Fire Investigators Rule Parklane Apartments Blaze Intentional
Mobile fire officials say a blaze that sent a woman leaping from a balcony at Parklane Apartments was deliberately set, causing about $20,000 in damage.
Baldwin County Asks Local Agencies to Help Pay for Its $4.5 Million Emergency Radio Network
Baldwin County set aside $335,000 to maintain the countywide emergency radio system in 2015 and asked the cities and volunteer fire departments that rely on it to share the cost.
Mobile Fire-Rescue Holds Boot Drives to Help Dauphin Island Fire Chief Recovering From Burns
Mobile Fire-Rescue firefighters are collecting donations at intersections across the city this month to help Dauphin Island Fire Chief Brad Cox and his family after he suffered severe burns responding…
Filmmaker and Gulf Shores Police Give Conflicting Accounts of Beach Confrontation
A filmmaker and the Gulf Shores Police Department are offering sharply different accounts of an encounter that unfolded on the city’s public beach as officers and paramedics responded to a…
Four Mobile-Area Medical Responders Return Home After Haiti Earthquake Deployment
Four Mobile-area medical professionals are back home after weeks of humanitarian work in Haiti following the catastrophic magnitude-7.0 earthquake that struck near Port-au-Prince on January 12, 2010. Randy, Philip, Kelly…
Foley Boy Found Safe After Search in 2008
An archived 2008 WKRG report said a young boy who wandered away from a Foley motel was found safe and treated for heat exhaustion.
Saraland Fire Rescue Lands a $54,526 Federal Grant for Operations and Safety
The Department of Homeland Security agreed to release $54,526 to the Saraland Fire Rescue Department in late 2006 under the Assistance to Firefighters Grants Program, money earmarked for operations and…
Why Mobile’s Fire Hydrants Wear Different Colored Hats
Blue, green, orange or red: the paint on a Mobile fire hydrant is not decoration. A city fire official explained the national code that tells firefighters how much water a…
Mobile Firefighters Union Endorses Bess Rich for Mayor
The Mobile firefighters' union backed Bess Rich for mayor ahead of the Aug. 23 city election, the second endorsement from an organized city employee group for the former councilwoman's campaign.