Fundación 911, a nonprofit that provides equipment and training to fire departments across Mexico, sent a crew of 40 members to support local first responders.

Jonathan Ashworth, 23, died when his Ford F-150 crashed into trees while responding to an emergency call Tuesday morning in Beauregard Parish.

Chester Police say Wilson died just four minutes from home after his motorcycle collided with a vehicle at the intersection of West 22nd and Wetherill streets in Chester. The driver involved is cooperating with the investigation, and chemical test results are pending.

Closing arguments are expected to begin Wednesday in the trial of a retired gas company technician charged in connection with a deadly Sterling house explosion.

Mayor Paul Coogan and IAFF General President Edward Kelly announced on Wednesday that staffing levels a the Fall River Fire Department will increase immediately.

The family of a firefighter trapped when a wall fell on him in a separate fire say they know the dangers all too well. Their loved one Frederick Goins was trapped when a wall fell on him at a home that was on fire. “He was under the fire for at least seven minutes, Crane Hanna said about his son in law, Goins.

A firefighter battling the Forsyth Fire in southern Utah near Pine Valley was injured this week and had to be airlifted to a nearby hospital.

A 47-year-old Idaho firefighter hurt in a violent attack last month has been taken to Colorado for medical treatment.