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Massachusetts firefighters face higher cancer risks. Free screenings are now available through the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy this March.

A Salem firefighter stunned a bachelorette party with his singing voice during a scavenger hunt, sparking talk of a future beyond the firehouse.

A New Bedford firefighter is never really on vacation. Here's the heroic story of one saving a man's life in Bermuda.

One aspect of choosing to be a firefighter is that you never really know what will be in store for you each day you show up to work. You could be pulling people out of a burning home, you could be showing up to the scene of an accident, and, as one Fairhaven firefighter learned Sunday, you could be getting lowered by your ankles into a storm drain...

West Wareham's Josh Barrette is a firefighter and paramedic currently working at three different departments. He is one of the SouthCoast's frontline heroes.

Curt Scherny is a retired Somerset firefighter currently working full-time as a paramedic with Southcoast EMS in Fall River. He is one of the SouthCoast's frontline heroes.

The battle between the budget and public safety has always been an issue, but COVID-19 has made it more intense. Current civil unrest adds more instability.

It takes a certain person to run into danger as the rest run from it. Fear of danger is a human instinct, therefore the ability to suppress fear is superhuman.

A Sandwich man has pleaded guilty and been sent to jail on charges that he struck and seriously injured a firefighter in Wareham and then fled the scene.

Some people have no soul, no heart, and live the life of a parasite. They walk upright like man, but in their mind, they crawl and scavage like a pesty insect.