Entry-level firefighters usually wear rank insignia that names their relationship to a department (e.g., the departmental abbreviation) or symbolizes the tools of a firefighter, such as an ax ...

Why firefighter ranks in CT are plummeting. ‘I have never seen this in my 30 years,’ a chief says Fire officials say state recruitment and retention is a crisis in fire departments.

Mark Townsend joined the Chicago Fire Department in 1988 hoping to help pave the way for future black firefighters in an agency long plagued by charges of racism. But as Townsend nears retirement ...

Ryan Scranton and Peter Wojewodzki ended up in the same place Friday. But the paths they took to become Middletown firefighters were very different. Both men were sworn-in at fire headquarters in f… ...