Recent Fire News

• FireBot has kitchen fires covered

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  The small above-the-stovetop unit can detect an uncontrolled cooking fire and deploy a proprietary liquid to extinguish the fire before it has time to spread

• Wash. firefighters rescue 12-year-old boy in well

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  The concrete lid he was standing on crumbled sending the youngster 20-feet down into the water

• What do you mean volunteers shouldn't have to fundraise? Please explain.

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  Where to begin when shifting away from a fundraising-dependent model

• 4 children dead in Memphis apartment fire

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  Firefighters found the children in a back bedroom during a search

• Protecting kids from hot cars

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  Gordon Graham recommends responders be vigilant and on the lookout for kids left in hot vehicles during warmer months

• Off-duty Wash. FF evacuates residents from burning apartment building

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  West Pierce Fire Rescue Captain Chris Pfaff called 911 after noticing the fire and began knocking on doors

• ‘It’s an honor’: Victor Stagnaro on his new role as NFFF CEO

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  The chief highlights the immense responsibility, plus the importance of support, that comes with his new role at the Foundation

• ‘It’s an honor’: Victor Stagnaro on his new role as NFFF CEO

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  The retired chief highlights the immense responsibility, plus the importance of support, that comes with his new role at the Foundation

• Plane crashes in Detroit backyard, narrowly missing school and park

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  "We were expecting the worst but no one's injured," Police Chief James White said

• Unusual 3-alarm fire in Boston apartment building burns two separate floors

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  Firefighters arrived and saw fire on the sixth-floor that also caused a fire on the third-floor

• FDNY commissioner calls for 9/11 health bill for NYC, Pa., Pentagon first responders

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  Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh said the World Trade Center Health Program "is facing massive cuts in just a few years."

• Video: Car goes airborne at Ga. crash scene

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  First responders in Lowndes County were on the scene of a crash when the car went flying up the ramp of the tow truck

• Watch: S.C. community says goodbye to fallen firefighter

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  Irmo Fire Chief Mike Sonefeld said James Muller would come to work prepared to give 110%

• First responders, surgeons amputate Iowa woman's leg, freeing her from building collapse

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  Rescuers worked for hours removing Quanishia White-Berry's left leg above the knee

• Atlanta public safety training center funding controversy reignites

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  Increased cost to taxpayers is latest trouble for the DeKalb County training center – the site of violent protests and the fatal shooting of an environmental activist in recent months

• Cancer claims longtime Ga. firefighter

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  Mark Knepp was a Hall County firefighter for 29 years and a U.S. Air Force veteran

• Burglars cut security fence, locks to steal $5K worth of tools from Ore. FD

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  The Lebanon Fire District may have to delay future fire investigations after many of their tools were stolen from a trailer

• Southwest Inn fire: The deadliest day in Houston FD history

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  The May 31, 2013, motel structure collapse resulted in the five LODDs, four at the time of the incident, one years later

• Partially collapsed Iowa building too dangerous to search

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  Davenport officials announced plans to demolish the unstable building even though two people may be trapped in the rubble

• Photo of injured R.I. firefighter highlights brotherhood

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  "We will do whatever it takes to be there for each other," Coventry Fire Chief Frank Brown said about his injured firefighter

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