Madison Fire Department ChiefsChiefs from the volunteer era were originally elected by popular vote of the firefighters to serve for a one year term (beginning and ending in March). In 1871, the Common Council assumed the responsibility of appointing Chiefs annually with chiefs commonly serving ...
Fire authorities from around the world have been meeting in Australia to learn from the devastating bush fires in the southern state of Victoria earlier this year. Firefighters using mobile tanker trucks work to keep fire under control at containment line near the Grose Valley in Blue Mountains, ...