More soldiers are expected to be deployed today to help firefighters battle the nearly 400 active wildfires in British Columbia. Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma says 75 military members are heading to Burns Lake, in central B.C., to join 75 others who were sent to nearby Vanderhoof yesterday as part of federal assistance in the…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—One of two firefighters shot at an Alabama firehouse over what police suspect was a personal conflict has died, officials said. Jordan Melton died Monday, fire officials said. Mr. Melton and Jamal Jones were shot last week while on duty at a Birmingham firehouse. Birmingham Police Officer Truman Fitzgerald said Tuesday that police were…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Investigators believe the man who shot two on-duty firefighters at an Alabama firehouse had a personal conflict with one of them, a police spokesman said Thursday. Detectives are still trying to determine the basis for that conflict. They have not yet been able to talk to the firefighters, but believe only one of them…

NEWARK, N.J.—Two firefighters were killed battling a blaze that began when cars caught fire deep inside a cargo ship carrying 5,000 cars at a New Jersey port, Newark’s fire chief said Thursday. Responding firefighters found five to seven vehicles already on fire when they reached the 10th floor of the cargo ship at Port Newark…

CLIFTON, N.J.—Two firefighters involved in a rescue effort in a New Jersey river became stranded themselves when their boat went over a waterfall, but a state police helicopter crew was eventually able to bring the pair to safety. No injuries were reported in either of Wednesday’s rescues in the Passaic River, authorities said. The Clifton…

A team of Ohio firefighters have uncovered a fascinating 118-year-old time capsule, buried inside the brick wall of an old fire station due to be demolished. On May 24, the Marion Ohio Fire Department intervened in the demolition of its old Station One building to remove the sandstone cornerstone for preservation, with permission from the…

The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) each year pays tribute to hundreds of fallen firefighters nationwide who lost their lives in the line of duty. The 2023 Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial ceremony on Sept. 16 in Colorado Springs, Co., will honor 574 men and women who died or whose names were submitted to the…

A battalion of nearly 350 firefighters from theEuropean Union will soon be on the ground in Quebec to help their Canadian counterparts tackle a devastating and unprecedented wildfire season. One hundred and nine firefighters from France arrived last Thursday and spent the weekend dousing flames in Quebec, where fires have forced nearly 14,000 people to…

The techniques used to put out the wildfires that are burning across Canada vary somewhat depending on geography, but ultimately they depend on people on the ground with hoses and shovels digging out hot spots one by one, experts say. As of midday Thursday, there were 430 fires burning across Canada, including 235 that were…

Victoria’s presumptive rights scheme will be expanded to cover firefighters diagnosed with female-specific forms of cancer, but the union has slammed the move as a political stunt. Legislation for the compensation scheme will be amended to add primary site cervical, ovarian and uterine conditions to the existing list of 12 eligible cancers, Emergency Services Minister Jaclyn…