firefighters

When mom Stephanie Martinez walked up to Plantation KinderCare Learning Center in Plantation, Florida, to pick up her daughter on Feb. 15, something was wrong. Martinez was running about 15 ...

A week ago, a golden retriever named Macy went missing at a park in Streator, Illinois. Her concerned owners, the Price family, immediately put out the word, and Streator Animal ...

Earlier this month, a team of dedicated people worked together to help get a dog that was trapped on an Arizona mountainside back to her owner. The ordeal began when ...

Frisco police and firefighters are being hailed heroes after last month's rescue of a 15-year-old boy trapped in the upper story of a burning house in Frisco, Texas. On Jan. ...

Dogs can get themselves into all sorts of tricky situations, but this pup in Florida appeared to be a hapless victim of a nearly invisible danger. On Wednesday, Walton County ...

First responders have to train constantly for a variety of circumstances so that when the unexpected occurs, they're ready to take care of business. The water rescue training came in ...

Pasadena Fire Capt. William Basulto is a huge Los Angeles Rams fan, so naturally he took the day off work last Sunday so that he, his son and his father ...

When sisters 11-year-old Tori and 13-year-old Carly of Southlake, Texas, considered what to do with their afternoon on Jan. 19, the gutsy girls decided a local adventure was in order. ...

It's the that time of year again, when we hear about all sorts of daring ice rescues of hapless animals -- and sometimes of their owners, too. Police, firefighters and ...

Early Sunday morning while most residents of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, were asleep in their beds, a man, woman and child were in a dire situation in the Susquehanna River. At around ...

On Jan. 7, a home in Seattle slid off its hillside foundation after unusually heavy rain hit the area, trapping one of the inhabitants, James Fritts, in the kitchen and ...

It's not every day that someone tries to shimmy down a chimney -- but unless it's Christmas and that person is Santa Claus, it's a questionable activity. Very questionable, if ...

On Sunday morning, a family of seven became trapped in their San Diego home when a fire broke out. One managed to get out of the house unassisted, but the ...

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. One woman illustrated that last month by setting fire to an oil warehouse after reportedly receiving a negative review from her boss. ...

Most of the time, it's the uninitiated who get themselves stuck in tricky nature situations, but even experienced outdoorsmen can find themselves in sticky situations. On Sunday afternoon, two men ...

Earlier this year, a medium-sized dog wandered in the heart and yard of Charity Golloway of Big Stone Gap, Virginia. He was friendly and made it clear that he wanted ...

When people mention spotting a spider, a snake or another creepy crawly in their home, one (mostly) joking reaction is that the place should be burned down. But for one ...

With the technological takeover that has happened in many young people's lives, it has become rarer to see kids outside exploring and doing "normal" kid things. Many school-age children are ...

Landmark Theatre is a well-known historical site in Syracuse, New York, but on Friday morning first responders got a different kind of show than most people would expect. On Friday ...

Sometimes, despite their best efforts, pet owners are stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to paying for care after serious accidents. Heartwrenching pleas for help ...