Captain Greg Baker of the Mi Wuk Sugar Pine Fire Protection District suffered a broken back after a fall when he was fighting the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles County.
The firefighters could bank up to 600 sick hours to supplement their short-term disability which is 75% of their check. Firefighter Chuck Ridpath, alongside other firefighters, advocated for 240 ...
LOS ANGELES — What haunts firefighter Brett Klemme is not the flames. It’s the photographs. On Jan. 7, the day the wildfires of Los Angeles ignited and forced mass evacuations, Klemme recalled ...
Heartwarming video shows the moment a hero firefighter and his wife break down in tears at finding his wedding ring in the ashes of their home that was burned down in the Los Angeles wildfires.
But is the cold weather really what makes you sick? Steve Dale from WGN Radio spoke with Dr. Matthew Kippenhan from Northwestern Medicine to find the answer. According to Kippenhan, while more ...
One house cats was has been confirmed positive with the virus, and the four cats living in the same house are presumed to be sick, as well. Last week health officials alerted consumers about a ...
A third home to the east also sustained smoke and water damage. One firefighter was transported for injuries during a slip and fall due to the icy conditions. Red Cross was ordered for five adults.
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (CNS) -- A veteran firefighter with the Orange County Fire Authority suffered a cardiac arrest and died Sunday morning while working on a residential structure fire in Laguna ...
You are not just tired – your body feels off. If you are starting to get sick, is it better to rest or push through an illness to get to the gym? And how sick is too sick to exercise?
A 25-year veteran at OCFA, Skinner worked as both a firefighter and apparatus engineer — serving as a driver for the fire engine and tasked with securing the water supply and pumping out water.