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Bench 988 gives first responders a place to talk with retired firefighters who understand the trauma of the job

Pender EMS & Fire employees will become county employees as most emergency services shift under county management

Delaware County will evaluate all 28 volunteer fire departments as officials seek solutions to recruitment, retention and long-term service sustainability

York's new fire station replaces a nearly 60-year-old facility with modern cancer-prevention features, expanded living quarters, and space to support a growing fire department

Columbia firefighters rescued the severely burned children after forcing entry through heavy smoke and rapidly deteriorating conditions

The Forest Service and Interior Department will allow trained wildland firefighters to use N95 respirators on the fireline while adding decontamination protocols to reduce long-term exposure

Police say arson destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars in equipment, disrupting preparedness as Virginia Task Force 1 responds to the earthquake in Venezuela

Alexandria officials say morale and recruitment have improved since the department reduced firefighters' average workweek, with additional staffing gains and a 46-hour schedule planned by 2028

The burnover that killed three firefighters on the Colorado-Utah border is the deadliest U.S. wildfire incident since the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire, where 19 firefighters lost their lives in Arizona

Tacoma firefighters were already on scene for smoke from an electrical malfunction when an explosion occurred

A year after two battalion chiefs were killed in an ambush on Canfield Mountain, firefighters, families and the community gathered to honor their lives

Emily Barker, Nick Hutcherson and Sydney Watson were conducting initial attack operations on the Knowles Fire when rapidly spreading flames cut off their escape routes

Mabank Fire Chief Charles Woodard, who also served as the city's fire marshal and a police officer, died after he was hit by a vehicle

Columbia firefighters said a candle being used to repel mosquitoes ignited a fire that spread to neighboring homes, displacing at least five people

At least 1,450 people have died, more than 3,100 have been injured and hundreds of aftershocks continue to hamper search-and-rescue efforts as international teams work to find survivors

A day after three firefighters were killed in a burnover, hot, dry and windy conditions continued fueling dangerous wildfire growth across the West

The firefighters worked for the U.S. Wildland Fire Service and U.S. Forest Service and were part of an interagency response to the Knowles and Gore fires

"Fighting More Than Fire" explores the history of Black firefighters in Tulsa, from breaking racial barriers to the challenges and triumphs that shaped generations of service

An Alabama volunteer firefighter returned to finishing the mowing so the recovering resident and her family had one less thing to worry about

States are easing stairwell, electrical and fire code rules to lower housing costs, raising safety concerns from firefighters and code experts