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Worcester police and firefighters are receiving 400 crisis bags filled with comfort items to help children cope after traumatic events
With Santa Barbara County deputies as their protection, firefighters moved into the area to battle the flames
A Plainville student sparked a fire after intentionally damaging a laptop in part of a TikTok trend police say has led to multiple classroom fires across the state
Baltimore City Fire Department Jamal Brown is under investigation over comments left on an image of two black men pointing guns at a white police officer’s head
The Peoria City Council voted 8-3 Tuesday to approve eliminating 22 firefighter and 16 police positions as part of a move to close a $6 million budget hole
The dead included 11 people inside the bar and a veteran sheriff’s sergeant who was the first officer inside the door
More than 150 people went to a city council meeting to offer a rebuttal against a program that replaces full-time firefighters with public safety officers
Proposition B, which gives Houston firefighters pay that matches that of police officers of equal ranks, was passed by voters
Michael Ovdiyenko allegedly cursed a deputy while he was being arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, saying he would not help the cop if he was shot
Around 20 to 25 firefighters were asked to cover their generic fire department shirts while voting, despite a lack of election law violation
Jim Morrissey, a tactical paramedic and terrorism preparedness coordinator in California, joins the show to discuss interagency cooperation under extreme circumstances
The union said they were concerned that the debate’s host may be giving Mayor Sylvester Turner too much control over the event
The Blue Mass tradition was revived in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland after the terror attacks Sept. 11, 2001
Cincinnati Fire Chief Roy Winston credits coordinated police and fire operations for saving countless lives within the Fifth Third Center
It took firefighters equipped with hazmat gear to get 26 animals out of a house because of the intense waste odor police ran into during an eviction order
Dallas Fire Fighters Association President Jim McDade said the incident wasn’t the first time he’s heard firefighters complain of slow police response times
The Bargersville Fire Department used their drone to locate a man suspected of stealing a car and driving into a corn field
Houston Fire Chief Sam Peña said Thursday his firefighters deserve raises, but he would be hard-pressed to maintain his budget without reducing his ranks
To deal with the natural uptick in calls that comes with population growth, they find new ways to work with their neighbors
The lawsuit names Pima County, Rural/Metro Fire Department and an individual deputy and paramedic as defendants
Monica Berlin, who was arrested for setting two bales of hay on fire, said her actions were “about the zombie apocalypse”
Fire departments/EMS must carefully coordinate with police to provide rapid initial treatment and patient transport in mass casualty incidents
Officials said the Sacramento Fireworks Mitigation Task Force’s goal was to provide public safety by reducing the number of illegal fireworks in the community
The explosions occurred in Tultepec, a town in Mexico state known as the country’s pyrotechnic capital and the site of a blast that claimed 42 lives in 2016
Firefighters are concerned about racial bias after a black firefighter was videotaped and questioned by a resident despite being in full uniform
Jamie Sprout, who has a mitochondrial disorder, was surprised with a first responder-themed birthday and visitors from several public safety agencies
The Toll Road trooper was treated at Cameron Memorial Community Hospital in Angola for smoke inhalation and was released
Fire chiefs and field providers have much to learn from the FBI’s ongoing summary and analysis of active shooter incidents
These concepts will yield more prepared, capable and resilient communities
For emergency responders, trauma from an act of mass violence can create a cyclical pattern of negative thinking
The 911 landscape has changed as acts of mass violence and other multi-caller/multi-victim high-threat incidents begin to increase
Dover Township Fire Department Officer Grant Froman was doing some work on a department truck at his home when he suffered an apparent heart attack
The Center for the Study of the Drone estimated that the number of public safety agencies using drones has increased by 82 percent in the past year