Phoenix firefighters will begin to receive unique training this summer as part of a new program to help first responders better understand the needs of veterans.

Phoenix firefighters will begin to receive unique training this summer as part of a new program to help first responders better understand the needs of veterans.

A fire that destroyed a sheet metal business in southeast Phoenix near the Tempe border on Sunday now is being investigated as an arson and a suspect is being sought, according to the Phoenix Fire Department.

The Scottsdale City Council unanimously created its first municipal fire department Tuesday night, granting Fire Chief William McDonald a force of 256 employees and $2.4 million to improve the city's dispatch and radio system.

December 9, 2004

When you work fighting fires for a living, the job always provides surprises and challenges. After a few years, you learn to expect the unexpected. But you never expect to be slandered and falsely attacked by an elected official.

The Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department will ban open fires in city mountain and desert preserves starting May 9. In consultation with the Phoenix Fire Department, smoking and charcoal fires are included in the ban due to the extreme fire danger that the combination of low humidity, increasing temperatures and frequent high winds created each spring. Additional information on the ban is available online at phoenix.gov/parks under "latest park news."

Phoenix's ban on charcoal and wood fires in the city's mountain and desert preserves ends today, but its prohibition on smoking outside of enclosed vehicles in those areas will remain in effect.

The northeast Phoenix home of former Phoenix Mayor Skip Rimsza was destroyed by a fire Tuesday afternoon, according to the Phoenix Fire Department.

The northeast Phoenix home of former Phoenix Mayor Skip Rimsza was destroyed by a fire Tuesday afternoon, according to the Phoenix Fire Department.

A fire at a large Phoenix apartment complex prompted the American Red Cross to open a shelter at a nearby high school for displaced residents.

PHOENIX - Sixty buildings and 40,000 people. That's what the Phoenix Fire Department says will be involved in what it's calling the "worlds' biggest fire drill."

A fire at a Phoenix asphalt plant required the assistance of more than 40 fire trucks to extinguish a blaze Saturday night, according to a Phoenix fire spokesman.

Paradise Valley is negotiating a plan with the Phoenix Fire Department that would end the town’s fire woes.

Paradise Valley is negotiating a plan with the Phoenix Fire Department that would end the town’s fire woes.

The number of Phoenix house fires typically spikes over the holiday season, but the Phoenix Fire Department has a number of tips to help keep your home safe.

The number of Phoenix house fires typically spikes over the holiday season, but the Phoenix Fire Department has a number of tips to help keep your home safe.

A huge blaze that started in stacks of wooden pallets spread to rows of tractor-trailers and two warehouses Friday, destroying everything in its path as fire crews tried to keep it from spreading further.

Two Phoenix nightclub owners fighting to gain approval for a second Hurricane Bay club in Mesa are not just facing one battle. They’re actually facing two.

PHOENIX - A city worker who took a loan from a developer when the developer had a zoning case before the city is being investigated by police.

The sexual harassment allegations against the Phoenix Fire Department are appalling. No woman should have to go through the harassment inflicted on this Phoenix Fire Department employee, who recently sued the city over years of such treatment.