In stadiums, public buildings and, in some cases, on the StairMasters at their gyms, the first responders walk up 110 flights of stairs -- dressed in full firefighting gear. It's a tradition meant ...

Lueking completed the 5K while wearing full firefighting gear, breathing air from her self-contained breathing apparatus and carrying a Haligan tool. Adding nearly one hundred pounds to her load.

It’s not easy work to search for a person trapped in a smoke-filled basement or hallway, as local legislators recently ...

Kyle Bode and firefighter Bryan Buxton are taking part ... Running a 5K in their full gear wouldn’t cut it. They thought participating in the marathon in their gear would be a way to raise ...

I’m in gear that isn’t too big and that I am ready to go and should be OK,” said McDonough, a senior at McGuffey High School who is considering pursuing firefighting as a full-time career. “I really ...

Carmel firefighters responded to a fire alarm at a senior living facility, after determining it was safe, firefighter Micah Abbott played the piano.

For many people, running a 5K can be a challenge. To run one in full firefighting gear, as Terre Haute firefighter Kayla Lueking plans to do in April, well, that’s a Washington Monument-sized ...

"We were still wearing rubber boots and canvas jackets, and full-time firefighters had turn-out gear — but we were still expected to do interior attack and rescue." Former Whitehorse firefighter ...