Tag Archives: Firefighter

Fresno Fire Department’s Twitter account @FresnoFire posted a video of a firefighter giving oxygen to a cat retrieved from an apartment complex fire in the 500 block of Winery Avenue on Tuesday, May 2, 2017. One person and the cat were treated at the scene, according to the post. … …

A 24-year-old Modesto man was arrested Thursday, two week after authorities said he carjacked an off-duty Merced County firefighter who’d stopped to help at the scene of a car crash. … Click to Continue »

An off-duty volunteer firefighter who stopped to help at a car crash in Ballico Thursday morning was carjacked while trying to help the injured, the California Highway Patrol reported. The … Click to Continue »

25-year-old Damien Pereira is still in his second surgery, this one is expected to take seven hours. CAL FIRE says hospital officials are hopeful he’ll recover, but say he faces a tough battle. Here’s an inside look at some of the therapy he could face.

CAL FIRE has identified 25-year-old Damien Pereira as one of three firefighters injured while fighting a small mountain fire Friday. Crews say the father of one is in pain but has family by his side, saying the drought could’ve contributed to the danger.

Three people were injured, including a Tulare County Cal Fire firefighter, while fighting a fire near the community of Three Rivers.  Cal Fire officials say the three people were fighting a 2- to 3-acre fire on Case Mountain when a tree fell on them. The firefighter sustained major injuries and …

A heartwarming story today out of Fresno’s Fire Station 4. Firefighters were wrapping up at a house fire in Central Fresno on Olive and 9th, when something out of the ordinary happen, and our reporter Gaby Rodriguez caught it on camera.   A pigeon that had been rescued from inside the …

The outpouring of community support continues for injured firefighter Pete Dern. Dern fell through the roof of a burning home last month and suffered severe burns. A fourth grader at Saint Anthony’s Cathloic School in northwest Fresno set up a fundraiser to help Captain Dern with medical expenses. Luke Orlando …

A firefighter is recovering after getting hurt while battling a blaze at Maple near California in Southwest Fresno. Crews were called out to an abandoned home around three this morning and found the the home heavily engulfed in flames. Firefighters were able to knock it down quickly, but one firefighter …