"They have to have the knowledge and the skills to be able to make good strategic and tactical decisions."
Seven people remain unaccounted for after a massive explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Northern California that sparked a fire and forced evacuations.
The City of Durham is responding to the Trump Administration's reversal of a series of discrimination lawsuits filed against several police and fire departments across multiple states.
Officials said the new Sandy Plains Public Safety Station will allow for quicker response times and lower insurance premiums for people living nearby.
Seven months before the uncontrolled Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, the city's fire department budget for this fiscal year was cut by more than $17.5 million, records show.
She broke barriers in Durham, and now the city's first female African American battalion fire chief is retiring.