Arraignment is scheduled Tuesday in the case of four young volunteer firefighters charged with arson. Houston County Sheriff’s Department criminal investigator Brian Hooper said the suspects were arrested Friday night after a series of fires, including one that destroyed a …
Volunteer fire departments looking to offset anticipated increases in their workers’ compensation insurance premiums can turn to a website launched by the state auditor’s office. Auditor Glen Gainer’s office was tasked by the Legislature with developing a program to provide …
Prosecutors are telling jurors that although there were regulatory shortcomings, three construction company supervisors’ actions are to blame for two firefighters’ deaths at a condemned ground zero building. Prosecutors began their summation Wednesday in the manslaughter trial stemming from the …
A national fire safety group says the number of on-duty firefighter deaths last year was the lowest in more than three decades. National Fire Protection Associations said Monday in a new report that a total of 72 on-duty firefighter deaths …