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Birmingham City Council has approved a three-year, $170,000 agreement with Axon to lease cameras, with footage to be used for training and incident investigations

An experienced backpacker had to be rescued after sinking thigh-deep in cold, flowing sand during a trek in Arches National Park

Reauthorization will ensure public safety’s voice in guiding the evolution of emergency communications

An explosion inside a Southeast Portland fourplex triggered a 2-alarm fire that burned all four apartments

A top-floor blaze tore through a six-story building in Manhattan, collapsing the roof, sending debris onto the sidewalk, and injuring three residents and a firefighter

St. Paul Fire Department’s long-shuttered Station 3 has reopened after a $3 million overhaul

New York DEC is now accepting applications for Volunteer Fire Capacity grants, for mostly volunteer rural departments to buy wildland firefighting gear

Four people were injured when a pickup truck collided with a Polk County Fire Rescue ambulance transporting a patient

A Lansing firefighter/paramedic has filed a lawsuit alleging she was singled out over her undergarments

Hands-on drills at Seminole County (Fla.) Fire Department expose service dogs to real emergency sights and sounds

A firefighter suffered minor burns after falling through a hole created by a crawl space fire

The FDNY is planning a special ceremony alongside a new commemorative emblem, a Gary Sinise–hosted podcast series and a film on FDNY Chaplain Father Mychal Judge

Flames engulfed the top deck of the 115-foot tour boat Adirondac at Waterfront Cruises’ docks in Lake George

An overnight fire tore through a Porterville home as firefighters attempted rescues

A three-alarm blaze in Allentown displaced five families

Loveland Fire Rescue Authority Lt. Shelby Vrem survived six minutes of cardiac arrest during last year’s 9/11 memorial stair climb thanks to the rapid CPR and AED response

Ohio lawmakers have set aside $40 million to launch a Post-Traumatic Stress Fund that will help firefighters, police officers and EMS personnel cover lost wages and medical costs tied to duty-related PTSD

About 50 Fresno firefighters battled a blaze in Chinatown, where heavy smoke and flames engulfed a historic building

San Diego firefighters spent more than 11 hours extinguishing a hay bale fire in a field near the Zoo Safari Park, using water, foam and CAL FIRE bulldozers

The FDNY and the NYPD Emergency Service Unit lowered an officer and a firefighter down to lift the injured worker to safety