Though agreements have been in place for a long time for mutual aid assistance across fire departments in the Capital Regional District, each department had its own mayday procedure, causing confusion ...

Five Brockton firefighters received the Medal of Valor for rescuing a colleague who fell through a collapsing floor. The rescue occurred during a house fire in March, complicated by heavy smoke and ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Imagine fighting a fire in these icy conditions. A house fire in northwest Roanoke nearly got out of control, forcing firefighters to take an extreme measure. Officials declared ...

Crews battled a three-alarm house fire in Springdale late Sunday night. According to Springdale Fire Chief Blake Holte, the ...

SCARBOROUGH — Deputy Fire Chief Ian Tenney knelt beside a dummy dressed in firefighter gear, its legs contorted in the corner. “Mayday mayday mayday,” he called into the radio as the dummy’s personal ...

“There is no call more chilling than a mayday,” Doug Meehan, a WCVB TV news anchor and host of the 36th annual Firefighter of the Year Awards told a Worcester auditorium packed with government ...