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News Release Navajo Nation - Office of the President and Vice President On Saturday, Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and First Lady Phefelia Nez joined

Family members and hundreds of firefighters and officers gathered on Saturday to celebrate the impact Capt. Merrill Bone with the United Fire Authority had on their lives.

The Unified Fire Authority shared Sunday that they are mourning the loss of an active-duty fire Captain, who died of COVID-19 complications.

A team of first responders from Utah is in Louisiana as Hurricane Ida approaches the coast.

KSL TV SALT LAKE CITY — Dozens of Utah firefighters comprising Utah Task Force Two left for Oregon on Sunday morning. Utah Task Force Two is made up of 41 personnel from nine Utah agencies. The firefighters are headed to Oregon as part of an Emergency Management Assistance Compact request. The Utah Division of Emergency Management said the firefighters will be in Oregon for two weeks. Utah Task Force Two consists of firefighters from Unified Fire, Layton Fire, the Orem Fire Department, the We...

KSL TV SALT LAKE CITY — Two members of Utah Task Force 1 have safely returned home to Utah this weekend. At the request of federal authorities, the two individuals were sent to south Florida on July 7 to help in the recovery efforts of the Surfside Champlain Tower collapse. The two members had spent more than a week on site in assisting local first responders. In a social media post Friday night, Utah Task Force 1 said its "All members of UT-TF1 have been demobilized from the Surfside Champl...

SANTA PAULA, Calif. Some four-legged friends are ready to save lives.The National Disaster Search Dog Foundation is celebrating its newest search