The firefighters were honored for their work to contain the wildfires that devastated the city earlier this month, and were greeted with a standing ovation and applause on the red carpet.

Los Angeles firefighters were welcomed at the Grammys Awards with a warm reception. A group of firefighters appeared on the red carpet, with people in attendance giving them a round of applause.

During the training, instructors took the firefighters through three different scenarios.First, the reach method, where rescuers throw a rope or hose to pull in someone who's stranded.Second ...

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Justin Brown had done a grueling stint at the perimeter of the Hughes Fire, battling last week to keep the blaze from spilling into towns in northern Los Angeles County. He was still sore Tuesday ...

Two former firefighters who heroically responded to the 9/11 terror attacks in New York City have died due to illnesses related to that fateful day, according to the ...

ALL RIGHT, NOT ME HONORING SACRAMENTO FIREFIGHTERS WHO FOUGHT IN THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY WILDFIRES. THEY PUT IN SOME HARD WORK. WELL, THEY’RE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TODAY THAT CAME TOGETHER TO ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...

The fossilized skull of a bird called Vegavis, which lived in the Antarctic some 68.7 million years ago, confirms it was an early member of the waterfowl group. However, the skull also suggests ...

The new skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the Mesozoic Era. The Late Cretaceous modern (crown) bird, Vegavis iaai, is diving ...

The containment means that though flames are still smoldering, firefighters have surrounded the entire footprint of the wildfire with fire breaks that should prevent any further spread.

He followed the man’s advice, signed up for the test and took it, along with other aspiring firefighters, at McCormick Place in Chicago in May 2006. “There were thousands of people there.