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California inmates fight wildfires — but if prisons can’t supply enough crews, what’s next?
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 52 minutes agoOnly 126 crews were fully staffed as of Thursday, the agency formally known as the California ...
Louisville Fire officials say department needs $31 million to catch up on deferred maintenance
WDRB 41 Louisville News· 1 day agoLouisville's fire department needs $31 million to make repairs to its 21 fire stations. Leaders made...
San Diego firefighters push for one of their own to lead the department
U-T San Diego· 1 day agoA group of San Diego firefighters wants the city’s new fire chief to come from inside the department...
Veteran Foxborough firefighter and Ashland resident named fire chief in Southborough
The Metrowest Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoHe joined the Foxborough Fire Department in 2006. He later earned an associate's degree infire...
‘I am so honored’: Fairfax Co. Fire and Rescue appoints its first Black female battalion chief -...
WTOP Washington· 13 hours agoChief Felicia Barnes. Barnes, a Fairfax County native and Mount Vernon High School graduate, said...
Public Safety - Week of May 31, 2024
The Fairfax County Times· 9 hours agoThe Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department is making history with the promotion of an African American female to the position of battalion chief. <...
Collinsville firefighters form lifelong family bond
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoThey moved into a house on Main Street in 1982, near the home of the Bowens. The late Pat Cantrell would soon become the fire chief of Collinsville Fire...
Making history in Fairfax County | 1st Black woman promoted to battalion chief of fire and rescue ...
WUSA 9 Washington, D.C.· 3 days agoFelicia Barnes continues to make history. On Tuesday, she was promoted to battalion chief with the...
Former EMS chief selected to lead Texas fire department
EMS1.com· 5 days agoCasey Davis has been appointed Burleson Fire Department’s new fire chief, following his six months...
Sarasota County's drought now considered severe, with little rainfall since February
Herald-Tribune via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoSmoke from a May 20 brush fire on Interstate 75 near the Border Road overpass in Venice shut down...