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Boulder plans to spend up to $10.25 million annually on voluntary wildfire hardening efforts across 12 western neighborhoods, as officials debate whether to eventually require hardening measures rather than relying on homeowner participation

About 15 regional firefighters and EMTs practiced triaging simulated patients ahead of the Nov. 1 Sikh Parade, which draws roughly 150,000 attendees to a city of 70,000, with no other equipped hospital within 45 miles

Salvatore Cassano is urging Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Legislature to keep driverless cars off New York streets, citing warnings about autonomous vehicles interfering with police and firefighters at emergency scenes nationwide

Fire union leaders fear removing police from nonviolent 911 calls could endanger first responders if situations turn dangerous, as finance officials warn the $16.8 million Department of Neighborhood Safety could exhaust opioid settlement funding by 2032

After social media users questioned a Sun Prairie firefighter's lack of urgency during a Windsor house fire, officials explained his role and how crews coordinate roles like scene assessment and interior attack

Orlando firefighters work on truck company operations

The ballot measure would merge Pearl Fire Protection District into Spring Creek Fire Protection District, giving Spring Creek legal jurisdiction to improve service in Pearl, where it has already served as the contracted department for 25 years

The Airbus AS332 was seen yawing left and descending rapidly immediately after its third water drop following the Dome Fire, killing both crew members just after maintenance crews had tightened the bucket’s pressure regulator

The lithium-ion battery fire blocked the family’s exit, killing an 11-year-old boy and critically injuring his father, father’s girlfriend and two brothers, as FDNY firefighters crawled past flames to complete rescues

Jacksonville Firefighter/Paramedic Josue Garcia-Otero and his wife helped treat critically injured passengers after surviving a high-speed rail collision that killed at least 68 people

The new Tazewell County Volunteer Fire Company organizes all 170 volunteers and 11 stations under three battalion chiefs, funded by a 4.7% meals tax, with plans to add a paid part-time engine crew by spring to address staffing shortages

The boy held onto a rope for about 25 minutes while standing knee-deep in sewage after falling through a foot-wide vent pipe opening at Hickman Sanitation Company in West Chester

Virginia Beach’s “compassionate billing” program, which doesn’t charge residents co-pays or deductibles, funded seven new ambulances and 43 new EMS hires while distributing $4.2 million to volunteer rescue squads that had struggled to keep pace with rising equipment costs

Firefighters returned to the historic Obersalzberg site days after the initial blaze to extinguish flare-ups from smoldering embers, as German police hold a suspect on arson charges and the building remains closed indefinitely

The man caused more than $2,550 in damage after spray-painting his website across victim panels at the memorial’s north pool, an act he filmed and posted to Instagram before his arrest

These stores and restaurants are showing their gratitude to fire and EMS professionals with an abundance of discounts

Gov. Josh Shapiro signed House Bill 2014, letting 14- and 15-year-old volunteers train until 10 p.m. on weekends and summer breaks instead of 9 p.m. and ride in emergency vehicles to calls

Facing a $2.2 million budget shortfall driven by low Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements, Baraboo and surrounding municipalities agreed to raise their combined contributions from 18% to 37% of the district’s budget

A Watertown fire engine returning from a Salmon Run Mall alarm call struck two utility poles after its driver suffered a medical emergency and was left unconscious

The lithium-ion battery fire on I-880 in Hayward could keep southbound lanes closed for up to 18 hours due to hazardous chemical smoke concerns