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Four firefighters dying in four separate incidents is “very unusual,” said a fire department spokesman.

Michigan Avenue and other streets in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood are set to be closed Wednesday for the procession and funeral of Chicago Fire Department...

Chicago Fire Lt. Kevin Ward died earlier this month from injuries suffered while battling a house fire.

After a Chicago firefighter death, funeral plans have been set. Services for Lt. Kevin Ward will take place in mid-September, a CFD spokesman said.

A Chicago Fire Department firefighter seriously injured while responding to a Norwood Park residential fire earlier this month has died, the Fire Department said Tuesday morning. Lt. Kevin Ward, 59, died at Loyola Medical Center surrounded by family, the department said. He will be transported to the Cook County medical examiner’s office Tuesday in a noon procession. Ward was one of three ...

The Chicago Firehouse Restaurant in the South Loop is hosting the event Thursday morning on International Firefighters Appreciation Day.

Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson’s transition team is moving fast to find a replacement or a leadership team to take over the Chicago Police Department on an interim basis.

Chicago firefighter Lt. Jan Tchoryk, who died April 5 while battling a fire in a high-rise on the city’s lakefront in the Gold Coast, was married, had several children and was “an active outdoorsman, a motorcyclist and a Navy veteran,” fire officials said.

When Chicago Fire Department Lt. Jan Tchoryk died on the job last week, Bill McFarlane went straight to social media to see the lieutenant’s always positive...

Firefighter Jermaine Pelt, 49, died on April 4 while battling an extra-alarm fire in the West Pullman neighborhood.