Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aug. 8—WATERTOWN — Watertown Fire Commissioner Warren Day is convinced that the future of small, rural volunteer fire departments ...

COLONA, Ill. — The Colona Fire Department is pushing back against new fire safety standards proposed by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Fire Chief John Swan said these ...

ALBANY — The Firefighters Association of the State of New York has expressed concern with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s proposal to update the “fire brigades standard,” which ...

A change by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration could potentially drive up fire departments budgets and hurt recruitment across the country, including those in Chautauqua County.

The current Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Fire Brigades standard (1910.156) outlines the baseline requirements for fire brigades in workplaces and covers a variety of topics to ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Volunteer fire officials across New York state are concerned about the cost of meeting what would be the largest overhaul in decades of federal safety regulations for firefighters.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating a live fire training in Newington that sent six students and an instructor to the hospital with burns over the weekend. Charred ...

State and local officials are sounding alarms about the potential cost and feasibility of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s plan for a major overhaul of the standards that protect ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing new emergency response standards that if adopted could make it harder for volunteer departments in Nassau County to operate. The county ...

ALFALFA, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Three former Alfalfa Fire District volunteers and firefighters are coming forward to express their concerns over the conduct and practices of Fire Chief Chad LaVallee, which ...