After five years with Zayante Fire, Ryan Masters reflects on emergency calls, personal trauma and the demands of volunteer ...

Dave Davis, retiring Archbold-German Township Fire Department chief, said when he first jointed the department on Jan. 1, 1992, he had no idea he would become department chief ...

The West Hants flooding is remembered as an event the likes of which volunteers had never seen before. More than 250 ...

With public uproar over changes being made at some small municipalities' fire departments, the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen is assuring residents that "emergency response services ...

All volunteer crew must go through a rigorous training scheme, known as the Operational Competency Framework. This is Edel's third successful assessment, and the most demanding to date, as crew must ...

As Iranians buried their slain leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, prospects for a long-term peace deal appeared to be dimming. Max Bearak Yeganeh Torbati Ismaeel Naar and Eric Schmitt The United States ...

The annual Open Day is an opportunity for the community to spend time at the lifeboat station, meet the volunteer crews who give up their time to save lives at sea and learn more about the work of the ...

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Gov. Patrick Morrisey declared a state of emergency late Sunday afternoon in connection with the Peoples Cartage warehouse building fire on Camden Ave. in Parkersburg. The move ...

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