Tag Archives: North Carolina

Assistant Chief James Walters Sr., 57, of the Parkton Volunteer Fire Department in North Carolina has passed away in the Line of Duty. Walters was doing paperwork at the station when he collapsed. Personnel at the station immediately began CPR. Unfortunately, Chief Walters passed away at the hospital from an apparent heart attack.

How is this for a hotshot? She looks pretty darn hot to me! This hotshot comes from Rowan County, North Carolina. Photo by Greg Summitt, Courtesy of FireNews.net Read the entire story here

This house fire was reported on the Raleigh/Wake Firefighting Blog recently. The fire now has video to go with it on youtube. Firefighters definitely had their hands full on this fire. You can also read about his fire here The ...

Good Monday Morning everyone. Today I bring you an Around the World Fire Report. This is not a normal column by The Fire Critic, but you will see it time to time. California – Calif. fire burns 2,000 acres, forces ...

This morning around 10:50am, a tiller ladder truck overturned in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. Three of the four firefighters on the rig were injured, two being in serious condition. The wreck happened at about 10:50 a.m. at the intersection of ...

Two more people died from the fireworks explosion we reported yesterday. The original report is here.You can read more about the third and fourth victims who died at the hospital due to injuries sustained in the explosion here. One more ...

While checking out the World News tonight I noticed another fireworks explosion…this time in North Carolina. An earlier post detailed several large fireworks explosions caught on tape here. This time it was while the fireworks were being unloaded. The interesting ...