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The Philadelphia Firefighters Union has voted to uphold its endorsement of President Donald Trump ahead of the 2020 presidential election.

Three firefighters went the extra mile this week for an elderly Army veteran who experienced heat exhaustion in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

A group of off-duty volunteer firefighters rescued a Maryland family from a house fire last Sunday.

A five-year-old boy who heard about the wildfires ravaging Oregon told his grandmother he wanted to help the firefighters on the front lines, so he donated a Baby Yoda doll to them.

A fire department recently unveiled a stunning 9/11 tribute in Stanford, New York, featuring American flags to honor the lives lost during the terrorist attacks.

A group of firefighters was attacked in the multicultural no-go Brussels area of Molenbeek this week after allegedly being lured to the area for a deliberate ambush.

Two firefighters were rescued Friday night after they became trapped while battling a blaze in Marin County, California.

The Chicago Fire Department announced Sunday that it had launched an investigation into an online post that alleged someone operating a firetruck removed a Black Lives Matter banner, officials said.

The Savannah, Georgia, Fire Department rescued a kitten from a raging house fire Tuesday.

Indianapolis firefighters on a Saturday training exercise helped a woman recover her titanium prosthetic leg from the Geist Reservoir.

Washington, DC, firefighters rescued a total of six dogs from a burning home, resuscitating one of them, a Twitter video showed.

A firefighter was rushed to hospital earlier this week after being shot in the leg by an unknown assailant while attempting to put out a car fire on Bastille Day.

First lady Melania Trump on Wednesday surprised a group of firefighters and police officers with lunch in Washington, D.C.

A flag pole at a memorial honoring four firefighters who lost their lives in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center was found cut down by vandals in Washingtonville, New York.

A California firefighter rescued a veteran’s dog from a fire 21 years to the day after his own dog was saved from a fire.

The Danish toymaker Lego has asked retailers to pull police action figures, police accessories, and the White House from store shelves.

The chief of the Richmond, Virginia, police department said Sunday that rioters set fire to a multi-family home with a child inside while blocking access for firefighters to get through to save the child.

Police in the French city of Strasbourg arrested 20 individuals in the district of Neuhof after a mob attacked firefighters with projectiles that included Molotov cocktails.

Rioters in Brooklyn rocked and threw a molotov cocktail at a police van abandoned in the middle of a street until it caught on fire.

A firefighter in Lake Orion, Michigan, is being hailed a hero after he saved a family’s beloved pet on Sunday. 

Firefighters in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, are paying tribute in a unique way to healthcare workers battling the coronavirus pandemic.

Firefighters with the FDNY showed up on Thursday during a shift change at the Elmhurst Hospital in Queens to thank its tireless staff.

British firefighters have been drafted in to the fight against coronavirus to deliver food and medicines, drive ambulances, and retrieve bodies.

Former prison inmates have teamed up to get a fresh start in life by starting a forestry company in Los Lunas, New Mexico.

Firefighters in Hutto, Texas, took it upon themselves Sunday to finish a resident’s yard work when he was unable to do it himself.

Police in the French city of Dunkirk arrested several youths after they assaulted a young mother, with several also claiming to have taken part in the brutal beating of a volunteer fireman last weekend.

A Florida family was transporting a sick family member to the hospital on Thursday when their car unexpectedly ran out of gas.

Firefighters saved an 11-year-old girl from drowning in an icy lake Friday in Milford, Massachusetts.

LOS ANGELES, California — Firefighters from the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) rescued a man clinging to the side of a burning high-rise on Wednesday morning in the heart of West Los Angeles.

Anti-Macron firefighters violently clashed with police in Paris, demanding better pay, staff increases and protection from violent attacks. 

A post on WeChat by a Chinese user named Yong Bo on Friday blamed Australians for being too lazy and unpatriotic to control the wildfires raging across their country, unlike the hard-working and patriotic Chinese who battled a massive fire in 1987.

A group of firefighters rescued a man trapped in the middle of a Maine stream on Tuesday evening.

Bystanders applauded a group of U.S. firefighters when they arrived at the airport in Syndey, Australia, this week to help fight bushfires in Victoria. 

Firefighters across the Belgian capital of Brussels are expected to be escorted by police officers during New Year’s Eve celebrations due to the high level of danger involved when operating in the city.

A 21-strong team of specialised U.S. firefighters said Tuesday it was an “easy decision” to fly to Australia and assist local crews as they continue their battle against dozens of fires raging across the country.

A gang of seven “youths” has been arrested in the German city of Augsburg after an off-duty fireman was attacked and beaten to death outside of the city’s Christmas Market.