Community members can attend an open house event to meet the three finalists for the position from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on ...

The City of Waco has chosen four highly qualified candidates in the search for its next fire chief. The city says this followed a thorough and competitive selection ...

Retired firefighter Mark Whaling knows firsthand what it’s like to wait on a helicopter to refill on water while he's battling a blaze on the ground ...

Pepper and Blaze — the captive-reared, federally endangered piping plover chicks released on a Lake County beach in 2023 — ...

A woman was rescued from Lake Michigan after she fell off a jet ski that she was a passenger on near the Waukegan Harbor ...

SPRINGFIELD — A bill to ban the sale of firefighter protective gear containing “forever chemicals” is gaining momentum in the ...

A 74-year-old Vietnam veteran remains hospitalized after he was left homeless and injured in a fire that caused significant ...

A Waukegan man who was reported missing earlier this month was found dead Wednesday during a coordinated search effort, ...

Mayor Deegan will have "open selection process" for next fire chief who would come from within the department after Chief ...

Firefighters across Illinois travelled to Springfield alongside lawmakers to memorialize a fallen firefighter on Tuesday.

If we had sprinklers in the building, we would have stopped the fire very, very small. We would not have had to have people ...