Editor’s note: In light of recent rains, we are reprinting a timely column originally published June 6, 2009. We have a 1973 two-story house with a basement that we’ve owned for about two years. The ...

Any experienced firefighter or officer will tell you that firefighting requires dedication to drilling and learning. For good reason, hands-on drills that are performed in the fire station are front ...

Guests at a Rostraver hotel were evacuated briefly Friday morning after a smoke alarm activated from a small fire in a basement stairwell. A Westmoreland County 911 supervisor reported the incident ...

Four firefighters were released from the hospital after they were rescued from the basement of a Shawnee house fire following a stair collapse. Four firefighters were injured when a stairwell ...

Onlookers watch Alton firefighters battle a basement fire late Thursday afternoon, including a female resident, in center with phone, who escaped the burning building. ALTON — A home was damaged but ...