DC Fire and EMS

Everyone called him “Big Red.” A mountain of a man who towered over others but was known for his calming presence, especially on the fireground. DC Fire Lieutenant Robert Heaney died earlier this week after a battle with bladder cancer. He was 49. Heaney leaves behind a legacy of service to D.C. and is survived by his wife, son and…

DC Fire Lieutenant Robery Heaney died after a battle with cancer. An illness the fire department now recognizes as occupational and the fire chief has declared his death in the line of duty. News4’s Paul Wagner reports. 

D.C. first responders have seen an increase in calls to 911 because of the cold. News4’s Mark Segraves reports the weather also gave D.C. fire’s dive team a rare chance to train in these frigid conditions.

A second person was found dead after a pickup truck crashed and plunged off Arlington Memorial Bridge. Sources tell News4’s Mark Segraves rescue crews, including D.C. fire divers, were delayed in getting to the truck because the river was frozen and the ice-breaking boat was out of service.

A person was taken to a hospital in critical condition after a pickup truck plummeted into the Potomac River after a crash on the Arlington Memorial Bridge. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

A fire ripped through a Northwest D.C. apartment overnight, trapping some residents who then had to be rescued. Thankfully, everyone made it out. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

Two women were badly injured and 35 people were displaced by a fire in D.C.’s Columbia Heights neighborhood on the morning of New Year’s Eve, officials said. Firefighters responded to the 1400 block of Chapin St NW, which is near Meridian Hill Park, and found flames shooting from the roof of a four-story apartment building, D.C. Fire and EMS...

Two women were badly injured and 35 people were displaced by a fire in D.C.’s Columbia Heights neighborhood on the morning of New Year’s Eve, officials said. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports.

Three firefighters are expected to be okay after they were injured trying to put out a fire that spread from a vacant row home. At least six buildings were affected by the smoke or the fire. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports. 

About 20 units and 100 personnel were called to the fire, which affected six structures in the 1500 block of 9th Street NW.

D.C. Fire & EMS said six structures were affected by the fire or by secondary damage.

A building collapse is under investigation in D.C. It happened after a woman drove into the building on on Bunker Hill Road NE Thursday morning. News4’s Derrick Ward has the details.

A woman was injured after a car crashed into a building, causing it to collapse in Northeast D.C. News4’s Dominique Moody reports.

As people celebrate the holidays with time off work, News4’s Jackie Bensen spoke with members of D.C. Fire and EMS, who remain ready to respond to holiday emergencies.

A man died in a fire in Northwest D.C. early Christmas Eve, officials said. News4’s Dominique Moody reports debris in a fireplace apparently started the blaze.

A man died in a fire in Northwest D.C. early on the morning of Christmas Eve, officials said.

A man died in a fire in Northwest D.C. early on the morning of Christmas Eve, officials said.

A row house partially collapsed in Northwest Washington, D.C., on Monday morning, trapping a worker inside, D.C. officials said. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

A row house partially collapsed in Northwest Washington, D.C., on Monday morning, killing a worker inside, officials said. The worker was part of a crew renovating the two-story row home in the 1100 block of V Street NW. They were in the basement when the collapse happened, leaving them “severely trapped,” D.C. Fire and EMS officials said in a...

A child’s toy led to tragic results for a D.C. family last year. In January 2023, India Smith showed News4 what was left of her Southeast home after the lithium-ion battery in her son’s hoverboard blew up. “It was like a pop, pop, pop, pop and then boom, boom, boom, boom,” she said. Now with Christmas a week away,...