LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ala. (WAFF) - A new law that could impact some local fire departments goes into effect Wednesday. The new law gives volunteer fire departments in Lawrence County the option to form a ...

STEWARTVILLE, Minn. — There’s a common place in Ryan Podein’s childhood memories: the Stewartville fire station. He visited the station with his dad Mark on countless weekdays and weekends. The ...

A steady gust of a late autumn's wind is about the only thing moving quickly in rural corners of this country. But Pamela Curry has learned that the solitude she loves about her home in this remote ...

Chatham County residents pushed back against county plans to shut down the Isle of Hope Volunteer Fire Department during a ...

Two volunteer fire departments in Norwich, Connecticut, are considering a legal challenge to a new Unified Command Structure. The new structure, implemented after a fatal fire, aims to standardize ...

CLAYHATCHEE, Ala. (WDHN) — Local volunteer fire department chiefs say volunteerism at fire departments is not what it used to be as they have seen a downward spiral over at least the last three years.

Several rural volunteer fire departments in the Texas Panhandle and South Plains are getting an equipment boost thanks to new funding that was green-lighted by the 89th Texas Legislature to bolster ...

LOUDENDALE, W.Va. (WOWK) — As the freezing temperatures continue this week, local volunteer fire departments are helping ...

The county’s budget committee voted against increasing the funds for their nine volunteer departments on Tuesday night. The volunteer fire departments have been asking for the county to increase their ...