Detroit firefighters and city leaders are rolling out a new initiative aimed at stopping accidental fatal residential fires before they happen — as early 2026 numbers show the city is already trending in the wrong direction.
A veteran Detroit firefighter died suddenly at his home just hours after completing an overnight shift earlier this month.
Discipline has been recommended for three high-ranking officials with the Detroit Fire Department in a payroll fraud investigation months after the Investigators at Local 4 looked into allegations.
Discipline has been recommended for three high-ranking officials with the Detroit Fire Department in a payroll fraud investigation months after the Investigators at Local 4 looked into allegations.
A house explodes on Detroit’s East Side, killing a woman in her early 40s and injuring a 46-year-old man. It happened just before 3:50 p.m. Saturday in the 19400 block of McCormick, near Moross and I-94.
The Detroit Fire Department is currently under scrutiny following a series of incidents, including a recent fire truck crash and allegations of payroll fraud within the department.
Multiple people were injured after an explosion at an apartment complex on Detroit’s west side early Monday morning.
Detroit Fire Department launched its DFD Safety Series webinars to help keep residents safe.
There are nearly 200 cities receiving funds from the state. Despite being a city that could really use the money, Detroit is not on the list.
Tuesday morning started with a radio call about the Detroit Fire Boat, which was still out of service ahead of the 4th of July holiday boating weekend.
Recent incidents include a rig running a red light and colliding with a truck, an EMS unit rolling down an embankment on I-75, and an EMS vehicle being overturned in a collision.
A Detroit fire engine on a run through an intersection, hitting a truck and smashing into a store sign, was captured on video.
The Detroit Fire Department is under fire for negligence claims, which has caused the fire commissioner to respond as to why firefighters were ordered out of an apartment fire when the crews were putting water on the fire.
Local 4 has learned more information about why the closest fire engine didn’t respond when an SUV crashed into The Fillmore in downtown Detroit.
A firefighter in Detroit is demanding answers after it took 35 minutes for an ambulance to arrive to transport a man who was having trouble breathing.
The Detroit Fire Department has signed an emergency contract to add to the number of ambulances that will be on the road over the next four months.
Officials said they have linked a “serial arsonist” to nine fires set in Detroit and Highland Park. So far, he has been charged in connection with five of them.