The task force formed to probe a rash of embarrassing incidents at the Hartford Fire Department is recommending a return to a command structure that includes two assistant chiefs.
A 104-year-old fire truck, owned by Salida Fire Department, will get new life as a "crazy piece of rolling history" thanks to a $80,000 restoration project that got a boost earlier this month from the state historical society.
Sheriff's detectives suspect that a home west of Santa Rosa that went up in flames Wednesday amid a series of explosions was the site of a hash oil operation based on equipment they said was found in the aftermath of the destructive fire.
Fernandina Beach Fire Department has delayed an investigation into an allegation a female firefighter was bullied and harassed for fear it will interfere with a lawsuit she filed against the city.
Hundreds of millions of Americans have moved rapidly from traditional land lines to relying on various forms of wireless phone services, making the 911 emergency system ever more complex.
Three people jumped from the second floor of a Columbus house that caught fire Thursday afternoon. All three will be OK, but one woman was hospitalized in stable condition.
Folk singer Art Garfunkel’s swanky Upper East Side penthouse, just off Central Park, caught fire Thursday morning, sources said. The blaze began in the insulation inside the 15th-floor home on East 79th Street and firefighters were called for a smoke...
A former volunteer firefighter with the Boswell Fire Department has been accused of stealing raffle items and cash from the fire department vending machines.
More than 1,000 people gathered Thursday at the Civic Center of Anderson to pay their final respects to Sandy Springs firefighter Kenneth Stanton, who was hit by a car as he directed traffic around a wreck.
A Worth County battalion chief has been terminated for accepting a request to assist with the transport of a patient leaving a lieutenant and two non-certified firefighters to staff the department.
Evansville Fire Department Chief Mike Connelly came to the defense of his firefighters amid accusations the agency mishandled its response to the early Saturday morning fire at the Inland Marina boat dock.
The San Antonio Fire Department has identified nine residential high-rises in the city that lack sprinkler systems, including five that house mostly senior citizens.
The case of 12 white Buffalo firefighters who claim they were passed over for promotion because of their race is being sent back to the lower court that initially ruled in their favor.
Newberry Fire Dept. received a SAFER grant and has used it to make improvements to department staffing and increasing recruitment and retention of volunteers.
A Manatee firefighter developed a card that first responders could pass out to drug overdose victims and family members encouraging them to seek help after the initial EMS treatment.
Four contractors were injured in a fire and explosion that tore through a Torrance oil refinery and shook homes up to two miles away. Investigators say it could take weeks to determine the cause of the blast.
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