An Amherst firefighter driving an engine to a fire or other emergency ensures a prompt response, but once on scene, a single ...

Nearly 50 teenage volunteer firefighters spent the week battling live fires and practicing rescue techniques at the Nassau ...

As an environmental historian, I study how fertilizer transformed the modern world. That history is about more than scientific innovation or agricultural progress. It also reveals the hidden costs of ...

This year has been a bad one so far for severe thunderstorms around Pittsburgh. In fact, it has been quite an active season throughout the Ohio Valley and a large part of the Midwest. How bad has it ...

AMHERST, Ohio (WOIO) - Members of the Amherst Fire Department rescued a kitten from a sewer catch basin Saturday. The Amherst ...

ESSEX — Selectmen are considering possible changes to the structure of governmental agencies in town, including the Fire and Public Works departments.

On the busiest days, around 100,000 vehicles pass through or stop in Hadley, significantly increasing the size of the town that has about 5,300 year-round residents. Yet until 2005, when Michael ...

Firefighters in Massachusetts receive new protective suits following a multi-million-dollar city investment and independent fabric testing.

The Amherst fire chief says call volumes are going up every year and to meet that demand, the town has launched a three-year ...

A home in Ayer, Massachusetts, was engulfed in flames and smoke after a fire broke out Tuesday afternoon, video from Sky 5 showed. Smoke and flames were shooting out of the roof of the home at 15 ...

AMHERST, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - The Amherst Fire Department Central Fire Station has reopened after weeks of being closed. Initially a four week closure, crews couldn’t use the station or the surrounding ...

A fire at DaSilva Farms in Falmouth destroyed a building, equipment, and killed about 50 chicks. The farm's owner, Dan DaSilva, stated the loss has put his business at risk of closing. Local farmers ...