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More than 2,500 Ground Zero rescuers and responders have come down with cancer, and a growing number are seeking compensation for their illnesses, The Post has learned. The grim toll has skyrocketed from the 1,140 cancer cases reported…

(Virginia/AP) - Thousands of dogs, cats and other pets die in house fires every year. But a Virginia woman is trying to better their odds of survival, by getting specially-designed oxygen masks into the hands of first responders all across…

He's fine and happy, but this little pit bull puppy had some hour of trouble in Bakersfield, California. The pit bull puppy somehow got himeself trapped into the middle of a wheel rim. Immediatly from the fire station started a squad for a…

In a New Zealand first, a hybrid ambulance-fire truck will be trialled to see if it will improve emergency services in remote communities. The prototype fire medical vehicle (FMV) was developed by New Zealand Fire Service (NZFS) and St.…

The Boise Fire Department is urging floaters to be prepared and preparing themselves by practicing techniques to make a save if needed. Firefighters joined members of the Dive and Swift Water Rescue Team to train in case of an emergency.…

KARACHI (Pakistan) — A Pakistan air force fighter jet crashed into the country’s largest city after a technical fault today (June 3), killing two pilots and a civilian on the ground, authorities said. Air force spokesman Tariq Mahmood said…

A spectacular action was made by Firefighters from the Rome Fire department. They rescued a man trapped in a hopper, filled by 10mt of cement. The rescue has been fast and frantic, because a Fireman has gone into the hopper to…

Cassie Majestic, MD Kristi L. Koenig, MDPhoto Credit: Tony Coppolino Fire Chief, Fountain Valley Fire Department University of California, IrvineCenter for Disaster Medical Sciences Wildfires are an annual expected disaster in Southern…

Only two days left until the “International Firefighting Team of the year 2013” - the Palermo Fire Department - will start their travel to New York to visit the most well-known firefighting team in the world – the New York…

Toddi Steelman is co-director of the Fire Chasers Project at North Carolina State University and executive director of the School of Environment and Sustainability at the University of Saskatchewan. As we saw in San Diego recently,…