A new class of Chicago firefighters, EMTs and paramedics graduated from the academy in a ceremony Monday morning at Navy Pier ...

Chicago Fire Department crews responded to a large church fire and partial collapse on Thanksgiving on the city's South Side, ...

The July 4th holiday weekend is coming up, and the City of Chicago wants to make sure people send it safely. Officials from the Chicago Fire Department on Tuesday highlighted the dangers of fireworks, ...

A city “scarred and shaped by fire” is inviting more of the same by inspecting over a 12-month period just 17% of the buildings in its database for fire code violations and failing to maintain an ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Larry Langford, Director of Media Affairs for the Chicago Fire Department, has retired after 25 years. There was a big sendoff Thursday. Langford has had a lot of memorable moments on ...

Make sure not to overfill the fryer with oil. Fill the pot you plan to use to fry the turkey with water and place the turkey in it. Officials say this will help determine how much ...

Harvey Firemen’s Association Local 471 said the department dropped from 37 to 15 staff since the first round of furloughs ...

Four allege sexual harassment by bosses and one said a colleague harassed her. Five female paramedics with the Chicago Fire Department (CFD) filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday claiming that they were ...

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