Western Taney County Fire District is pleased to announce that Assistant Chief Jim Furgerson was sworn in as the new Fire Chief of Western Taney County Fire District on November 19, 2025.

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 ...

LOG CABIN, Texas (KLTV) - A former Henderson County fire official says fire departments are struggling to staff volunteers nationwide. Earlier this week, the Log Cabin Fire Department announced that ...

Gallatin fire department was struggling with broken trucks and flood damage. See how a comedy fundraiser helped after their story aired on News Channel 5. SUMNER COUNTY, Tenn. (WTVF) — A Sumner County ...

With a historic investment by the 89 th Texas Legislature, Texas A&M Forest Service approved $164 million in funding for Texas volunteer fire departments. The funding will be awarded to local fire ...

A change to Arizona law is busting the budgets for rural fire departments that rely on volunteer firefighters, KVOA News 4 Tucson reports. Fire chiefs across the state say workers’ compensation ...

Luke Yarbrough celebrates with his three-week-old daughter, Ezra, after his wife, Makayla, pinned his firefighter badge on his uniform during the graduation ceremony Friday, Oct. 25, 2025, for the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (Edited News Release/KY3) - The Department of Public Safety invites volunteer fire departments with annual operating budgets of $50,000 or less to apply now for state grants of up to ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - Changes to Arizona law are impacting fire departments across the state that use volunteers, with some local fire chiefs expressing concern over potential repercussions for ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (WSIL) -- The Missouri Department of Public Safety is inviting small volunteer fire departments to apply for state-funded grants of up to $15,000. These grants aim to help ...

HOOKS, Texas - Thanks to a historic investment by the 89th Texas Legislature, the Texas A&M Forest Service has approved more than $164 million in funding to hundreds of volunteer fire departments ...

Crews from the neighboring Marguerite and Dryridge fire departments in Unity are dispatched together on the vast majority of their emergency calls. If all goes as planned, by next year, they’ll be ...