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From EMSWorld.com News A Texas EMS provider was killed March 12 while responding to a call in his personal vehicle. Mike Steffen, an emergency care attendant with North Hudspeth County EMS, was killed when his vehicle rolled over on a dirt road, according to a colleague, William H. Brown, EMS program coordinator. Steffen was the [...]
Senior Captain Thomas Dillion from Fire Station 69 has died of an apparent heart attack while operating at an apartment fire. Friends, family and colleagues gathered at West Houston Medical Center Wednesday morning to mourn and show respect. The 49-year-old father of three has been with the Houston Fire Department for 22 years. Compiled from [...]
Written on March 14, 2012 | Posted in
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The Texas LODD Task Force is reporting a LODD in Memphis, Texas of Firefighter and Fire Marshal Matt Waller. Firefighter Waller, with the Memphis VFD in Memphis, TX. Died Saturday February 25th after suffering a stroke at the fire station. Matt was 47 y/o and leaves behind a wife and 14 y/o son. Visitation is [...]
First responders who rushed to the disaster scene on Sept. 11, 2001, are not invited to this year’s memorial service at Ground Zero, New York officials confirm. The service is scheduled for Sept. 11, 10 years after the terror attacks. In a statement, a spokesman for New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Andrew Brent, said the [...]
Written on August 18, 2011 | Posted in
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By Monika Diaz and Jonathan Betz at WFAA News, Dallas See photos here. Update:Read additional information from WFAA News here. A firefighter died late Sunday afternoon after being injured while trying to put out a three-alarm apartment fire in southwest Dallas. Dallas Fire-Rescue Acting Chief Louis Bright identified the victim as Lt. Todd Krodle, 41. [...]
Written on August 14, 2011 | Posted in
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By Cynthia Vega at WFAA News, Dallas See photos here. Hundreds of North Texas firefighters gathered at a Garland church to say goodbye to a fallen Dallas firefighter. Funeral services for 35-year-old Chris Pham were held Thursday at Our Mother of Perpetual Help in Garland. Still no word on Pham’s cause of death, but there [...]
Written on July 1, 2011 | Posted in
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By Holley Nees at KTRE News, Lufkin Nacogdoches Fire trucks from across the state line-up to pay their respects to David Goins. “It makes me proud. I was just amazed at all the support he’s gotten and he deserves it,” said Jerry LaSalle, Chief of Huntington Volunteer Fire Department. “It’s a little bit overwhelming that [...]
