Vernon female high school students traded their backpacks for turnout gear as they became firefighters for the day.

Vernon female high school students traded their backpacks for turnout gear as they became firefighters for the day.

A lot of towns are in crisis because over the last 10 to 15 years many have moved away from good benefits and a pension.” ...

The San Antonio Fire Department has created a quartermaster team dedicated to reducing carcinogen exposure on the job.

Butte-Silver Bow has joined a class-action lawsuit against the makers and sellers of chemicals contained in firefighter turnout gear because they have allegedly been shown to cause cancer and ...

Local fire departments received some much needed assistance from the state that will allow them to either purchase new gear ...

Windsor voters will consider a $2,615,164 spending plan for fiscal 2026, an increase of 3.8 percent from the current budget.

State Representative Richard M. Haggerty (D-Woburn) and State Senator Jason M. Lewis (D-Winchester) joined with Reading Fire ...

“I think you saw the cancer boom somewhere in the 2000s up until today with the introduction of PFAS chemicals in the turnout gear.” Firefighters Anthony Fazzino, left, and Dan ...

“I think you saw the cancer boom somewhere in the 2000s up until today with the introduction of PFAS chemicals in the turnout gear.” Alsup said certainly the risks are there. “Firefighting ...