A fire has been reported in a large apartment building in Charleston early Friday morning. The fire was reported on the seventh floor just after five in one of the ...

Volunteer fire departments remain the backbone of emergency response in many small towns across Southern Illinois, where service is often passed down through generations.

Students and staff evacuated Kingwood Elementary School in Preston County on Monday after a small fire was reported in the school’s kitchen.

For the first time in Golden Shield history, the recipient of the award was an entire volunteer fire department! The Lowell-Adams volunteer fire and rescue department are the recipients of this ...

UNICOI COUNTY, Tenn. (WCYB) — The Unicoi Fire Department put out a car on fire on Tinker Road on Friday, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol. THP said that the driver was on I-26 when he ...

A former Tornado volunteer firefighter was sentenced to almost three years in federal prison for defrauding both an insurance company and his volunteer fire department — now called West Side ...

We talked with Diaz about what inspired him to join the fire company and about the experience. Question: Why did you choose to volunteer? Answer: It’s something I’ve always wanted to do.

Volunteer fire departments in Henry County got the go-ahead to start billing insurance companies for calls. Photo by Dean-Paul Stephens. After receiving the green light to start billing for services ...

UTICA, N.Y. -- The former treasurer of the Durhamville Volunteer Fire Company, accused of stealing over $90,000 from the department, appeared in Oneida County Court on Friday morning. Kimberly Simchik ...

She was also a member at Waldorf Volunteer Fire Department. Please keep her family, friends and both fire department agencies in your hearts and prayers. She will truly be missed by many!

The information in this story comes from a Facebook post by the Valley Volunteer Fire Department in West Virginia, which detailed the events of a house fire on May 19. This story was reported from ...