Jerseyville Officer Nick Woelfel honored for heroic rescue of two trapped residents during Pine Street house fire on Dec. 22, ...

Rural departments have long relied on cheap software solutions to keep their operations running. But fire chiefs report sharp price increases as investors have entered the market. By Mike Baker The ...

The result of a lawsuit that found two chiefs responsible for the death of a firefighter should prompt departments and chief officers to examine operations to ensure that they follow best practices ...

The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) and the Tennessee State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFMO) announce Wednesday that volunteer fire departments can now apply for $20 million in funding ...

Fire departments in Illinois — the sixth-most populous state — have begun moving to a new national emergency incident reporting system called NERIS just weeks before the scheduled decommissioning of ...

BELLEVILLE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- More than $110,000 has been awarded this year to 112 Illinois fire departments and districts through Illinois American Water’s Firefighter Grant Program. Since the ...

More than $110,000 has been awarded this year to 112 Illinois fire departments and districts through Illinois American Water’s Firefighter Grant Program. Since the initiative began in 2010, nearly ...

GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) — Greenville County Council says there are more than two dozen fire districts across the county. Now, county council has approved a study to see if consolidating them ...

There’s a new police chief in Jerseyville. Daniel Green was sworn in to his new job on Tuesday, following the retirement of longtime chief Brad Blackorby. Blackorby led the department for 21 years as ...

JERSEYVILLE — Country musician Jake Maurer will perform at the Jerseyville Fire Department, located at 116 E. Arch St., at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 26. A product of Metamora, Illinois, he has been ...

Small rural fire departments across North Carolina are struggling to recruit volunteer firefighters and pay for the rising cost of equipment. That’s prompting the state legislature to look more ...

The fire departments in West Allis and Wauwatosa are considering a merger to save costs. A consulting firm's report suggests the consolidation could save a combined $7 million over five years. While ...