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07/14/11 MOUNT VERNON -- A meeting with state officials Wednesday gave Mount Vernon city administration more information, but not enough to make a decision as to the future of Mount Vernon Fire Chief Shawn Christy.
07/13/11 The City of Altoona Police and Fire Commission members met Tuesday evening and narrowed the number of candidates for the open Altoona Police/Fire Chief position to four candidates.
07/13/11 Fire Chief James Blanchard is urging residents to stay away from fireworks in the aftermath of a man who suffered serious injuries Fourth of July weekend.
07/11/11 Firefighters responding to the fire at 2:40 a.m. Sunday found four bedrooms filled with the plants. Yonkers Assistant Fire Chief George Kielb told the Journal News "it was basically a pot-growing house."
07/11/11 A Fire Chief in Colorado is accused of impersonating a police officer after he tried to pull someone over with his personal car using a siren while allegedly driving under the influence.
07/07/11 Bill Whealan is the new Fire Chief for District #4, covering West Richland. Chief Whealan assumes his duties on Monday, August 8th.
07/06/11 MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) Fire officials in Mount Vernon, Wash., say a 3-year-old girl playing with a lighter sent the family minivan up in flames. The little girl did run to the house and alert her family to the Monday afternoon fire. Mount Vernon Fire Chief Roy Hari says firefighters extinguished the flames in the 1997 Honda Odyssey within a few minutes but burning gas from a ruptured gasoline ...
07/06/11 The Massachusetts Fire Service Commission granted accreditation June 21 to Kingston Fire Chief Robert Heath, who has demonstrated the required fire service experience, education, and certifications for accreditation.
07/06/11 Harrison County extended its burn ban until Aug. 1, Fire Chief Pat Sullivan said Wednesday.
07/06/11 One resident reportedly died and two were rescued when flames broke out early this morning in a home in the village of Silver Creek. The alarm of a structure fire, with possible entrapment, at 52 Hanover St., was sounded at 5:48 a.m., according to Fire Chief Richard A. Bartlett.
07/06/11 Blue Lake Fire Chief Larry Radtke said the rescue team had been called up Tuesday to assist Ludington police in searching a swath of woods about a half-mile long and 250 yards deep about six miles north of Scottville, near Phillips' parents home.
07/06/11 OELWEIN, Iowa --- Independence Day fireworks celebrations in the Hub City were scrapped this weekend because embers hit some spectators, according to Fire Chief Wally Rundle.
07/05/11 Walnut Ridge Fire Chief Frank Owens said the fire started low, moved up toward the attic, and spread into the house. Since the house was being renovated and had walls in the attic, Owens said the fire was especially hard to contain.
07/02/11 NEW ULM - Six people are confirmed dead in the early Saturday morning fire at The Bohemian B&B, according to New Ulm Fire Chief Paul Macho.
07/02/11 McCALL (AP) - An official in western Idaho says a woman's body was recovered Saturday from the Payette River following a two-day search. McCall Interim Fire Chief Garrett de Jong says the body was found in a logjam about 11:30 a.m. Saturday about six miles downstream from McCall.
07/01/11 Follow Your Town News On The Courant's West Hartford Facebook Page Fire Chief William Austin may be retiring, but he's not planning to slow down.
07/01/11 Anderson County Fire Chief Billy Gibson is encouraging everyone to go to public fireworks displays this holiday instead of shooting them off themselves.
06/30/11 Could it be the beginning of the end? Quite possibly, Orange Beach Fire Chief Forney said Thursday afternoon. A successful back burn, fueled again by a favorable wind, may bring an end to burning in Gulf State Park. And with it an end to the fire that started around noon on Saturday.
06/29/11 Keith E. Hoyle, former fire chief in Franklin and Amherst, has been appointed interim fire chief of the Lexington Fire Department for a six-month period beginning July 1, 2011, when current Fire Chief Bill Middlemiss retires.
06/29/11 Fire Chief Tod Carlini presents the fire district's contracts to the Douglas County commissioners on Monday. County commissioners approved negotiated contract agreements and certified tax rates at a special meeting Monday to put the finishing touches on the county's balanced budget.
06/29/11 Updated 4:30 pm: The Las Conchas fire, at 60,741 acres as of this morning, is "a road away" from the nuclear lab, according to Los Alamos Fire Chief Doug Tucker. ---According to a recent press release from Los Alamos National Laborator | 
