Firefighters


  1. Thanks, firefighters

    (Kevin E. Schmidt/Quad-City Times)A local firefighter is covered in ice Saturday while battling an early morning fire in downtown Maquoketa, Iowa.

  2. Injured firefighter improving update

    Jeff Cook/QUAD-CITY TIMES Les Norin, president of the Davenport Association of Professional Firefighters Local 17, answers questions during a news conference Tuesday about the improved condition of Nate Wilson, a Davenport firefighter who was injured late Friday while battling a blaze at Nichols Aluminum.

  3. Davenport firefighters understaffed

    Photos by John Schultz/QUAD-CITY TIMES Davenport firefighters Mike Lintz, left, and Ryan Stremlow maintain the floors at Davenport’s Central fire station. A new insurance report claims the city needs more than the current 139 firefighters it has on its roster.

  4. Davenport firefighters understaffed

    Stremlow, who also is a paramedic, moves one of the myriad of hoses at the station.

  5. Davenport firefighters understaffed

    Firefighter/tower truck driver Jerry Schulz looks for parts in the station’s parts closet.

  6. Davenport firefighters understaffed

    Firefighter and EMT Eli Voss cleans a piece of equipment from the station’s tower truck.

  7. Firefighters struggle against wildfires

    THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A tanker drops slurry on the fire line Friday while battling the Cave Creek Complex fire in Black Canyon City, Ariz. The fire is the second largest fire in state history. The Cave Creek Complex fire began as two lightning-sparked fires on June 21 near Cave Creek and within days had forced the evacuations of some 250 homes northeast of Phoenix.

  8. Firefighters gaining on wildfires

    THE ASSOCIATED PRESS An engineer with the California Department of Forestry takes a break Friday as a wildfire makes it way down an unpopulated canyon near the south side of Simi Valley. Hundreds of evacuees were allowed to return home as firefighters gained ground on a 20,000-acre wildfire that cast such a smoky haze over the city that drivers turned on their headlights in the middle of the day.

  9. Augie firefighter

    Augustana junior offensive lineman Drew Hansen wants to be a firefighter paramedic after he graduates. His father and his brother also are firefighters.

  10. Davenport firefighter paralyzed after downtown blaze

    Capt. Bob Juarez, 43, remained in the intensive care unit Tuesday at OSF St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Ill. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)

  11. Firefighters, Santa pay visit to hospital

    Nick Loomis/QUAD-CITY TIMES Tresa Rodriguez helps her daughter Abbey, 2, open a doll from Santa, District Fire Chief Mike Carlsten, and Mrs. Claus, Jan Tappa, during their visit to the Genesis Medical Center East Campus children's wing on Sunday.

  12. Davenport firefighter recovering from burns

    Larry Fisher/QUAD-CITY TIMES Davenport firefighter Nate Wilson talks about his recovery from burns he received at an industrial fire during a visit Tuesday to Fire Station 8.

  13. Moline cops, firefighters shop with kids

    John Schultz/QUAD-CITY TIMES Moline police officer Eric Brown shops at the Moline Wal-Mart with Tyler Baker, 11, from Franklin Elementary School as she buys gifts for her family members during the fourth annual Shop with a Cop/Firefighter program in which Moline police and firefighters help students purchase Christmas presents for their families.

  14. Firefighters race to contain Calif. blaze

    THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - Two men load a couch into a pickup truck as flames crest a ridge behind their home in the hills near Ventura, Calif. Pushed by fierce Santa Ana winds, a 4,000-acre wildfire crept toward about 200 large, ridge-top homes, prompting a voluntary evacuation before decreasing winds helped firefighters gain some control.

  15. Firefighters called to rural house fire

    Durant firefighters investigate a fire at a rural home east of Pleasant Prairie in Muscatine County this morning. (Larry Fisher/QUAD-CITY TIMES)

  16. 3 firefighters hurt in aluminum plant fire

    Eric Sumberg/QUAD-CITY TIMES — Investigators are on the scene of an overnight fire at Nichols Aluminum, Davenport, that injured three firefighters.

  17. 'Suspicious' fire puts fear into Moline firefighters

    Photos by Larry Fisher/QUAD-CITY TIMES Moline firefighters finish work at an early-morning fire Tuesday to several businesses at 4501 Avenue of the Cities. No one was reported injured.

  18. Firefighters rescue cat from apartment fire

    A Davenport firefighter and a Medic Ambulance paramedic check out the condition of a cat that was rescued from a fire in an apartment house at 1348 West 14th Street that was discovered shortly before 8:00am Monday morning. All residents escaped the upsta irs smoky blaze and the cat appeared unharmed. (Larry Fisher / QUAD-CITY TIMES)

  19. Local firefighters prepare holiday meal for seniors

    Larry Fisher/QUAD-CITY TIMES Edna Jordan is all decked out for the holidays Wednesday at the sixth annual CASI Christmas Dinner at the Center for Active Seniors Inc., or CASI, which is cooked and served by members of the Davenport Fire Department and their families.

  20. Calmer wind helps firefighters in Southern Calif.

    A fire truck passes a burning hillside Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008, in Chino Hills, Calif. Calmer winds Sunday aided firefighters battling wildfires that destroyed hundreds of homes in Southern California, forced thousands of residents to flee and left much of the region under a thick blanket of smoke. (AP PHOTO)

  21. Firefighters work house fire in rural Scott County

    (Larry Fisher/Quad-City Times)

  22. Clinton firefighters search for cause of fatal blaze

    Steven Martens/QUAD-CITY TIMES Fire officials were still at the scene Monday of a blaze that killed a Clinton, Iowa, woman in her apartment Sunday morning at 521 4th Ave. S. No cause of the fire had been determined by Monday afternoon.

  23. Maquoketa fire: Firefighters battle hot spots

    Members of the Maquoketa Fire Department battle hot spots Sunday night in the basement area of the former Sue's Hallmark business in downtown Maquoketa, Iowa.

  24. Davenport firefighters battle downtown apartment fire

    An unidentified resident of an apartment building in the 300 block of N. Marquette Street in Davenport stands by as his home burns this morning. (Photo by Larry Fisher/QUAD-CITY TIMES)

  25. Davenport firefighters battle downtown apartment fire

    Davenport firefighters are on the scene this morning of a fire at 322 N. Marquette St. (Kevin W. Schmidt/QUAD-CITY TIMES)