(TNS) — Boulder County this week awarded about $2 million to mainly rural fire districts in the third round of fall grants from the Emergency Services Sales and Use Tax. The grants, approved Tuesday ...

Small rural fire departments across North Carolina are struggling to recruit volunteer firefighters and pay for the rising cost of equipment. That’s prompting the state legislature to look more ...

LINCOLN -- The Lincoln City Council is considering its options on how to move forward after the loss of $20,000 in Fire Department funding from the Lincoln Rural Fire Association. Those options could ...

Tuolumne Utilities District staff are touting the recent addition of four new untreated water draft points designated for rural firefighting, which they are calling a cornerstone of its newly-adopted ...

The new report from the Wisconsin Office of Rural Health paints a grim picture of rural firefighting in Wisconsin. Wisconsin, the report says, has 25,412 firefighters. That’s a pretty solid number, ...

Jeff King has served on the volunteer fire department in Corydon, Kentucky, for over 30 years. He is well aware of the dangers of the job — including one that may be hiding in the supplies he and his ...