Etiket: firefighter
Former firefighter is right: Emmen liable for PTSD due to traumas
After twenty years of struggle, there is finally recognition for former firefighter Ruud Lohuis (63) from Emmen. Due to 25 serious incidents at the then professional fire brigade of Emmen,…
Twelve elderly residents evacuated after fire in care center on Reestlaan. Mrs. Wessel (97): ‘The firefighter asked if I wanted to ride on his back. Well that didn’t seem right to me
In the Reestlanden residential facility – part of the Cosis care institution – on the Reestlaan in Meppel, three apartments were completely destroyed by a major fire on Tuesday night.…
Nicol from Peize jumped after a calf and is now a trainee firefighter
This week’s exercise is an attic fire in Peize. Although the volunteers do not know this yet when they leave the barracks. In the house of Joop and Hillie Stuurwold…
Double hangover: cat bites firefighter and boss during rescue from Amstelveen tree
Two men were slightly injured yesterday in Amstelveen while trying to save a cat from a tree. It concerns a firefighter and the owner of the cat, both of whom…
Firefighter Jasmin (27) was ambushed on New Year’s Eve
From Hildburg Bruns The street sign is a reminder of Berlin’s bravest youth judge: Kirsten-Heisig-Platz! The Neukölln fire station is right on the square. Their rescuers were deliberately lured into…
Another defective breathing equipment leaves a firefighter without air in a fire in Girona
Unrest grows among government officials Generalitat fire brigade after a new failure of a Assisted Breathing Equipment (ERA) in an intervention last night in the fire of a house of…
109 people start firefighter training, but that is still not enough
109 people start firefighter training, but that is still not enough There has been too little influx of new firefighters for some time now, while many volunteers or professional firefighters…
Recognition for firefighter Frans and his colleagues after fatal hotel fire
Frans van Hapert (75) was a firefighter in the fatal hotel fire at ‘t Silveren Seepaerd in Eindhoven, exactly 51 years ago. As a 24-year-old youth, he saw terrible things.…
Beiler firefighters conquer 600 steps during Firefighter Stair Climb
More than 600 steps up with 15 kilos of luggage on your back. Nine firefighters from Beilen did so yesterday, on September 11, during the Firefighter Stair Climb, in memory…
Flood disaster in the Ahr Valley: Young firefighter founds a start-up for better equipment
“At LENZ, everything revolves around safety. We work on new innovations every day to keep everything under control at this one moment,” says the website of the start-up LENZ Technology,…