Seattle Fire warns: keep baseboard heaters at least 12 inches from furniture after a recent house fire. Portable heaters need even more space.

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Members of the Everett Fire Department gather around battalion chief D.J. Neyens (red helmet), who is undergoing chemotherapy for multiple myeloma, as he prepares to climb the stairs to the 73rd floor ...

At least ten homes were evacuated, due to a broken natural gas line. Just before 11:00 a.m., the Seattle Fire Department’s ...

Flames ripped through several U-Haul trucks in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood overnight.At 3:04 a.m. Monday, Seattle Fire ...

The annual Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Firefighter Stair Climb took place in Seattle over the weekend, with members of Jackson County Fire District 5 among the hundreds of participants. Firefighters ...

Uber drivers can sometimes reach patients quicker than ambulance crews can, Seattle Fire Lt. Charles Hubschman, a 911 dispatcher, said.

RAVE to Seattle firefighters. I am a terminal cancer patient with a prognosis of three months to three years. Due to my medical condition, I have tumbled out of bed a few times. Seattle firefighters ...

According to the Seattle Fire Department, firefighters commonly open wall and ceiling spaces during overhaul to track down ...

Weeks after the woman repeatedly called Seattle 9-1-1 for an ambulance, her decomposing body was found in her bedroom.

Experts say differences in nurse line oversight, response-time standards and dispatch protocols across U.S. cities could affect how quickly patients receive care ...

A Fremont bar that opened eight years ago as a spot for Midwest transplants is temporarily closed after a fire.