The Red Cross and a number of organizations are supporting the families affected by the fire, through direct measures and ...

Firefighters are already exposed to many risks to their well-being. The gear they wear and tools they use to keep themselves ...

Buchanan, Tenn.–The Paris Landing Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched on two fires this morning–one a structure fire and ...

Crews were back at the Owl Corporation recycling facility Thursday after a fire reignited five days after the initial flames.

Dozens of residents were left without a home after a fire at the Independence Ridge Apartments took over many units, destroying an entire building of the complex.

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 ...

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

"They're dressed in layers under their gear before they come out," Clousher said. "They're carrying extra clothing with them in the apparatus to bundle up because once you get wet and cold, you're ...

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

An Ireland family was displaced from their West Leprechaun Lane home after a fire caused extensive damage to it Sunday afternoon. Zach and Miranda Campbell and their three children, Payton, Brady and ...

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 ...