For decades, the manufacturers of firefighting foam (or AFFF) used dangerous chemicals known as PFAS in their foam that may cause cancer. Many firefighters across the country who have developed cancer ...

Jonathan Sharp, guest columnist For some time now, perfluoroalkyl and poly-fluoroalkyl (PFAS) chemicals have been a growing ...

The federal hiring freeze implemented by President Donald Trump has affected the hiring of a crucial group of federal workers: firefighters. The freeze comes at a critical time, when fire ...

More than 100 firefighters and more than 40 fire units responded, according to El Paso strategic communications director Laura Cruz Acosta. The fire was later upgraded to a second alarm ...

The manufacturers of AFFF (aka firefighting foam) have used dangerous chemicals (known as PFAS) to make the foam since the 1960s. If you or a loved one used firefighting foam on the job and was ...

During the training, instructors took the firefighters through three different scenarios.First, the reach method, where rescuers throw a rope or hose to pull in someone who's stranded.Second ...

Justin Brown had done a grueling stint at the perimeter of the Hughes Fire, battling last week to keep the blaze from spilling into towns in northern Los Angeles County. He was still sore Tuesday ...

Private firefighters aren't doing what you likely think they are — not exactly. Reports of wealthy homeowners in the Los Angeles area paying private firefighters thousands of dollars per day ...

“Ninety percent of what we do is prevention.” Capstone is part of a growing and controversial ecosystem of private firefighting companies that have seen themselves thrust into the spotlight as some of ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Members of the Navajo Scouts firefighter crew kick up dust as they clear debris from a landslide across a ...

These men have dedicated their careers to stopping people’s homes from burning down, but when the Eaton fire arrived on their doorstep, even their decades of firefighting expertise were no match ...