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Firefighters Help Italian Newlyweds Stopped by Freak Highway Incident
Toronto firefighters stepped in to help Italian newlyweds make their flight after an overhead sign on the Gardiner Expressway came crashing down on their...
Thanks to Inmates Working Alongside Firefighters, Giant Sequoias are Safe
Of the nearly five thousand personnel that have bravely battled the massive 19-day-old Yosemite Rim Fire, more than 550 are California inmates. They're the...
Firefighters Use Crane to Rescue Horse Trapped in Well
Firefighters successfully hoisted a horse out of a well in California Monday after it had fallen in and struggled to swim in the 20-feet...
New Orleans Firefighters Repaying the Favor for New Yorkers After Floods
After living through Hurricane Katrina six years ago, New Orleans firefighters recalled the help provided by the New York City Fire Department, which arrived...
Town Full of Katrina Survivors Sends Love and Money to New York City Firefighters
Hundreds of South Mississippians stood in line at the Biloxi Town Green where more than 1,500 lunches were served and more than 500 pounds...
Thousands of Firefighters Climbed Stairs Around the World to Honor NYFD on 9/11
On Sunday, 343 firefighters from across Texas donning their heavy coats and gear gathered in downtown Dallas to honor the lives of New York...
Firefighters Rescue 1,000-Year-Old Tree From Drought
Just outside of Rockport, Texas, stands an ancient Live Oak that for well over 1,000 years has offered a long, cool shadow to weary...
Chicago-area Firefighters Help Latin America
A year ago, an earthquake in southern Chile devastated towns, flattening fire stations and equipment that could have been used in the rescue efforts.
An...
Boston Firefighters Get Oxygen Masks for Pets
The Boston Fire Department on Wednesday received a donation of small oxygen masks designed for pets, which will become standard equipment on every fire...
Trail Honors Forestry Hero who Saved Dozens of Firefighters from Great Inferno
The summer of 1910 in Idaho was a crackling-dry, hot powder keg of rampant forest fires. The U.S. Forest Service was scrambling to stay...
Firefighters Praised for Icy Dog Rescue
"Let other folks retire to warm climates," said a Wisconsin resident whose poodle was rescued, after it had fallen through the ice, by a...
Firefighters Save Donkey from Well
Firefighters in a Minnesota community rescued a donkey that had fallen down an old dry well, working hours on the complicated procedure. ...
U.S. Firefighters to Help Hard-Pressed Australians
Bound by a mutual assistance pact, the U.S. is sending 143 firefighters to Australia this week to battle fires alongside weary Aussie crews, and...
Firefighters Save Exhausted Horse From Mud Pit
"A frightened horse was comforted by firefighters in Oregon who administered oxygen and used portable lamps to warm the shivering animal as they fashioned...
“Firefighters ROCK” Screamed Signs at Homemade Parade Honoring Colorado Firefighters
Pine Junction, Colorado- On June 24th, 2000, citizens saluted firefighters with a hometown parade honoring their bravery and hard work.
Children rode bicycles with signs...
Florida Firefighters Honored On the Internet
The men and women who fought the fires in Florida this summer are heroes (and Good Samaritans). Here are some excerpts from Florida’s Internet...
Firefighters Welcome Gang Members
In a Los Angeles neighborhood full of gang activity, where bullets sometimes fly, Fire Station No. 68 serves the community of central Los Angeles,...
Good News in History, May 4
198 years ago today, Frederic Edwin Church, one of the foremost painters in the American landscape movement known as the Hudson River School, was...
Good Samaritans Band Together to Overturn Flipped Car and Rescue Trapped Woman – WATCH
A group of strangers in Tennessee jumped into action, banding together to overturn a flipped car and rescue a woman trapped inside.
A video filmed...
Millions of Birds Now Migrating Safely Through Darkened Texas Cities After Successful Lights Out Campaign
Texas is in the middle of the most important migratory pathway for birds moving up and down the Americas—nearly 2 billion birds, or 1...