, and who signal for distress. Sure, sometimes they make some boneheaded mistakes. However, the outdoors is unpredictable, and things happen. Once, my kids and I got caught up in a very unexpected ...

In 2010, a mentally unstable man carrying several bombs walked into the building of a media company, demanding its TV programming lineup be changed. The incident was handled without any employees ...

LOWELL, Mass.—Mammoth Fire Alarms, based here, has won a three-year contract to monitor the non-emergency fire signals that wireless fire-alarm boxes are now sending to the city's dispatch center.

An Air India Boeing7878 (Flight AI171), bound for London with 242 souls, issued a Mayday call shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad on Thursday. The plane crashed near the airport, plummeting into ...

Portable radios can be a firefighter’s lifeline as long as planning and preparation have gone into it. When I was a captain I helped to bring several fire departments into our regional 911 center.

A general view of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge after it was collapsed after a cargo ship crashed into it. Karl Merton Ferron/TNS via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa The crew of the cargo ship that rammed ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Technology already installed at hundreds of Western New York intersections — with plans to dramatically expand — will be able to give priority to emergency vehicles and transit, ...

A Sept. 20 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a video of a man urging people to turn off their cellphones during an upcoming test of the emergency broadcast system. “This test will be ...

NEW YORK — After Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo declared a state of emergency for New York City’s subways last year, transit officials unveiled an emergency repair plan to address the most pressing needs ...