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Details: https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/firefighters-battle-four-alarm-fire-in-downtown-buffalo-that-caused-6-m-in-total-damage

Just in case you needed a laugh Found this on reddit with the note: "For context RFS is the volunteer wildland fire service (does some structural, a source of contention) FR is the professional structural service."

One member of the Binghamton Fire Dept was lost and two others injured overnight at a fire at 1 Court St. A MAYDAY was transmitted reporting multiple members trapped following a partial structure collapse at the "vacant" building...

LODD was 25 year old with a year on the job, four other members hospitalized. https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/01/07/firefighters-hurt-mccully-building-fire/

https://secure.mysticseaport.org/public-events/24124 https://www.facebook.com/groups/americasfireboat/posts/7925690664166088/

Good news https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7202593k0xo

Pics from RobShots, Niagara Falls FD, Niagara County Hazmat & Niagara Falls ARB Hazmat Squad responded. No injuries.

Delta flight 136 (Detroit-Amsterdam) apparently diverted yesterday to JFK after a number of passengers got sick onboard. 12 passengers were treated by EMS on arrival. https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL136/history/20240703/0245Z/KDTW/KJFK I suppose this is also obligatory:

Rundown from https://www.facebook.com/FireBuffNY/ Buffalo FD | 05:36 | Erie | Erie Co. | Possible Structure Fire | 223 Allen Street 05:36-Engine 2 on location reporting fire in the rear 05:36-B-56 on location reported the Old Pink Flamingo is going pretty good 05:39-B-56 requests an extra 2 & 1...

With Fleet Week underway in midtown Manhattan and in Staten Island, are there any FDNY units special detailed to these locations for additional coverage or is it more or less business as usual?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68824189

Per FBNY - https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0WLm9Tra5pPqNdWyzD3GEpBX6G9yJAzNmyS9tgzB3Zj4B2PRGKh9NkENgTNwEwi24l&id=100063517106341 2 alarm factory fire at Roberts and Clinton St. Reported at 2120, at 2129 Battalion 46 requested the 2nd Alarm assignment. As of 2216 ops have gone...

Still developing as of 1250hrs, but reports indicate a car either exploded or caught fire at the US Immigration checkpoint on the Rainbow Bridge. https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/rainbow-bridge-in-niagara-falls-closed-due-to-incident-involving-vehicle-coming-into-the-u-s

General knowledge question for those who know, but after the initial Mack C's used as part of the Super Pumper System were aged out, there seem to be a few variations of rigs for the Satellite units. Does anyone know the model progression? Best I can tell it went from the original Mack C-based...

Smokey concession stand fire at Sahlen Field - Triple-A Baseball Stadium of the Buffalo Bisons. Reported as knocked down by 0910hrs, extensive ventilation and overhaul work in progress. Photos and videos: https://www.facebook.com/BFDHelmetsAndHoseWagons

The Fireboat Fire Fighter Museum and Mystic Seaport are hosting the Fire Fighter Festival on Saturday August 26th to mark the 85th birthday of Fire Fighter, a former FDNY fireboat that served the city from 1938-2010. Festivities start at 10AM and will continue to 5PM and will feature antique...

Per WNY Fire Alerts Fire at the Buffalo Fire Department shops yesterday originated on or around Reserve Engine F-326 while under repairs, extended further into the bay before being extinguished by BFD Engine 2. F-326 likely a part-out total loss.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66218679 Excerpt: A second firefighter has been killed in Canada as the country battles its worst season of wildfires on record. The person, who has not yet been named, died from injuries sustained while fighting a fire near Fort Liard in the Northwest...

Shortly after 1pm on a clear and sunny June 16th, 1966, a pair of commercial tankers attempted to pass each other in the confined waters off Bergen Point, where the Kill Van Kull and Newark Bay meet beneath the Bayonne Bridge. The outbound tanker, SS Texaco Massachusetts, was riding high and...

https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/city-of-buffalo-looks-to-buy-used-firetruck-money-for-blizzard-damaged-trucks-approved The calendar may say June, but the City of Buffalo just got around to OK'ing $240,000 in repair and minor upgrade costs to several rigs that were damaged during the...