Firefighting is extremely dangerous, and special equipment often makes the difference in life-and-death scenarios involving raging fires, collapsing buildings or toxic fumes.

The department’s new Pierce Ascendant Tiller will enhance response capabilities for tight urban areas and high-density ...

A fire protection district in Champaign County is starting to discuss raising taxes for more funding. A public meeting to ...

The proposed standards will impact how firefighters, EMS, search and rescue crews train and respond to incidents.

This year's theme, "Overcoming Resistance to Change in the Fire Service," inspired 85 innovative essays from fire service ...

Brown said innovations in the protective clothing firefighters wear make their jobs safer. “(Turnout gear) has gone from ...

Conditions on Saturday were perfect for a wildfire to get out of control – extremely dry, lots of dead foliage on the ground, and 10-20 mile per hour wind gusts. Those coupled with the steep terrain ...

Administrators of factories or chemical storage warehouses face a fine of up to NT$10 million (US$308,404) if they do not send representatives to assist with disaster relief efforts if a fire breaks ...

Breitung Township will spend $7,060 on equipment needed by its rescue team. Fire Department Chief Jim Rose said much of the equipment dates back to when the team first formed in about 2006 and is ...

The FDNY responded to two separate fires, one a 3-alarm fire involving three cars, in the Van Nest section of The Bronx, just north of Parkchester, on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 12, with no injuries ...

The $322.7 million investment from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Ports Program on ... (Karl Mondon/Bay Area ...

A Wisconsin man apparently faked his own drowning this summer so he could abandon his family and flee to eastern Europe, ...