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Kunkle Firefighter Edward L. Nulton, Sr. was directing traffic at the scene of a vehicle accident when he was struck by a truck
As one fire chief said, “Perhaps we should advertise firefighter jobs as a paramedic job, and in small lettering add, ‘You go to an occasional fire’”
Chief Micky Fyock’s 1950s-era Mack Ladder Truck 16 was the only apparatus small enough to get inside the Pentagon
The 20-year veteran’s line-of-duty death was the first in the county
Some say smartphones and pagers are a better alternative to using sirens
The money will be used for safety equipment and training
The firefighter could serve a year in jail
Fire Police Officer Claudia Sokol was working traffic control when she took ill
Strong winds and freezing temperatures hampered the firefight
Firefighters fast response credited with preventing more fatalities
It is unclear why the victims’ vehicle crossed the center lane and hit the pickup truck
Two officers from the volunteer department were arrested and charged with sexually assaulting members of the program
The annual event raises money for a volunteer fire department
The two chiefs, two volunteers and one firefighter are accused of drinking at the station before responding to calls
The 19-year-old is believed to have set as many as 30 fires over the past year
A 56-year-old Okla. volunteer firefighter is dead after a fight at the fire station with a fellow firefighter
The 53- and 35-year-old firefighters were arrested for having sexual relations with members of a junior firefighting program
A video captured volunteer firefighters being pulled behind a car on snow-covered roads
The merger will allow 12 volunteer departments to use their current radios while allowing dispatch to use one system
Fire chief says the city needs to ditch its part-time orientation and hire full-time firefighters
This marks the third fire department in the county to come under investigation
Firefighters from 31 departments are registered for the two-day event
Investigators are looking into whether the pair was involved in at least three other intentional blazes
The county commissioner said that the department had questionable accounting problems
With the seeming rash of theft from volunteer fire departments, one expert shares insight on preventing and reacting to thefts
All four volunteers were treated for minor injuries, mostly cuts and bruises
FireRescue1 readers give us some of their cleverest slogans for the back of a fire truck
The audit uncovered $5.2 million in undesignated surplus
No injuries were reported at the Indianapolis-area fire
More than 300 firefighters from 102 departments battled the blaze for nearly 24 hours
The bill would raise the tax credit from $200 to $1,200
The fire has burned for more than 17 hours