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A Beverly City volunteer firefighter and his wife were charged with second degree sexual assault and third degree endangering the welfare of a child
Michael J. Rusyn, 35, is likely to finalize a plea deal with federal agents, his lawyer said
Radio traffic from West, Texas, shows effort to coordinate large-scale incident response
Despite being far from the fire, photographers are engulfed in the shock
Keystone Heights Volunteer Fire Department has been operating in the town since 1925
Explosion shook the ground with the strength of a small earthquake
Explosion happened Wednesday night at a fertilizer plant in the community north of Waco
The Twitter account, which is now de-activated, is stirring up questions of whether Merritt should be allowed to work in the medical field
Hudson firefighter Chris Brown, 39, died following the collision involving Shakirov’s semitrailer and the fire truck
How would you attack this multi-level, single-family dwelling with heavy fire showing?
Firefighter Lance Stone was responding to his station for a fire call when he crashed his vehicle
Martin Walsh had a cardiac arrest while en route to a garage fire
Both coroner and chief later resigned and pleaded guilty to misdemeanors over their conduct
Suspect robbed volunteer paramedic and his son at gunpoint while they worked at a factory
Training in keeping the aggressor calm is the best way to deal with potentially violent situations
The proposed cuts to the grant program are small, USFA would see a bigger percent of budget cut
A multi-group study on how best to deploy crews at high-rise fires could change response strategies
David Simpson filed a budget amendment last week that would have allocated money for volunteer firemen, but it was voted down
Harris County Sheriff said officers responded to the campus after receiving a call about a male ‘on the loose’ stabbing people
Police believe the victim and the killers belonged to rival white supremacist groups
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The 21-year-old firefighter and the others called themselves the ‘Black Flag Family Gang’
Opening themselves for criticism takes a lot of guts and we owe to them to make the best of it
Officials say the incident revealed communication failures that “must be addressed”
Poor water supply meant shuttling water 7 miles to the scene
He is charged with stealing money from two funds between 2009 and 2011
The money will go to buy new PPE
The best clips include two dash-cam videos that show frightening hits
Smith, a former volunteer fire captain, confessed to setting the most recent of the 77 fires
Volunteer fire departments are only receiving a portion of the money collected by state fees
The pair are suspected of setting the majority of the more than 70 arson fires
110 fire trucks were on hand to pay tribute to a fallen brother