firefighter injury

Firefighter Injured Battling Southwest L.A. Fire

October 28, 2008

On Sunday, October 26, 2008 at 5:16 AM, 9 Companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, 3 LAFD Rescue Ambulances, 1 Arson Unit, 1 Hazardous Materials Team, 1 EMS Battalion Captain, 1 Battalion Chief Officer Command Team and 1 Division Chief Officer Command Team, a total of 61 Los Angeles Fire Department personnel under the direction of [...]

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Sacramento Fire Captain Faces Surgery After Suffering Burns

October 8, 2008

A Sacramento fire captain today is facing the possibility that he must have surgery for burns he suffered fighting a Natomas house fire Tuesday. Capt. Jeffery Helvin, 39, is in serious but stable condition at UC Davis Medical Center’s burn unit this morning. He suffered serious burns to one hand and burns to his neck [...]

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Fire Captain Pinned Between Two Apparatus – CA

February 13, 2008

A Marin County fire captain was in critical condition Monday after a fire engine struck him and wedged him against another fire truck, officials said. Rubin Martin, 37, of Windsor was airlifted from the Throckmorton Ridge fire station, where the mishap occurred, to the trauma center at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, firefighters [...]

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