It is a statistic the San Antonio Fire Department is beyond proud to announce: no firefighter has died from cancer since 2023. It is a big decrease from the eight deaths reported from 2013 to 2023.
Military base fire service workers have not been paid in about a month because they’re in a category of workers furloughed during the government shutdown.
As part of recent federal cuts, the Department of Health and Human Services reportedly cut the Firefighter Health Program.
In 2018, KSAT began reporting on the firefighter-cancer connection. In the seven years since, research has spurred extensive changes at the San Antonio Fire Department.
After eight bargaining sessions over the past five weeks, the two sides can’t even remain at the same table, and city negotiators have suggested bringing in a mediator to facilitate further talks.
Bexar County Emergency Services District firefighters saved as many as five dogs from an overnight mobile home fire late Sunday night.
An overnight fire between two attached townhomes has displaced two families early Wednesday morning, according to firefighters with Bexar County Emergency Services District 10.
San Antonio firefighters responded to a fire at an abandoned CPS Energy facility just south of downtown late Sunday night.
San Antonio firefighters have responded to a 2-alarm fire at a warehouse just west of downtown early Wednesday morning.
San Antonio firefighters worked to put out a fire that burned through one home and threatened to burn another on the city’s East Side early Monday morning.
San Antonio firefighters responded to a fire at a home in Southtown, which ended up rerouting a 5K on Thanksgiving Day morning.
San Antonio firefighters responded to a fire in a kitchen in a downtown hotel early Thursday morning.
Fire departments from Selma to Wilson County and Leon Springs to Helotes formed an east and west strike team of state-certified firefighters who are experts in extinguishing wildland fires.
The Texas Burn Survivor Society’s (TBSS) annual pediatric burn camp returned after a three-year hiatus this past Sunday.
San Antonio firefighters are trying to figure out what caused a fire inside a converted garage at a home on the city’s South Side late Monday night.
For many of us, we call first responders on our worst days. These days, they’re facing daunting tasks while dealing with staffing issues and high call volumes.
Authorities say a New Jersey house where smoke had been reported exploded with volunteer firefighters inside, injuring five and sending two to a hospital for treatment of burns.
San Antonio firefighters rescued a man who was unconscious inside a burning home in the Encino Park area on the far North Side.
San Antonio firefighters responded to a massive fire at a Flying J and Denny’s along Interstate 10 on the East Side on Thursday morning.
San Antonio firefighters are looking for answers after a fire at an abandoned home spread to some neighboring brush early Thursday morning.
San Antonio firefighters have responded to a fire at a permanently shut down bar on the city’s Northeast Side early Wednesday morning.
Firefighters from around the world convened in San Antonio Monday to improve safety standards. The organization is dedicated to the families of fallen firefighters – finding ways to prevent deaths in the first place.
People, pets and power lines were all concerns for San Antonio firefighters who were called to a burning East Side home early Tuesday morning.
A large fire ravaged 18 apartments in the Medical Center area, forcing 15 families to find new housing, according to the San Antonio Fire Department.
The drought and record-breaking heat are affecting the Atascosa County fire departments’ call volume and budgets this year.
San Antonio firefighters battled heavy flames at an auto repair shop and storage facility late Tuesday night.
A family is now looking for a new place to live after their home in a Northeast Side neighborhood was consumed by flames, according to San Antonio officials.
San Antonio firefighters are working to determine the cause of a commercial structure fire on the city’s North Side early Tuesday morning.
One San Antonio firefighter took non-traditional maternity photos dressed in her rubber boots and bunker gear.
The San Antonio Fire Department is responding to a blaze at a home on the West Side on Monday morning.
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San Antonio firefighters returned to a familiar site Thursday morning, when a fire broke out at a vacant Long John Silver's restaurant on the city's Southwest Side for the second time in just over a week.
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San Antonio firefighters are working to determine the cause of a fire that displaced residents from three apartments late Wednesday night.
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One man is recovering at the San Antonio Military Medical Center Burn Unit after New Braunfels firefighters pulled him from a burning home.
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A house fire that broke out on the North Side Saturday is now under control, but the damages are extensive, according to San Antonio Fire Department.
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