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The free Summit County chipping program will visit Sage Creek Canyon, South Forty, Hamilton Creek, Angler Mountain Ranch, the Ponds at Blue River and Blue River Run next week.  If a property owner lives in...

Consistent rain storms over Summit County have dampened wildfire fuels countywide, but they have also led to the growth of grasses and underbrush, Summit Fire & EMS’s Wildland Division said. Once dry, those quick-burning fuels...

Numbers from the Eisenhower-Johnson Tunnels took a dip during the July Fourth holiday weekend compared to 2021, and local public safety officials said emergency response calls decreased, too. The county saw no major public safety...

For the fifth week in a row, there will be no fire restrictions for Summit County.  Summit County Sheriff Jaime FitzSimons reported to the Summit County Board of Commissioners at their Tuesday work session that...

When a wildfire rages, people see the firefighters on the ground, cutting lines and dousing fires. They see the planes overhead dropping retardant and they see soot-blackened faces. What they often don’t see is an...

Summit County is at moderate fire danger entering the July Fourth weekend but has no fire restrictions in place. Despite that, most private fireworks are illegal under state law and setting them off is a...

A Mississippi firefighter will now make his home in Arizona after being overwhelmed with compassion from local strangers after tragedy.

Camaraderie is common among firefighters. On a personal level, firefighters bunk, eat and work together. And at the departmental level, teams will often cross state lines to lend a hand during peak wildfire seasons. Summit...

Thieves are stealing gas from pumps and other vehicles either by physically accessing pumps or by hacking networks as the national gas price average sits at $5 per gallon.

One week after arriving in Arizona to help in the Pipeline fire, the firefighter lost everything.