Fire Rescue

Town officials recognized a 14-year-old after helping his family get out of their burning home.

An off-duty firefighter from Greenwich sprung into action on Saturday after noticing a fire broke out at an apartment complex in Waterbury and rushed to help, according to Waterbury Mayor Neil O’Leary. Doug Howley was driving to a birthday party, the Mayor said on Facebook when he saw the fire located at 1400 Meriden Road. There he observed a father…

Cellphone footage captured the moment an Alabama man jumped from a burning 25-foot lift into a safety net below.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue has released drone footage of crews working at the site of the condo collapse in Surfside, Fla., The footage is of efforts earlier in the week before crews paused their search and rescue response due to concerns about the structural integrity of the site.

A sheriff’s deputy and maintenance worker are being hailed as heroes after they risked their lives to rescue dozens of people from a fire Friday at an apartment complex in Northern Virginia.

“At that point the only thing you can do is protect life. … It’s frustrating because you want to save property and lives. You just have to readjust what you do, conditions dictate the tactics — to save people’s lives is our No. 1 goal.”

A woman had to be rescued by police and firefighters after she became stuck inside a giant banyan tree in Key West.

A 6-year-old boy was killed in a drive-by shooting while playing outside an apartment in northwest Miami-Dade, police said.

Seven firefighters and five civilians are recovering Wednesday after two City of Miami Fire Rescue vehicles were involved in a rollover crash Tuesday afternoon, officials said.

A dog was saved in Tampa by a fast-acting beachgoer who used CPR, and local firefighters.