July 7, 2017
A major blaze damaged several buildings in a central Iowa town on Independence Day, but fire officials don’t suspect fireworks as the cause. The Des Moines Register reports that the fire started late on July 4 in downtown Melcher-Dallas and …
May 26, 2015
A California man was arrested in Arizona on charges that he scammed hundreds of people in three states in a fire insurance inspection scheme. Robert Musich, 46, was being held on bond following his arrest in Lake Havasu City. Musich, …
March 26, 2015
Voters in Gonzales, La., will decide on March 28 whether to renew a 10-year, 3.27-mill property tax that was first passed in 1986 to fund the city’s fire department. With two fire stations and an ambulance service that transports residents …
June 9, 2014
Coteau, La., residents will pay a little less for fire insurance after their volunteer fire department’s latest evaluation. Fire protection districts are evaluated every five years on a list of criteria designed to judge the effectiveness of the district’s manpower, …
December 5, 2012
Fire officials in Cedar Rapids say they have a different policy for battling fires at buildings vacated by the city’s historic 2008 floods. The Gazette reports Cedar Rapids Fire Department spokesman Greg Buelow says firefighters are expected to keep fires …
September 25, 2012
A 4-square-mile wildfire in a rural San Diego County community has destroyed roughly a dozen homes and has left one man dead, a sober reminder the state has a large number of high risk homes and that Southern California’s peak …
June 27, 2012
Homeowners in Gross Tete and Rosedale, La., can expect to see a dramatic drop in their fire insurance rates. Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon tells The Advocate the rate decreases, effective July 9, have been made possible because of fire …