A modern killer is lurking in the smoke at household fires, and firefighters may need to change the way they tackle a blaze.  PROVIDENCE -- "Firemen need to understand that you can never, ever, ever breathe smoke. Smoke today is not your daddy's smoke. It's more toxic. It … [Read more...]

Geneva Rooks, 77, is remembered as the pillar of her family.Vaughn Rooks, an off-duty captain with the Community Fire Protection District, rushed to the scene when he heard the 7:30 a.m. dispatch on Wednesday: a fire in the 7800 block of Page Avenue.It was his mother's address in … [Read more...]

     CHICKASHA, Okla. A memorial service will be held Thursday in Chickasha for a firefighter who died from injuries he sustained while battling a wildfire in Stephens County earlier this month. Destry Horton was pronounced dead last night at … [Read more...]

A federal investigation into the fire at Ebenezer Baptist Church that killed two Pittsburgh firefighters and injured 29 others details missteps during the five-alarm blaze, making clear that on-scene commanders should have maintained a "collapse zone" around the church, been more … [Read more...]

The fellowship of firefighters came together to grant the last wish of Auburn, New York Fire Department Capt. William Petrosino.Fast-moving lung cancer left the 18-year AFD veteran weakened this week. It was important to Petrosino to pass away at home, so the AFD pulled … [Read more...]

March 17, 2006 -- A selfless Bronx paramedic has become the third EMT todie from a Ground Zero illness in the last 12 months. Deborah Reeve, 41, who had her right lung removed, died Wednesday of an aggressive form of lung cancer at Calvary Hospital in The Bronx.Her husband, … [Read more...]

A Micanopy (Florida) firefighter, trying to help people hurt in a Marion County car accident late Monday, ended up getting injured herself after she was hit by a passing van on Interstate 75.A minivan "clipped" Denise Roberts, 36, as she and another firefighter were treating … [Read more...]

YELLOWKNIFE, CANADA -- Safety charges have been laid against the City of Yellowknife and its top fire officials in the deaths of a firefighter from Calgary and his comrade in a blaze last year. The charges include failing to take reasonable precautions to ensure the health … [Read more...]

 The Washtenaw (MI) Prosecutor's Office has declined to file criminal charges against a motorist who lost control of his pickup truck during a January ice storm, fatally injuring an Ann Arbor firefighter. Ann Arbor Police forwarded the investigation to prosecutors to review … [Read more...]