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The Paso Robles facility provides live-fire, rescue, EMS and law enforcement training while giving regional agencies a place to train together for major incidents

Hialeah firefighters have opened contract talks seeking raises and improved staffing as the department struggles to retain personnel, maintain four-person crews and recruit paramedics

The union censured Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess over the prosecution of a paramedic and an Annapolis alderman over opposition to additional EMS staffing

Despite a heat index above 100 degrees, Cuba Community Volunteer Fire Department crews saved most of their equipment, but the station was left uninhabitable

Salina Fire Department’s new 20,000-square-foot station features five apparatus bays and space designed to accommodate future growth

Bellevue firefighter Sam Halbert will compete with Team USA at the 2026 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam

Santa Fe's Alternative Response Unit has fallen from 13 employees to five and lost its dedicated paramedics

Athens-Clarke County firefighters spent more than an hour freeing a worker trapped in machinery before a hospital trauma team was brought to the scene

Dale Fahoome died after 27 years with the Detroit Fire Department, but the city says his esophageal cancer does not qualify his death for line-of-duty recognition

Euclid Fire Department handled more than 13,000 incidents in 2025, with EMS calls accounting for most of its workload as officials seek to keep ambulances available for emergencies

The union unanimously censured Gov. Abigail Spanberger after she vetoed legislation that would have expanded collective bargaining rights for firefighters, EMS personnel and other public employees

Hambden Township officials face scrutiny over financial oversight of a fire department that receives nearly $800,000 a year in public funding

UC Merced researchers found the share of homes destroyed after wildfire exposure rose from about 3% to 18% over two decades despite efforts to harden properties

West Virginia University researchers are testing a system that would allow satellites to detect wildfires and reposition themselves to provide crews with more frequent data on fire behavior

The Sikorsky S-70i Firehawk will bolster the county fire department's aerial firefighting fleet

Families of the firefighters killed in the 2022 Stricker Street fire are pursuing negligence, wrongful death and state-created danger claims

Dyess Air Force Base Fire Capt. Lawson C. “Gus” Stuart entered a trench without shoring, a harness or other safety gear to reach a critically injured construction worker

The change gives Deputy Chief Sarah Fisher authority over wildfire response, aviation, spending and resource allocation while leaving field-level fire operations unchanged

Fellow cadets immediately assisted the student before on-site paramedics began providing medical care at the College of the Sequoias

Reading firefighters responded to about 300 needless alarms in three months, prompting a $500 flat fee intended to encourage better alarm system maintenance