More diversity wanted for fire service
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South Wales Fire Service starts a campaign to increase women and ethnic minority recruits.
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Fire chiefs call for a single body in charge of tackling floods as England and Wales prepare for more heavy rain.
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A NEW bio-diversity officer has been appointed by Stafford Borough Council to boost its commitment to protecting and enhancing local wildlife and habitats.
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Insistence on an official language means complications for a diverse work force.
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The traditional firefighters calendar isn&#39;t just for one sex anymore. The 2005 fundraising calendar is reversible -- featuring a full calendar of men and another of women.
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Schemes which do not try to treat all ethnic minority groups in the same way are in Labour's new strategy on race.
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City ladder trucks should never roll without at least four firefighters onboard and protective gear should be updated, a panel recommended Wednesday in response to a furniture store inferno that killed nine firefighters.
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Some like to compete, but group training isn't for everyone.
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EMERGENCY 911: Proposed federal standards for the nation's emergency workers could more than double the amount of training required for certification.
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PRISTINA, Serbia and Montenegro, Nov 10  The United Nations plans to deploy more international police officers to ethnic minority areas in Kosovo, responding to continuing security fears in the U N-run ...
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Gentler winds and cooler weather expected to give firefighters chance to control fires.
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Some schools would be able to select pupils by race under plans being considered by the Conservative Party.
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By Alexis Huicochea, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Sep. 5--The Tucson Fire Department is getting closer to filling eight vacant fire inspector positions after an exhaustive effort to recruit firefighters within the department, officials said.
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When the alarm goes from warm to wild, the U.S.D.A. Forest Service calls in the Air Force Reserve for assistance in fighting fires.  Under a unique arrangement codified by law, the U.S.D.A.
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Fire chiefs say plans to cut back on council refuse collections could increase the number of blazes.
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By Karl Terry, The Portales News-Tribune, N.M.  Feb. 1--A bill protecting wildland firefighters from criminal prosecution has been introduced in the New Mexico Legislature by Rep. Keith Gardner R-Roswell.
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Few brotherhoods are as strong as the one among firefighters, who depend on one another just to stay alive. But powerful racial tensions have divided the St. Louis Fire Department and spilled over recently to City Hall.