firefighter

Florida firefighter sets record as shortest woman in profession.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Dowd, who spent two decades as a firefighter before becoming a public information officer, said he got called to help animals “many, many times.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Louis Chinal, 76, a retired New York City firefighter from Staten Island, recounted taking the Staten Island ferry to lower Manhattan after the South Tower had collapsed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

At Tuesday's event, Trump meanwhile presented the highest US civilian honor to the family of volunteer firefighter Welles Crowther, who was killed while helping lead people out of the South Tower.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

As one firefighter later put it, “From the beginning of that fatal fire, everything went wrong!”

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy

"The effect, when you have wildfires happening at the same time across the UK, is there's just not enough firefighters on the ground to be able to deal with them."

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

As the climatologist Jeffrey Shaman writes in the Times, El Niño offers governments a chance to prepare, whether by funding firefighters or creating warning systems for residents during heat waves.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

After the shootout, officials with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said firefighters were finally able to move in and tackle the flames, which burned about 5 acres.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

An AFP journalist reported that firefighters could be seen trying to extinguish the flames of a burnt-out fuel tank belonging to state oil and gas company Aramco.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

One of the firefighters took pity on her and answered, “Well, that or an earthquake. Plain old sinkhole’s another possibility—right now nobody’s getting the story straight.”

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix