S. Senate Passes Bill to Declassify Covid-19 Origin Intelligence; Vaccine Whistleblower Hearing

The U.S. Senate wants government intelligence on the origins of Covid-19 declassified. A bill to do just that passed with unanimous consent on Mar. 1. We hear what Senators have to say about it. Pfizer’s clinical trials for the Covid vaccine were in the crosshairs on Mar. 1. A Trump-appointed judge listened to arguments in a vaccine whistleblower case. Find…


NTD Good Morning (Mar. 2): U.S. Senate Passes Bill to Declassify Covid-19 Origin Intelligence; Vaccine Whistleblower Hearing

The U.S. Senate wants government intelligence on the origins of Covid-19 declassified. A bill to do just that passed with unanimous consent on Mar. 1. We hear what Senators have to say about it. Pfizer’s clinical trials for the Covid vaccine were in the crosshairs on Mar. 1. A Trump-appointed judge listened to arguments in a vaccine whistleblower case. Find…


NTD Good Morning (Mar. 2): US Senate Passes Bill to Declassify COVID-19 Origin Intelligence; Vaccine Whistleblower Hearing

The U.S. Senate wants government intelligence on the origins of COVID-19 declassified. A bill to do just that passed with unanimous consent on Mar. 1. We hear what Senators have to say about it. Pfizer’s clinical trials for the COVID vaccine were in the crosshairs on Mar. 1. A Trump-appointed judge listened to arguments in…