From paid staff to babysitters to neighborhood CERT teams, communities are finding new ways to answer the call as volunteer ...

The Newark Fire Department is getting more calls for service amid an increase in growth in the area and some staffing problems. As of Dec. 17, service calls from the public to Newark fire were up 4% ...

An LIRR train last summer. The Far Rockaway Branch was affected by a fire at the Woodmere station early Friday. Credit: Newsday/J. Conrad Williams Jr. Limited Long Island Rail Road service resumed on ...

It was provided by Village of Sand Lake, but now the townships will have to find new fire departments to partner with. According to the village's unapproved meeting minutes from Tuesday, this involves ...

Weeks after Hanover borough officials tabled a proposal to leave a regional fire department by 2026, the council vice president read a statement at a Wednesday, Dec. 17 meeting that the municipalities ...

San Luis Obispo Fire Chief Todd Tuggle leads a moment of silence on Sept 11, 2025, at San Luis Obispo Fire Station 1 to honor the sacrifices of those who responded to the terrorist attacks that took ...

Something about a warm, flickering campfire draws in modern humans. Where did that uniquely human impulse come from? How did our ancestors learn to make fire? How long have they been making it?

Ben Bibik lives in Tully. I write as a longtime volunteer firefighter. I am one of the few who has the luxury of working in district that can respond to most of the calls during the daytime hours, ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Brian Fennessy is retiring as head of ...

Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) Chief Brian Fennessy will retire on January 2, 2026, to become the inaugural Director of the newly established United States Wildland Fire Service (USWFS). The new ...

Fire Chief Brian Fennessy announced Friday that he will be retiring from the Orange County Fire Authority. After nearly eight years of service, the decorated fire chief has decided to call it a career ...

MACON, Ga. — Diners at the Macon Golden Corral were evacuated Wednesday night after an electrical fire erupted in the dinning room's ceiling, according to Macon-Bibb Lead Fire Investigator Kyle Murray ...