Leonard A. Murray, 53, a Jackson Township (IN) firefighter, was killed Friday night while working on a fire apparatus at the Jackson Township Fire Department maintenance garage.

Four Phoenix (AZ) firefighters killed themselves over the course of seven months, spurring the department to create a task force to examine the suicides.

Opening statements began Wednesday in the trial of Christopher Benitez, who faces a first-degree murder charge in the five-alarm arson fire at a grocery store that killed Phoneix (AZ) Firefighter Brett Tarver in 2001.

Dayton (OH) firefighters are mourning the loss of Lieutenant Kevin Quinn, a 25-year-veteran of the fire department who died while on duty at the Montgomery County Regional Dispatch Center.

The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released for public comment a draft report detailing the findings and recommendations from its study of the June 18, 2007, fire at the Sofa Super Store in Charleston, South Carolina, that killed nine firefighters.

The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released for public comment a draft report detailing the findings and recommendations from its study of the June 18, 2007, fire at the Sofa Super Store in Charleston, South Carolina, that killed nine firefighters.

A judge sustained manslaughter charges against three construction company figures in the Deutsche Bank fire, which killed two FDNY firefighters at a contaminated ground zero tower in 2007.

A volunteer firefighter with the Ghent (NY) Fire Company died on his way to an incident when his pickup truck slammed into a utility pole.

Four children and a woman were killed when fire tore through a row house in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Hundreds of uniformed firefighters from throughout California will gather at the State Capitol in Sacramento on October 16 to pay tribute to California firefighters who made the ultimate sacrifice, including including Fire Captain Ted Hall and Engineer Arnie Quinones, who lost their lives in the devastating 2009 Station Fire.

A congressional panel Tuesday will look at whether the 2009 Station Fire that killed two firefighters and destroyed 89 homes could have been contained before it caused so much damage.

According to the United States Fire Administration's annual report, 90 on-duty firefighters from 33 states lost their lives as the result of incidents that occurred in 2009. 

Five people were killed when fire swept through a home in Atoka, Tennessee.

The 9/11 Health and Compensation Act (H.R. 847) will come back to the full House of Representatives for a vote on Wednesday, September 29, 2010.

One firefighter was killed and another injured while battling brush fires in Ohio.

Postincident evaulations usually find that most vehicle collision involving firefighting apparatus were preventable. This week's featured firefighter near-miss report relates one example of how one apparatus driver's paying attention to surroundings (high situational awareness) avoids tragedy.

A report by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) on the death of a rookie Homewood (IL) firefighter during a structure fire concluded that the department was ill-equipped to handle a fire of that magnitude.

Three civilians were killed when the SUV they were driving crashed into an ambulance in Prince George's County, Maryland.

The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommend that all health care workers get an annual flu vaccine.

A charity team has been organized to run the Chicago Marathon and raise money and awareness about The Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors, the leading national nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering anyone affected by a burn injury.