A volunteer fire chief in North Carolina was ordered to repay $23,000 that he took form insurance carriers after filing fraudulent claims for fire department equipment, Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey’s office said. Kenan Wayne Kearney of Four Oaks, pleaded guilty …
The Riverside Fire District, staffed entirely by volunteer firefighters, is charged with protecting homes and businesses across 212 square miles of Washington County. The Mississippi fire district, in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, responded to 80 to 85 …
Leaders of a central Indiana town’s volunteer fire department hope construction will resume next year on its new station after the contractor stopped work five months ago over nonpayment. The walls of the two-story, steel-frame building are up in the …
A volunteer fire department in the western North Dakota oil patch is so busy that it doesn’t have time for its annual Halloween haunted house fundraiser. The fire department in Burlington has hosted a haunted house the past five years. …
A volunteer fire department in northwestern Indiana has received a $15,000 federal grant to build an addition that will allow better ambulance response in its area. Democratic U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky announced Wednesday that the Hebron Volunteer Fire Department received …
The Dularge Volunteer Fire Department is reopening its junior firefighter program. The Louisiana department is recruiting boys ages 12-17 to be a part of the program that trains students in firefighting and lifesaving techniques as well as allow them to …
A volunteer fire department north of Great Falls, Mont., proposes to introduce a new range of fees for its fire protection services. Fire officials are proposing a 12-tier system of fees. Fees would begin at the current flat rate of …
A volunteer fire department in Pike County that was forced to close has reopened. WYMT-TV reports that an audit of the Hatfield Fire Department by the Kentucky Fire Commission revealed some problems, mainly that only three firefighters were on the …
A volunteer fire department in eastern Kentucky that closed nearly three years ago after a dispute with county officials over funding is reopening. WYMT-TV reports an agreement on funding is close, so new leaders on the Bell County Volunteer Fire …
The West Virginia Fire Commission is investigating a Harrison County volunteer fire department following the death of a member of another department during the response to a cellphone tower collapse. The investigation of the Summit Park Volunteer Fire Department follows …