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Spring Valley Firefighter Jared Lloyd, who was killed battling a blaze at an assisted living facility, was laid to rest on Saturday
West Benton Firefighter Luis Lopez, 42, volunteered for more than 12 years and was well-known in the community
The order comes after the state fire commission said it would no longer recognize the Stinking Creek Fire Department as a fire department
A poor economy hasn’t helped, making some employers less willing to allow their workers to leave to fight fires
A group of fellow firefighters applauded as offensive lineman Danny Watkins was selected
Barton Volunteer Fire Department Firefighter Charles Foster passed away in the hospital from a heart attack
Michael Webb was a member of the Fleming-Neon Volunteer Fire Department for 27 years
Current fee raises about $782,000 annually for the county’s eight volunteer fire departments to operate
Volunteer firefighters who ride in the old truck risk ejection and serious injury from a partially enclosed cab
The Wildcat Fire in Coke County is now 75 percent contained
Areas worst hit by wildfires received only small portion of more than $128 million the state awarded to volunteer depts
Andersonville Fire Chief Jeff Bagwell says cuts would impact service
Departments hope public will help replenish already stressed budgets to purchase fuel, replace repair equipment, provide supplies
Fire truck destroyed in brush fire where firefighter collapsed
Volunteer firefighter Gregory M. Simmons, 51, died while battling a 3,000-acre fire Friday; he was overcome by smoke and fell into a ditch
The Recruit New York program gives potential recruits and kids the chance to try out firefighting equipment
Fire Commissioner Duane Trautman intends to propose an ordinance to require buildings to have a sign at their entrance indicating if they were constructed using lightweight roof and floor trusses
Personality conflicts can create issues unless addressed within departments
John David Berken was also given three years of probation and ordered to pay nearly $76,000 in restitution
At least one home was lost in the fire earlier this month, while one firefighter suffered minor first-degree burns
The Baltimore County Fire Department posthumously honored Mark Falkenhan with the Medal of Honor and Purple Heart
The new facility will have four large drive-through bays with an equipment area
Volunteer fire departments can learn from the best practices of towns and businesses
You have to communicate daily to your followers, with interesting and timely messages, or you’ll lose them quickly
There’s key areas you can focus on to improve your safety in fire apparatus while responding to incidents
A firefighter/EMT in Sugarcreek starts at $8.85 an hour, while the average for other departments around the area is $10.57 an hour
Witnesses said the fire appeared to begin on the roof of the building, where roofing work may have been taking place
Volunteer Fire Police Captain Donald Mellott was hit by a vehicle while responding to a two-car crash last year
Volunteers failed to properly manage fire station, county says; volunteer fire president says the move is illegal
Investigators think a volunteer firefighter killed his twin 5-year-old sons and set his home on fire before killing himself
The sheriff’s office says four other volunteer firefighters who also had been drinking were in the truck with him
The 34 firefighters had spent the week working on everything from securing unsafe houses to pumping water out of a power company’s flooded building in the central city