The state’s Rural Fire Service is significantly smaller than the 70,000-strong force it has on paper, private documents show.

Rescue teams inched their way forward in total darkness, unable to see much of anything inside the smoke-filled freighter as ...

Council voted Monday night to advance a plan that would give retirees, who are already receiving pension checks, a one-time, ...

Sebastian Alexander Carrillo is a Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office employee and former Birmingham fire battalion chief.

The Crookwell community is rallying behind a family who lost their house in a fire. Get the editor's insights: what's ...