When a mudslide pushed his SUV off a cliff and into the ocean earlier this month, Los Angeles Fire Department Inspector Jerry Kao said he thought about how dying would affect his family — and what he ...

A Black fire inspector who sued after being passed over for lucrative advancements at the Portland Fire Marshal’s Office was subject to a hostile workplace because of his race, a Multnomah County jury ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) – A new lawsuit has been filed against the City of Portland by a Black fire inspector, accusing the city of racial discrimination in the workplace. The lawsuit comes on the heels ...

Months before a fatal fire at The Social Seminole apartments, Tallahassee Fire Department inspections repeatedly found failures with fire alarm and sprinkler systems.

Fire Systems Inc. says it told Gabriel House owners that the building's sprinkler system had defective parts, but that the owner never fixed it. The company says it was hired to inspect the system, ...