Firefighters Rally for Baby With Heart Defect
Arnold Family/Facebook(LOS ANGELES) — Four-month-old Paisley Mae Arnold looked perfect from the outside: chubby cheeks, giant eyes and a wisp of dark blond hair. She would occasionally wheeze, but doctors told her parents not to worry about that.Then,…
DC Government ‘Reviewing’ Firefighters’ Appearance with Obama
SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The District of Columbia’s Fire and Emergency Medical Services says there are no plans to punish first responders for their participation in an economic speech by President Obama, but are still reviewing …
Biden to Firefighters: ‘The Progress We’ve Made Is in Jeopardy’
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(PHILADELPHIA) — Just three days after Vice President Joe Biden spoke to a group of police officers at their convention, he took his campaign message to firefighters Wednesday, taking aim at Republican governors who, “lay…
Obama Admin. Extends Health Coverage to Federal Firefighters
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The Obama administration is extending health insurance to seasonal firefighters employed by the U.S. government, following a public outcry over the lack of affordable coverage for such workers.“Starting today…
Two Dead in Firefighting Air Tanker Crash in Utah
iStockphoto/Thinkstock (file photo)(CEDAR CITY, Utah) — Two people were killed on Sunday when their firefighting air tanker crashed while battling a 5,000-acre blaze along the Nevada-Utah border, a National Transportation Safety Board official told AB…
The Snake River Hotshots Return To Idaho
A local firefighting team has spent the past two weeks struggling to battle the blazes raging in Arizona, and now they’re back for a little rest. Local News 8 reports, when the Snake River Hotshots came back to Pocatello on Wednesday, they still smelled like the smoke from the fire they’ve been fighting for two [...]