Captain Tony Grider, 41, and firefighter Simon Quinn, 22, remain in hospital recovering from "serious injuries" after they were shocked by electricity from a power line as they doused students with water.

The members of the fire crew were inside the bucket of their engine's ladder when the accident occurred at around 11am yesterday, at Campbellsville University in Kentucky, US.

Captain Grider and Mr Quinn were taken to Taylor Regional Hospital and then transferred to the University of Louisville Medical Center Burn unit.

Mr Grider, a 16-year veteran of the department, remains in....Continue Reading 

Wed, Apr 9, 2014, 9:29 AM EDT

ENHANCED RISK OF WILDFIRE SPREAD THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS, GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND DRYING FINE FUELS WILL CREATE AN ELEVATED RISK FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRES THIS AFTERNOON. NO RAIN IS EXPECTED INTO THURSDAY, SO THE ENHANCED RISK WILL ALSO EXIST ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

PLEASE DO NOT PARK VEHICLES IN GRASSY AREAS AND ENSURE PROPER DISPOSAL OF ANY SMOKING MATERIALS. IT ONLY TAKES ONE IMPROPERLY DISPOSED CIGARETTE TO IGNITE A FIRE. IF YOU SPOT A FIRE, PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE AUTHORITIES IMMEDIATELY.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WILDFIRE DANGER, BURN RESTRICTIONS, AND WILDFIRE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION, PLEASE VISIT YOUR STATE FORESTRY OR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WEBSITE.

Sunday also will be the coldest day of the season, with high temperatures struggling to reach the mid 30s, the weather service said. Wind chills could be in the teens to low 20s at times.

This dry cold will come two days before what could be a potent northeaster is expected to develop late Tuesday and into Wednesday, bringing heavy rain, strong winds and potentially moderate coastal flooding.

The storm, which forecasters have grown increasingly confident about developing, will affect the region on the busiest travel day of the year and could bring snow or frozen precipitation to parts of New Jersey, the weather service said.

However, the weather service will not begin forecasting how much snow could fall until late Sunday at the earliest, forecasters wrote in a weather briefing released late Saturday.

NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
DIVISION OF FIRE SAFETY
OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL
SECURITY ALERT

Two explosions went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing at least two people and injuring dozens more, as runners completed the course and thousands cheered them on. Race organizers described the blasts as bombs.

Authorities reported a third explosion at the John F. Kennedy Library, elsewhere in the city, more than an hour after the blasts. There were no immediate reports of injuries in that explosion. Authorities said that they were investigating and treating it as related, and the police commissioner urged people in Boston to stay inside. Read More...

On Scene Police Recording Part 1 

This is a VOX recording. It is condensed and not in real time.

On Scene Police Recording Part 2

On Scene Police Recording Part 3

On Wednesday, July 14, 2010 the Collingswood Fire Department responded to several incidents due to flash flooding. We had assisted numerous stranded motorists that had been caught in the flooding. Our tactics were different depending on the situation.

During one of the assists we came across a female stranded in her vehicle in knee high water. We made verbal contact and determined....Continue Reading