POMPTON LAKES, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey house where smoke had been reported exploded with volunteer firefighters inside, injuring five of them and sending two to a hospital for treatment of burns, authorities said. The Pompton Lakes Volunteer Fire …
JIM THORPE, Pa. — Pennsylvania officials are closing one of the most scenic and popular hiking trails in the state because of longstanding concerns about its safety, prompting backlash from hikers. The Pennsylvania Game Commission is closing the main Glen …
California’s emergency services director has fired off a sharply worded letter to the U.S. Forest Service that said the agency had stiffed local governments $18 million for fighting wildfires on federal lands last year and raised the prospect the state …
The gym of a rural Texas elementary school was fully engulfed in flames before anyone could do anything about it. The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reports with only unpaid volunteer firefighters in the small town of about 2,200 people, Hale Center Volunteer …
Fire chiefs and town officials from across Franklin County have scheduled a second meeting to discuss ways to work more closely together. The Morning Sentinel reports that the meeting scheduled for Oct. 29 is a follow-up to an April meeting …
Some volunteer firefighters in southern New Jersey are getting new turnout gear thanks to a $75,000 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA’s money to the Leesburg Volunteer Fire Company in Cumberland County will purchase 25 sets of coats, …
They’re often the first ones on the scene of major emergencies, but their numbers appear to be dwindling nationwide. Volunteer firefighters help communities in ways both obvious (fighting fires) and overlooked (improving communities’ home insurance rates through ISO ratings). Yet …
With a tree behind his fire engine engulfed in flames, Mike Morin called in the Blackhawk. “We’ve got a torcher,” the Big Laramie Valley Volunteer Fire Department engine boss shouted. Men and women on the line looked up from their …
Members of several volunteer fire departments in southeast Iowa learned how to use new equipment that could help them rescue someone trapped in a grain bin. Firefighters from Mediapolis, Danville and Yarmouth gathered Monday for training on the equipment, which …
Some volunteer firehouses have a bar in the basement. Others have a ban on booze. But regardless of their official stance on alcohol, fire officials across New Jersey say that the practice of drinking at firehouses – once considered vital …