rochester fire department

Firefighters, paramedics, and police in Rochester were awarded at a ceremony last week for saving the life of Rochester Fire Chief Scott Weigel when he suffered a heart attack in August.

Rochester firefighters put out a fire in the shredder processer at the Covanta waste to energy plant on Route 28 Thursday night.

The Rochester Fire Department is in the process of donating a retired tanker/pumper truck to the Cayce Fire Department in Kentucky after devastating tornadoes.

A person has been taken to the hospital by medflight after a Sunday evening crash in Rochester that left them trapped in the vehicle in critical condition.

A Rochester family has been displaced in a fire that tore through part of their home in the far north of town Thursday afternoon.

Braydon is asking area residents to deliver a new, unwrapped toy to the Rochester Fire Department by December 18.

Rochester Fire Chief Scott Weigel says a male resident and his dog were killed in a fire on Walnut Plain Road this morning.