Along with other equipment, most of the fire company's apparatus have cases of water on them to take to calls—keeping firefighters hydrated is extremely crucial.

CHARLESTON — Volunteer fire departments in West Virginia are under the microscope in the current session of the West Virginia Legislature. The West Virginia Senate on Wednesday unanimously ...

SUMNER COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Volunteer fire departments in Sumner County may be in line for more funding. The move comes at the request of multiple volunteer fire stations within the county ...

Los Angeles Emergency Management Department General Manager Carol Parks sent a text message wishing Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley a happy new year. “It's my first opportunity ...

and for the operations of the Los Angeles Fire Department, I have removed Kristin Crowley as Fire Chief. We know that 1,000 firefighters that could have been on duty on the morning the fires broke ...

AND BY THE TIME WE GOT THAT DONE, THERE WAS ALREADY FIREFIGHTERS HERE. THE FOUR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS TRAVELING FROM MILES AWAY. THE PERRY DEPARTMENT HERE IS ABOUT 12 MILES FROM BT.

In this Dec. 5, 2024, file photo, Los Angeles City Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley is seen here in Long Beach, Calif. Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images, FILE In response ...

Volunteer fire departments often struggle to find adequate funding to purchase needed equipment, recruit and retain firefighters, and keep up with high pressure demands due to increasing call ...

The search is on for a woman suspected of killing a decorated Cal Fire ... the Department of Homeland Security entering Mexico later that night. Rebecca Marodi started her career as a volunteer ...

Bass removed Crowley last week as tensions erupted about how the department handled the wildfires and response efforts. Bass argued the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) needed “new leadership ...

Plum Borough's volunteer fire departments are getting creative and introducing a staffing stipend program to help recruit new firefighters. The Plum Fire Chiefs Association says the new program ...

More than a month before the Palisades Fire, then-Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley issued a dire warning: Her department was woefully understaffed, response times were high, equipment was in ...