DETROIT FIRE DEPARTMENT

The 34-year-old Detroit Fire Department medic was on the road and apparently didn’t like the actions of another driver during the morning rush. Police say she made displeasure known by firing shots.

A medic from the Detroit Fire Department is facing nine charges after she fired shots at a driver who wouldn’t let her merge into traffic, officials said.

The Detroit Fire Department is looking to hire up to 50 firefighters.

A Detroit Fire Department medic has been arrested in connection to a suspected road rage shooting that took place Friday morning in Redford Township.

Close to collapsing is a two-story building leaning over a Detroit sidewalk, and the city is promising to take action.

A judge had a stern message in court to a 46-year-old man charged in the brutal murder of a 22-year-old Detroit Fire Department intern.

On Tuesday, a Detroit mother pleaded no contest to charges claiming she didn’t tell firefighters her 18-month-old adopted daughter was inside her burning home.

Firefighters are battling a fire on Detroit’s east side, near Belle Isle.

Crews from the Detroit Fire Department battled an apartment fire on the city’s west side.

Detroit police and the fire department are seeking a person of interest linked to a suspected arson case.

Detroit firefighter will be honored Thursday night at the Above and Beyond ceremony over his heroic housefire save from January.

It has come to my attention that not everyone calls the night before Halloween “Devil’s Night” after a TikTok went viral explaining that we Michiganders might actually be in the minority.

A 75-year-old man was killed in a house fire in Detroit on Sunday.

Officials say that a hazmat situation occurred at US Ice after an ammonia leak.

Several people were hurt after a building explosion occurred on Detroit’s west side.

An unidentified body was found early Wednesday morning inside a burning car in Detroit, officials report.

A Detroit firefighter was trapped for hours as other firefighters rushed to get him out after a home collapsed.

A couple died early Monday morning in a house fire on Detroit’s east side.

On hot days like Saturday, firefighters with heavy coats and police wearing bulletproof vests under their uniforms have it really hard, so precautions need to be taken to make sure they don’t end up in the hospital with heat exhaustion.

A 34-year-old Detroit man is facing numerous charges for his alleged involvement in a house fire that collapsed on firefighters, trapping at least two and injuring eight.

A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the Detroit house fire that trapped two firefighters and injured others.

A person of interest linked to an arson at a Detroit home that collapsed on firefighters Thursday is in custody, according to sources.

Eight Detroit firefighters were hospitalized after the collapse of the vacant building seen in the video player above. One of them was trapped under the rubble for two hours as his fellow first responders worked to free him.

Two firefighters have been rescued after they were trapped under debris when a vacant burning building collapsed in Detroit, officials said.

Dry weather conditions have sparked fears over the use of fireworks in Metro Detroit ahead of the holiday weekend.

Detroit fire crews are battling a blaze at Woodward Bar in the New Center area on Tuesday.

The city’s oldest LGBTQ bar ‘may be considered a total loss,’ the fire department says

Four firefighters were taken to the hospital and two residents were injured when an SUV collided with a fire truck that was heading to a house fire in Detroit, officials said.

Operation Justice for Zion is going to take a lot of manpower, 70 people a day for six to eight weeks, digging through a mountain of debris.

A fire rekindled at a popular Midtown restaurant Tuesday morning that caught fire, and was completely destroyed, just days ago.

A former Treasurer of the Detroit Fire Fighters Union was sentenced to one year in federal prison for embezzlement.

Two men and a woman have been charged in connection with the death of a woman whose body was found wrapped in carpet in the trunk of a burning car, Detroit officials said.

It’s one thing to be a female firefighter. There are not many of them, but what about a female Asian American firefighter? That’s something the DFD hadn’t seen in its 162-year history until Jackie Lam came along.

A fire broke out at an apartment complex Sunday on Detroit’s west side, displacing residents from three units.

Mia Radosavac lost her entire family to a house fire in 2018, and she is determined to prevent another family from experiencing a similar tragedy.

Officials with the Detroit Fire Department say a firefighter was trapped for only a minute when a wall collapsed during a house fire.

A Detroit man stole an EMS rig and then took it on a joyride. While the man was in the vehicle, he also decided to use the EMS radio.

The Detroit Fire Department is launching "Operation Save a Life" DFD members will install free carbon monoxide detectors and smoke alarms to citizens in the Martin Park neighborhood, they hope to install devices in every house hold within...

A man was killed Wednesday when a house caught fire on Detroit’s west side, officials said.

Two firefighters were injured Saturday morning while responding to a fire at a Detroit home.

DETROIT – A woman is dead, and two other people are in stable condition after being pulled from the Detroit River early Friday, March 18, WXYZ Detroit reports. Around 3:45 a.m., first responders were called to the scene near Alfred Brush Ford Park in Jefferson-Chalmers Business District, the report said. Information identifying the victims has not been released. The Detroit Police Department, Detroit Fire Department, and the Department of Medical Services responded to the incident, the report said. READ MORE:Member of Greta Van Fleet taken to hospital: ‘Last 24 hours have been arduous’Here’s where your budget will feel the Fed’s interest rate hikesMarch Madness: Watch cheerleader reach stuck ball atop backboard after players fail

Authorities reportedly pulled three women from the Detroit River early Friday morning.

Two people were found dead Tuesday night in a Detroit home in what authorities believe to be a carbon monoxide poisoning.

Investigators are convinced the fire at Mudgie’s Deli and Wine Bar in Corktown was intentionally set.

Saint Andrew’s Hall is temporarily closed while the venue plans to repair a loose joint in the floor.

Officials are investigating a fire at Mudgie’s Deli in Corktown.

When he took his post as Detroit Fire Commissioner, Chuck Simms promised to reach out and visit every firehouse in the city.

An elderly couple was killed early Thursday morning in a fire on Detroit’s west side.

Two people were killed Thursday in a house fire on Detroit’s west side, officials said.

A man was killed and a woman was seriously injured Monday in a house fire on Detroit’s west side, firefighters said.

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.

Police responded after reports came in about a Detroit Fire Department rig being parked outside a Melvindale bar.

Across the state of Michigan, there has been a dramatic increase in fatal fires.

The Detroit Fire Department said it happened around 10:30 a.m. on John R near Woodward and Alfred Street, about a block away from Little Caesars Arena.

TROY, MI -- The victim in a fatal road-rage shooting Monday night has been identified as a lieutenant with the Detroit Fire Department, according to Fox 2 Detroit. Police believe Dombrowski left his home in Rochester Hills Monday night and traveled southbound on Rochester Road in a black Ford Crown Victoria. Security footage obtained during the investigation shows a white 2014-2018 Jeep Cherokee following the victim into the gas station lot. “That altercation escalates into a shooting where multiple rounds were fired by an occupant of the white Jeep Cherokee. Anyone with additional information regarding the shooting is asked to contact the Troy Police Department at 248-524-3477.

City to build peer support unit for Detroit Fire Department

DETROIT -- For the second time in a week a member of the Detroit Fire Department has been suspended for allegedly drinking and driving while on their way to a run. According to WXYZ Detroit, Detroit Fire Commissioner Eric Jones announced the latest suspension Monday, after an incident over the weekend involving a firefighter who was serving as an acting chief. The firefighter was arrested for drinking and driving and the incident is also under investigation by the fire department. The latest incident came just days after another firefighter was suspended for allegedly driving drunk while operating a fire truck. The 26-year-old who was driving the fire truck had been drinking at the party and allegedly struck a parked car when arriving on the scene.

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