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Wet springs have meant fewer forest fires. This year the state helicopter and big water bucket have already been used twice.
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Several mid-Michigan communities have issued burn bans because of the recent hot, dry weather.In Genesee County, the latest additions to the list include…
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It's back to the drawing board for the city of East Lansing. District court judge Andrea Larkin has ruled that a 1999 ordinance aimed at cracking down on…
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The news site Motor City Muckraker took it upon itself to track every fire in the city of Detroit for a year.When you take on a project like that, you…
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The Home Builders Association of Michigan wants to remove Arc Fault Circuit Interrupters (AFCIs) from the state's residential building code.AFCIs use a…
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This week we've been talking about the higher cancer risk that firefighters face.And the good news about all this is that Michigan passed a new law this…
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"Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus." "We Hope for Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes."Fr. Gabriel Richard wrote that after a tremendous fire…
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Thirty students from Michigan fire departments, sheriff’s offices and other public safety agencies have spent the past two weeks learning about fire.An…
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A Marathon Petroleum spokesman says no one was hurt after a fire at a refinery in Detroit.Shane Pochard tells The Associated Press the fire started…
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YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A fire has heavily damaged a building at a Washtenaw County apartment complex, displacing 12 families.The fire broke out…