Firefighters

The city hasn’t given all those benefits to Joey Davis, president of the Tallahassee firefighter’s union and a cancer survivor.

The challenge contended the exemptions from the restrictions were intended to apply to all workers represented by public-safety unions — not just law-enforcement officers, correctional officers and firefighters.

The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a three-year contract covering 200 firefighters and paramedics in the Reedy Creek Professional Firefighters’ Association.

He shares how being a firefighter has made him a better chef, and the advice Alton Brown gave him that helps him cook faster.

Firefighters in Southwest Florida are working around the clock to protect residents and don't have much time to repair their own homes. That's where the union is helping out, with firefighters from Broward among those stepping in.

Those eligible will receive a check in the mail written for slightly more than $1,000 to make up for funds lost after taxation.

Firefighters who lost colleagues and loved ones on Sept. 11, 2001 kept up with their work for many months following the attack. WUSF's Kerry Sheridan tells what she learned about grief in writing about their work.

The House on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill that would expand benefits for firefighters who are diagnosed with 21 types of cancer, sending the...

A bill to give better benefits to firefighters with cancer passed a threshold this week: A majority of member of the Florida House of Representatives...

Firefighters are at a greater risk of developing cancer than others. According to federal research, they’re also at greater risk from dying from it. But...

More than 45 fire departments throughout the state have received decontamination kits that firefighters can use to clean cancer-causing substances off...

It’s that time of year when agencies lay out their plans for the coming year—and more importantly—how much those plans will cost. Two of them are...