A three-alarm fire that tore through Custom House Wharf in Portland destroyed a boat repair shop and heavily damaged two neighboring businesses, according to fire officials and reporting from local ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The Illinois Senate unanimously passed a proposal Thursday to allow not-for-profit fire departments to receive state grant funding. Many nonprofit fire departments in ...

Minnesota fire departments have been struggling to recruit and retain firefighters to the point that departments are not able to service their communities properly. A solution has been found for ...

Leon is a young, aspiring gaming journalist from the city of Lincolnshire, England. Since the early years of his life, he has been obsessed with gaming, stemming from his initial introduction through ...

Central Square, N.Y. — Firefighters from several departments battled a large fire at a storage facility in Central Square on Saturday afternoon after flames spread throughout the building and prompted ...

NEWTON, MASS. (WHDH) - Brick by brick, Matthew Shifrin is making Legos more accessible for people who are blind. Shifrin became captivated with constructing sets at an early age, but there was one ...

DARKE COUNTY — Local fire departments in southern Darke County have been awarded grants through the newly created Small County Volunteer Fire Department Grant Program (SCVFD). The grant program was ...

MUNICH—Julia Voss works as a dispatcher and firefighter for the Munich Fire Department. She spent six years before that as a paramedic, riding in the ambulances that she now dispatches throughout the ...

We were fans of Dexter Sol Ansell even before A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms debuted on HBO. How could we not be after seeing how eagerly he shaved his head to play Ser Duncan the Tall’s diminutive ...

On Tuesday, Feb. 24, the Wauwatosa and West Allis Common Councils voted and approved the creation of a joint fire department, marking a major transition for both cities. The two neighboring fire ...

Four of Norwich's five volunteer fire departments are suing the city over a new command structure. The lawsuit alleges the city manager and fire chief implemented the changes without their input. The ...