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The Denton Fire Department was awarded over $2 million in federal funds to fully provide for six more firefighter positions.

The Texas A&M forest service said that the Storage wildfire has grown to 1000 acres.

Among first responders, firefighters face some of the greatest ongoing health risks.

Nonprofit run by current and retired firefighters says it’s been sidelined by Chief Jim Davis.

After half of a Houston family was found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning, reporting by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and NBC News revealed that a fire crew had failed to enter the house to check on them. A firefighter has now been disciplined.

The lawsuit alleges that negligence on the part of the apartment owners and management, as well as the natural gas company Atmos Energy, led to serious injuries to the firefighters.

Some high-paying jobs just don’t attract many women. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 1998 only 2.5 percent of firefighters were…