Fighting fires is, like the health sector, an essential service, and it is under pressure due to budget strain.

The Peoria Fire Department has been awarded a $3 million grant from FEMA to hire 11 additional firefighters and staff three aerial trucks.

Maine's firefighter shortage is part of a national problem, but the state's size, rural makeup and aging population ...

After a year under siege, the city’s police department contends with the tactics of federal immigration agents.

When many Ohioans call 911, the people who show up to help in their darkest hours are volunteers, armed with as little as 36 ...

New Oxford firefighter Kathy Hippensteel gave her life in the line of duty, the community gathered to remember her sacrifice.

Today, 24 new Wholetime Firefighters officially graduated from Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS), including Omagh woman ...

The smell of wet grass from the recent atmospheric river rains, mud and gasoline wafts through the warm Southern California air as Alec Derpetrossian works the chainsaw with a foreman, Randy Magaña, ...

Consolidated Fire District 1 has made strides in strengthening its full-time staffing while continuing to recruit volunteers, ...

From water treatment plants to fire stations, see exactly how $92.7 million will be spent in your community as the U.S.

Premier Jacinta Allan has addressed the media about Victoria’s horror bushfires a day after a the tragic discovery of a body ...

An investigation is underway after authorities found a body while responding to a fire early Wednesday in southwest Oklahoma ...