New equipment has been added to the Siren Fire Department’s cache: Seventeen self-contained breathing apparatuses, 34 air ...

Blaring fire station sirens replaced with ‘calmer’ alarms to help firefighters - The new system featuring softer alarms went ...

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SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. (KTIV) - A new addition to a metro fire department will have a positive impact on the surrounding communities. But it will take some time before it’s fully built. The federal ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Fire Chief Dennis Rubin has more than 50 years of experience fighting fires and working in big cities like Atlanta, Georgia. But when he took the job as head of the fire department ...

INDIANAPOLIS — A motorist struck a Wayne Township fire truck on the west side of Indianapolis Sunday morning. According to a notification from the Indiana Department of Transportation, the crash ...

A Lake Country Fire and Rescue tender rolled onto its side in a roundabout while responding to a fire call on Sunday. The crash happened at Highway 18 and Highway 83 in the City of Delafield. The ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — Behind every fire truck that rolls out, every ladder that rises and every hose ready to use when seconds matter, is a small team most of us never see. They don't run into the ...

LAVELLE — Things looked pretty dim around the Lavelle Fire Company when its 30-year-old Pierce fire truck broke down with engine failure in November. In a matter of six weeks or so, with assistance ...

The judge sentenced Rucker to life in prison on all five counts of manslaughter, and two of them will run back-to-back. TULSA, Okla. - A Tulsa County judge sentenced Keiosha Rucker to life in prison ...

There are potential safety issues surrounding those old fire trucks after two of them broke down this week, as both were not being able to dispense water on the same fire in Roseland. It's not just ...

Even for veteran firefighters, being in a burning structure can be a disorienting experience. The smoke makes it hard to see, the roar of the fire makes it hard to hear, and wearing their SCBA ...