FLORENCE, Ala. ( WAFF) - Florence City Council members finally approved the construction bid for a new Florence Fire Station 4. The bid was over $4 million. Florence Fire Chief Tim Anerton said this ...

Now, fire and EMS workers are learning tactics to prevent on-the-clock attacks and diffuse volatile situations through two ...

Lawmakers will convene for a work session Tuesday afternoon to discuss a resolution addressing the presence of cancer-causing chemicals in firefighting gear.

The grant, worth more than $12,000, will be used to purchase personal protective equipment for local firefighters.

Officials with Midwest Mission says that firefighters in third-world countries often fight fire in just t-shirts and jeans.

The Gear Wash network now encompasses 13 brick-and-mortar locations in proximity to some of the nation’s largest fire ...

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

Staff are prepared, gear and equipment are ready, and thousands of firefighters are still boots on the ground in the Eaton and Palisades fire footprints, officials said, ready to pivot to any new ...

To get one, go to the subscriptions page. SKOWHEGAN — Firefighters from several towns worked for hours Thursday to extinguish a fire in a conveyor belt gearbox at the Sappi Somerset Mill wood ...

First responders everywhere have to adapt to the extremely cold temperatures, including the Terre Haute Fire Department. Public Information Officer Captain Nick Arnold says that precautionary steps ...

In 2023, the World Health Organization classified the act of firefighting as a Group 1 carcinogen, just like asbestos and tobacco. Both the fires themselves and the very gear firefighters wear on the ...

A one-of-a-kind PPE maintenance room, formed in 2022, makes sure that firefighters’ gear is cleaned, repaired, and dried with proper safety measures. “We used to have the dirty firefighter ...