All news on the topic: Firefighters

World News • Views: 592
Bus fire in western Switzerland kills six, injures five, police suspect deliberate act
A bus caught fire in western Switzerland on Tuesday, resulting in at least six fatalities and injuring five other people, in what police indicated might have been an intentional act.
US News • Views: 662
After a journalistic expose, the U.S. Forest Service removed pants containing toxic “forever chemicals” from use
After a ProPublica article disclosed that the U.S. Forest Service had been providing clothing to wildland firefighters for years that it knew contained possibly hazardous “forever chemicals,” the agency has ceased distributing those garments. It also states that it will direct its equipment manufacturers to refrain from using PFAS in the future.
US News • Views: 615
Nearly 200 firefighters battle blaze after explosion aboard cargo vessel
A fire that erupted Friday evening on a cargo ship docked at the Port of Los Angeles — requiring more than 180 firefighters to battle the blaze — is now “substantially contained,” according to a news release Saturday from the seaport.
US News • Views: 444
Texas congressional aide dies in backyard inferno after dousing herself with gasoline
A staff member for Texas Representative Tony Gonzales who died by burning in her backyard set herself on fire using gasoline, as reported by firefighters — however, her family continues to assert that it was an accident.
US News • Views: 772
Boston fire cadet charged with pummeling ‘cheating’ boyfriend in front of cops
Cara Stapleton, a recent graduate of  the Boston Fire Academy,  was observed by police punching a man in the face two to three times as he lay on his back in the parking lot outside of Chantey Restaurant in Quincy,
US News • Views: 427
California firefighters free mischievous dog trapped underneath shipping container
A crew of firefighters in California managed to free a mischievous dog that became trapped underneath a shipping container while scampering after a rabbit Saturday night.
US News • Views: 923
Exclusive | Families of 9/11 victims criticize the rapidly increasing salaries of September 11 Memorial executives while it drains taxpayer funds: 'An insult'
Executive salaries are soaring at the 9/11 museum, even as it keeps losing money, angering families of victims
US News • Views: 840
Firefighters are advancing in their efforts to control a rapidly spreading fire along a highway north of Los Angeles
Fire personnel, assisted by aircraft, rushed to contain a wind-fueled wildfire that broke out Thursday morning in the hills by Interstate 5 in the northwest part of Los Angeles County, authorities reported
US News • Views: 661
Clumsy adult gets stuck inside Chuck E. Cheese arcade game — California firefighters called in for rescue
A clumsy woman from California was rescued from within a Chuck E. Cheese arcade game after she wedged her arm into a tight tube, all as a group of bewildered kids looked on
US News • Views: 1199
A massive fire destroyed a historic synagogue in New Jersey, but fortunately, the rabbi and his family escaped without harm
A significant fire consumed an old New Jersey synagogue early Friday morning, but a rabbi and his family of six were "fortunate" to escape the blaze
US News • Views: 996
Long Island fire chief Peter Alt caught cursing, yelling at distressed 10-year-old as she’s placed in ambulance: ‘Shut the f–k up’
North Babylon Fire Chief Peter Alt has been stripped of his duties while an investigation is underway following outrage over the viral TikTok video posted Monday showing him hurling obscenities at the child, a statement released Tuesday by the volunteer fire company confirmed.
US News • Views: 492
A heroic FDNY firefighter who rescued a disabled woman from a burning building was killed in a hit-and-run incident in NYC
Brave New York City firefighter Matthew Goicochea, known for rescuing a woman in a wheelchair from a burning building, tragically lost his life on Thursday. He crashed his moped on the FDR Drive and was hit by a driver who fled the scene
US News • Views: 1108
Irritated firefighter drenches baseball field with a fire hose after his truck is struck by a ball, causing the game to end
A firefighter in Maryland doused the field with "gallons of water" at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland, causing the Silver Spring-Takoma Thunderbolts to call off their baseball game on Thursday evening, according to team officials
Crime • Views: 388
Fox News’ Joey Jones honors first responders in No. 1 book: ‘If life doesn’t feel difficult, you’re probably not living’
Fox News contributor Johnny Joey Jones’ first book spent eight weeks on The New York Times Best Sellers list — yet he was shocked when his latest debuted at No. 1. In “Behind the Badge: Answering the Call to Serve on America’s Homefront,” Jones talks to “nine first responders who’ve all had an impact on my life” — most “lifelong friends, some family, and all of them heroes to me” — to get a “raw, unfiltered look into the duty they fulfill and the burden they carry,” as he writes.
US News • Views: 511
Blazing inferno tears through Bay Ridge building in Brooklyn, injuring 4 including firefighter
Four people were injured when a fast-burning blaze ripped through a Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, apartment building Saturday, officials said.
US News • Views: 580
Florida 'Nail Bandit' charged with damaging fire rescue vehicles using sharp objects due to a dispute with the department
In Florida, the "Nail Bandit," John Allan Starnes, aged 72, was taken into custody on Thursday after nearly two years of deliberately sabotaging fire rescue vehicles by positioning sharp items under their tires in Okeechobee County
US News • Views: 1055
Fire chief in Austin, Texas, alleged to have declined deploying special rescue team to flood area due to an $800K disagreement with the state
The fire department's union stated that the state called for "highly trained swift water rescue teams" on July 2 and July 3, but Chief Joel G. Baker turned down both of these requests
US News • Views: 1145
Exclusive | Family of Idaho sniper Wess Roley speaks out for the first time after he ambushed and killed firefighters
The family of Idaho gunman Wess Roley—who fatally shot two firefighters after reportedly luring them to the woods with a brushfire on Sunday—has spoken out, stating they "do not understand" how his terrible act occurred
US News • Views: 1146
The FDNY advances 84 individuals during the EMS ceremony, featuring a heroic father who received recognition for saving a police officer
Lieutenant Jonathan Rivera, a father of three who recently completed his college education after leaving high school at the age of 16, was among three EMS personnel out of 84 to be promoted to Captain at the FDNY ceremony held at St. John's University
Crime • Views: 983
Eerie 'coincidence' of Idaho shooting drives internet detectives into a frenzy
The tragic attack on firefighters in Idaho on Sunday took place on the same date as when the local fire department burned down a notorious neo-Nazi compound during a training exercise in 2001
Crime • Views: 916
Two firefighters killed, one wounded in 'sniper' attack on team answering Idaho fire: 'Had no opportunity'
Gunfire broke out around 2 p.m. local time and continues to this moment as emergency responders reached the site of a fire at Canfield Mountain near Coeur d'Alene, the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office reported
US News • Views: 443
Exclusive | Leading national firefighters' union praises Trump's 'big beautiful bill' in a new White House video
President Trump's "big beautiful bill" would provide a desperately needed financial boost for firefighters across the country, and it should be approved as soon as possible, according to a leading union representative in a recent video
US News • Views: 692
Exclusive | The FDNY has put an officer on suspension for allowing 'attractive women' to ride on a firetruck while the department investigates 'fraternity-like' conduct
The FDNY has taken disciplinary action against a lieutenant from Ladder 18 who last week gave "some hot girls" a ride on the truck, thereby violating regulations and jeopardizing public safety, according to The Post
Crime • Views: 1172
FDNY and NYPD compete in blood drive contest in the latest face-off: 'Come out and save lives'
Firefighters and police officers in New York City are channeling their long-standing rivalry into a positive effort—a campaign to boost the New York Blood Center's reserves to help save lives
US News • Views: 1049
Exclusive | Wild video shows NYC party girls hitching a ride inside FDNY fire truck, sparking probe
Officials said they want to identify the firefighters involved as well as their female passengers -- a brunette and a blonde, caught donning one of the firefighters' helmets.