Sleet was reported near Houston after a powerful cold front moved through. Here’s what caused it and what to expect through ...

Every animal with a brain needs sleep — and even a few without a brain do, too. Humans sleep, birds sleep, whales sleep and even jellyfish sleep. Sleep is universal “even though it’s actually very ...

PARMA HEIGHTS, Ohio -- The Parma Heights fire department is planning to spend $187,638 to update its ambulance equipment. The ...

The El Paso Fire Department has acquired new AMKUS Heavy Rescue tools to enhance their vehicle extrication capabilities and ...

Lenoir City Fire Department seeks help finding a lost Motorola 800 radio essential for emergency communications.

In response to San Francisco's ordinance banning PFAS chemicals, the SFFD is transitioning its entire fleet to non-PFAS ...

Rural departments have long relied on cheap software solutions to keep their operations running. But fire chiefs report sharp price increases as investors have entered the market. By Mike Baker The ...

Officials said the firefighter who died after being injured at a house fire Sunday morning was a 35-year veteran of the Plainville Fire Department. Raymond "Ray" Alan Moreau, 60, responded to the ...

Four hundred thousand years ago, near a water hole on grasslands bordering a forest in what is now southern England, a group of Neandertals struck chunks of iron pyrite against flint to create sparks, ...

Fire departments across Mendocino County received and installed new fire-fighting equipment recently, including a new weather station on the South Coast. According to the Mendocino Unit of Cal Fire, ...

Dukes Volunteer Fire Department has put a new set of self-contained breathing apparatuses (SCBAs) into service after ...