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Nearly 90% of New York’s fire departments are volunteer-run, and they save taxpayers an estimated $3.8 billion annually in ...
Tampa Fire Rescue is looking to expand its reach with a new fire station on East Whiteway Drive in the University area.
As wildfires worsen across the U.S., job uncertainty is combining with a growing mental health crisis and threatening the ...
Sheboygan County and Wisconsin volunteer fire departments face staffing and funding challenges, urgently needing recruits to ...
The number of firefighters who died on duty last year -- 62 -- shows a 31 percent decrease over the 2023 death toll of 90. The figure also is tied for the fourth lowest since 1997 when the ...
Of the 51 on-duty firefighter deaths in 2024, 19 were volunteer firefighters and 26 were career firefighters, with eight volunteer and three career firefighter fatalities occurring within 24 hours of ...
Trainee firefighters in Wiltshire have been praised for pushing through the heat as they tackle their first blazes in a national heatwave.
Last month was the planet's third-hottest June on record, behind 2024 and 2023, while Western Europe saw its warmest June ...
Jefferson Parish firefighters demand action over delayed pay study amid wage dispute with parish administration. Key figures in the pay debate detailed ...
The government says the work of reclassifying forest firefighters has been 'completed' but the union has so far refused to ...
A study determined that a city-run ambulance service may be feasible at least five years from now — costing more than $5.6 million in just its first year — and it would be best for Youngstown to renew ...
A landmark study from Imperial College London has attributed 1,500 deaths during last week’s European heatwave directly to ...