firefighters

Firefighters who lost colleagues and loved ones on Sept. 11, 2001 kept up with their work for many months following the attack. WUSF's Kerry Sheridan tells what she learned about grief in writing about their work.

The House on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill that would expand benefits for firefighters who are diagnosed with 21 types of cancer, sending the...

A bill to give better benefits to firefighters with cancer passed a threshold this week: A majority of member of the Florida House of Representatives...

Firefighters are at a greater risk of developing cancer than others. According to federal research, they’re also at greater risk from dying from it. But...

More than 45 fire departments throughout the state have received decontamination kits that firefighters can use to clean cancer-causing substances off...

It’s that time of year when agencies lay out their plans for the coming year—and more importantly—how much those plans will cost. Two of them are...

40 more wildland firefighters from Florida are now heading to the western part of the U.S. to help deal with one of the worst wildlife seasons in...

You would think after playing defensive end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for nine years, and then 11 more as a Tampa firefighter, John Cannon might have…

Fire officials in Florida say 40 guests made it safely out of a building where fire broke out at Saddlebrook Resort in Pasco County.Pasco County spokesman…

The 19 "hotshots" who were killed while fighting a wildfire over the weekend were remembered on Monday in Prescott, Ariz. The simple tolling of a bell and the reading of their names brought home the sad story. Meanwhile, the fire they were fighting continues to burn.

As many as 400 firefighters, still mourning those lost, are now battling the massive Arizona wildfire. Since it began Friday, the Yarnell Hill Fire has grown to more than 8,000 acres, destroying an estimated 200 homes.