Marin Firefighter News

This video, taken from a firefighter's helmet in Oakland, shows firefighters pulling an unconscious dog from a house fire and reviving him to consciousness.

California Professional Firefighters came out on top at this year's 2010 IAFF Media Awards. CPF's quarterly member newspaper and the California Fire Foundation's "Firefighters On Your Side: Disaster Planning for the Elderly" campaign both took first place.

Firefighters may face a heightened risk for heart disease as a result of breathing in extremely fine particles that infiltrate the smallest air passages and lodge in their lungs, new research indicates.

Firefighters have been making a muscle and making a difference for children and adults fighting neuromuscular disease for over 55 years.

In 2010, milder temperatures and relatively normal rainfall have given rise to hopes that the state might be spared the worst this summer and autumn. But state officials, weather experts and fire behavior specialists have a sobering response: Don't bet on it.