Friends, family, and local first responders gathered at Lutheran Cemetery Thursday morning to honor the life of the last fallen firefighter in Peoria. 42 years ago, on ...

A bill submitted for consideration by a member of the House of Representatives proposes to give volunteer firefighters a clothing allowance, to help pay for personal clothing ruined in the ...

The latest NIST study provides more information about exposure risk for firefighters from their firefighting protective gear.

Firefighters are battling to maintain the upper hand on a huge and rapidly-moving wildfire that swept through rugged ...

Officials remained concerned that the Palisades and Eaton fires could break their containment lines as firefighters continue ...

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. — The Kirksville Fire Department started its annual ice rescue training at North Park on Wednesday. The ...

To ensure that local firefighters can continue to do their jobs and be well equipped, state officials announced a Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant for the 2025 fiscal year that will benefit the ...

National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL) and the Big City Fire Working Group (BCF) have reached a major ...

In 2023, the World Health Organization classified the act of firefighting as a Group 1 carcinogen, just like asbestos and ...

The St. John’s Regional Fire Department (SJRFD) announced Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025 the upcoming transition to PFAS-free ...

The recent fires ravaging Los Angeles have highlighted the dangers faced in firefighting — winds, fast-moving flames, smoke, chemical fumes — but it turns out that one of the most ...