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FBI: Active shooter incidents dropped 50% in 2024

2 days ago | firerescue1.com | Joanna Putman

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The FBI has released its “2024 Active Shooter Incidents in the United States” report, which shows a 50% drop in incidents in 2024 compared with 2023. The report identifies 24 active shooter incidents in 2024, as opposed to 48 incidents recorded in 2023. These shootings occurred across 19 states and spanned five major location categories: open space, commerce, education, government and houses of worship.
Aging fire truck fleet blamed in LAFD’s struggles during Palisades Fire

3 days ago | firerescue1.com | Alene Tchekmedyian

By Alene TchekmedyianLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — After the Palisades fire ignited, top brass at the Los Angeles Fire Department were quick to say that they were hampered by broken fire engines and a lack of mechanics to fix them. If the roughly 40 fire engines that were in the shop had been repaired, they said, the battle against what turned out to be one of the costliest and most destructive disasters in Los Angeles history might have unfolded differently.
Mich. museum seeks help to reunite FDNY Super Pumper and Super Tender

3 days ago | firerescue1.com | Joey Oliver

By Joey Olivermlive.comBAY CITY, Mich. – The Antique Toy and Firehouse Museum has announced the acquisition of a historic firefighting vehicle but is looking for community support to help transport the massive piece of history across the country. The museum has acquired the Super Tender from Ruth Wick of Hemet, California, assembling two pieces of firefighting history that once comprised the “legendary” Fire Department of New York Super Pumper System, museum officials said.
Fallen Mass. fire captain remembered for service, compassion

4 days ago | firerescue1.com | Susannah Sudborough

By Susannah Sudboroughmasslive.comROCKPORT, Mass. — An active-duty Rockport fire captain who died unexpectedly on Memorial Day is being remembered for serving the town “with immense pride and dedication.”Andrew Porter, 44, died at Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester surrounded by his loved ones, according to a press release from the fire department. He was a 25-year veteran of the department.
Baltimore council considers $362M FD budget as OT, EMS costs climb

4 days ago | firerescue1.com | Carson Swick

By Carson SwickBaltimore SunBALTIMORE — The Baltimore City Council’s final task on Thursday was to consider a $362 million proposed budget for the Baltimore City Fire Department, an agency that has racked up big deficits from employee overtime prompted by staffing shortages in recent years. The $362 million proposal for the 2026 fiscal year represents a 10.7% increase from the $327 million in funding allocated to BCFD last year.
7 rescued from above fire at Minn. apartment blaze

4 days ago | firerescue1.com | Kristi Miller

By Kristi MillerPioneer PressST. PAUL, Minn. — St. Paul police and fire personnel rescued people trapped in a burning building on Rice Street on Saturday morning after a two-alarm blaze broke out, officials said. Police and fire officials responded at about 9:30 a.m. to an apartment fire in a three-story building on the 500 block of Rice Street, said Deputy Chief Jamie Smith, spokesman for the St. Paul Fire Department. When police arrived, they saw flames on the second floor.
Detroit FD launches ‘nurse navigation’ program to reduce EMS response times

5 days ago | firerescue1.com | Anne Snabes

By Anne SnabesThe Detroit NewsDETROIT — The call came shortly after lunch earlier this month to one of Detroit’s dozens of EMS crews who work the city each day responding to emergencies: A patient was dizzy and needed an ambulance. In less than seven minutes, paramedic Curtis Lowe and Emergency Medical Technicians Royce Mentor III and Bacarri Stanley with the Detroit Fire Department arrived at a nursing home in Detroit’s Poletown East neighborhood.
Ga. BioLab warehouse had 14M pounds of chemicals at time of fires

6 days ago | firerescue1.com | Mirtha Donastorg

By Mirtha DonastorgThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionATLANTA — At the time of the massive September fires that blanketed parts of metro Atlanta in toxic plumes, BioLab was storing more than twice the amount of reactive chemicals in its warehouse than it had previously disclosed to Rockdale County officials years before, according to a new report from the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.
Cleveland considers deploying drones to assess fire, EMS scenes

1 week ago | firerescue1.com | Sean McDonnell

By Sean McDonnellcleveland.comCLEVELAND — Today, firefighters and paramedics race to the scene when someone dials 911. But in the not-so-distant future, Cleveland’s first responders may be deployed alongside — or even after — drones fly to the scene. Cleveland is exploring the idea, and city officials are asking technology firms to pitch proposals for a “Drone as First Responder” program through a request for qualifications.
Ohio fire chief recognized for squeezing into basement to rescue woman trapped in house fire

1 week ago | firerescue1.com | Bill Carey

MEDINA, Ohio — Medina Fire Chief Larry Walters is being honored by the state of Ohio for rescuing a woman trapped in the basement of her burning home during a house fire in October 2024Fire crews responded to a blaze on Branch Road in York Township and located the trapped woman at a basement window, but the opening was too small for her to escape, and their initial rescue attempt failed, FOX8 WJW reported.