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At least two other buildings have suffered damage in the fire and at least 120 firefighters have responded to the scene, a dispatcher said.

If the sharp cuts agreed to by retired police and firefighters in Central Falls, R.I., is approved in court, other places may pursue similar deals.

A report by the state Occupational Safety and Health said firefighters outside the house lost track of Lt.

A judge has ruled layoffs of police officers and firefighters in Orange, N.J., can proceed.

Sprinklers in the loading dock of a Charleston furniture store would have contained a fire that killed nine firefighters more than three years ago, a new federal study concluded Thursday.

Two years ago, the Federal Communications Commission stumbled as it tried to create a nationwide wireless broadband network for police officers, firefighters and emergency medical workers, delaying the construction of what everyone agrees is an urgently needed system.

More than 75 firefighters have been battling a blaze at a block of flats in Central London.

They were all known as "quants," traders and financial engineers who used brain-twisting math and superpowered computers to pluck billions in fleeting dollars out of the market.

The quants did their best to contain the damage, but they were like firefighters trying to douse a raging inferno with gasoline—the more they tried to fight the flames...

(Georgia State University) A Georgia State University professor has been selected to receive a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to improve a computer simulation model that may help firefighters combat wildfires more effectively.

Firefighters early Monday contained a blaze caused by an overnight explosion at a Delaware oil refinery that rattled nearby homes but caused no injuries.