THE OMAHA FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS AN ALARMING TREND TONIGHT. THEY SAY IN 2022, THEY WORKED ALMOST 90 CASES WHERE FIRES WERE STARTED BY CHILDREN. BUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS WHEN THEY CONNECT WITH ...

ROCKFORD (WREX) — For 'National Arson Awareness Week', Rockford Fire is highlighting their number of arson cases, placing an emphasis on their 'Youth Fire Setter Intervention Program'. Over 50% of ...

Kitsap County is now home to two programs that pair firefighters with social workers, with hopes that a third agency could soon join to address behavioral health issues that fire departments ...

Over the past several years, mental health concerns that are related to emergency response work have grown dramatically. The days of pushing aside mental health as “part of the job” are, thankfully, ...

While firefighters normally extinguish fires with water, Fire Prevention Chief Nicholas Vilardo has been using words to douse them before they get started. For more than five years, Vilardo and his ...

The Juvenile Fire Intervention Response and Education (J-FIRE) Program of Western New York has received a Quality of Life award from County Legislator Raymond Dusza, D-Cheektowaga. The award includes ...