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State Fire Marshal Investigates Freeport Fire Chief

Wed, 05/16/2012 - 01:00
State fire officials are investigating Fire Chief Ben Greenslait amid allegations that he is not properly certified. Deborah Cox, a spokeswoman for...
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Fire Damages Blairs Restaurant

Wed, 05/16/2012 - 01:00
A Sunday morning fire destroyed one section of the roof at the Woodlake Bar and Grill and filled the building with smoke and water damage. Blairs...
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Firefighters Turn Up Heat On Lawmakers

Wed, 05/16/2012 - 01:00
Hundreds of off-duty firefighters Tuesday urged lawmakers to pass a bill that seeks to shore up the state's firefighter pension fund. The clocking is...
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Former Caribou Fire Chief Indicted On Sex Charges

Tue, 05/15/2012 - 01:00
The former chief of the Caribou Fire and Ambulance Department was indicted by the Aroostook County grand jury on several sex charges on Friday....
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Northern AZ Wildfire Grows, Prompts Evacuations

Tue, 05/15/2012 - 01:00
Firefighters continued to battle a wildfire Monday in northern Arizona that has forced residents from their homes in the historic mining town of...
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Fire Captain Demoted For Martin Case Posts

Tue, 05/15/2012 - 01:00
A Miami-Dade fire captain was demoted for comments posted on his Facebook page about the arrest of a neighborhood watch volunteer for shooting an...
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Rocky Mount NC One Dead Fiery Crash I 95 Closed

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 01:00
On May 9, 2012 at 9:28 PM, City of Rocky Mount NC Fire units were dispatched to a vehicle crash on Interstate 95 involving several tractor trailers...
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Firefighters Union Pushes To End Pittsburgh's State Oversight

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 01:00
As Mayor Luke Ravenstahl pushes to get the city released from state financial oversight, he has the assistance of a firefighters' union that's been...
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Northern AZ Wildfire Grows, Prompts Evacuations

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 01:00
Crews spent the weekend fighting several wildfires, including a 4 1/2 square-mile blaze in northern Arizona that prompted evacuations in a historic...
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Myrtle Beach Firefighters Respond To Blaze At Daycare

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 01:00
Myrtle Beach fire investigators are searching for the cause of an early morning blaze at Pat-A-Cake Day Care and Learning Center, according to...
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Daytona Firefighters Put Out Apartment Blaze

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 01:00
Firefighters were able to put out a bedroom fire before it could char the rest of the apartment on South Beach Street. The fire broke out around 7...
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Payne City Fire Is Case Of Arson, Firefighters Say

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 01:00
An early morning fire in Payne City was deliberately set, Macon-Bibb County fire officials said. No one was injured in a blaze that spread from one...
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Firefighters Rescue Kids From Extra Alarm Broadview Blaze

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 01:00
Firefighters rescued several children from the top floor of a three-story building during an extra-alarm fire early this morning in west suburban...
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4-Alarm Woodburn High School Fire Ends An Ordinary Day Of Classes

Sun, 05/13/2012 - 01:00
Friday started out an ordinary day for the 1,556 students who attend the sprawling campus of Woodburn High School. Bracketed on the north and south...
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New Market Volunteer Firefighter Injured In Strawberry Plains Fire

Sun, 05/13/2012 - 01:00
A member of the New Market Volunteer Fire Department suffered minor injuries when a 120-year-old, three-story home burned this afternoon. According...
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3-Alarm Fire Damages Longswamp Township Barn

Sun, 05/13/2012 - 01:00
A three-alarm fire caused by a tractor that malfunctioned damaged a barn in Longswamp Township Saturday morning, officials said. The two-story barn...
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Fire Destroys Abandoned Douglasville Mill

Sun, 05/13/2012 - 01:00
An early Saturday fire that Douglas County authorities have labeled as suspicious destroyed a century-old, dilapidated cotton mill that has stood...
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Fire Destroys Pro Shop At Beaver Island Golf Course

Sun, 05/13/2012 - 01:00
An early-morning fire Friday that destroyed the Beaver Island Golf Course pro shop on Grand Island didn't deter golfers from the links. I thought it...
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Shopping Center Fire Destroys West Orange Bakery

Fri, 05/11/2012 - 01:00
A bakery was destroyed in a Friday morning fire at a shopping center in west Orange County, fire officials said. Orange County firefighters responded...
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Maimed Firefighter's Prosthetic Leg Cited As City Approach To Cost-cutting Is Debated

Fri, 05/11/2012 - 01:00
Haggling over the price of a prosthetic leg for an injured Buffalo firefighter led to a three-month delay and ended up saving the city about $8,000,...
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