Philadelphia Fire Department

Paramedics are hard to find in Philadelphia, where there are 175 unfilled positions. Those highly skilled first responders are in just 43 of the city’s 60 ambulances, reports Claudia Vargas of the NBC10 Investigators.

Philadelphia has 175 open positions for paramedics — and way too few applicants. One reason, the union says, is the city’s residency requirement. They’re considering taking that requirement to court, reports Claudia Vargas from the NBC10 Investigators.

Philadelphia firefighters are facing massive confusion over residency requirements. The NBC10 Investigators’ Claudia Vargas takes a look at why recent policy changes for police aren’t being applied to firefighters.

A Philadelphia Fire Department engine crashed into and nearly through the first floor of a building at N. 7th Street and Girard Avenue in North Philadelphia on Thursday. At least two people were injured.

High fives and cheers were given out along with coronavirus vaccines Friday morning as Philadelphia Fire Department paramedics and EMTs delivered doses for the first time at a clinic at a Frankford neighborhood church.

A 37-year Philadelphia Fire Department veteran has died after being infected with the coronavirus.

The Philadelphia Fire Department spent $24 million this year in overtime. The state board that oversees the city’s finances says this trend cannot continue — but the fire department says they are responding to a legacy of painful cuts and increasing need. NBC10 investigative reporter Claudia Vargas looks deeper.

Christina Formento Koller shared video of her son, Daniel, being surprised by a firefighter drive-by on his sixth birthday. A little rain couldn’t dampen Daniel’s joy as he stood along his Roxborough street.

Trump was scheduled to speak to a small group of Philly firefighters Sunday, but the event was canceled after the president tested positive for the coronavirus. NBC10’s Tracy Davidson reports.

President Donald Trump’s visit to the Philadelphia firefighters and paramedics union scheduled for Sunday was called off. IAFF Local 22 said it was because of Trump’s positive test for the coronavirus.

Police said the man burned bed sheets inside Temple’s Episcopal Hospital on Lehigh Avenue Saturday.

A 40-year-old woman and her two young children died in a fire in Southwest Philadelphia Friday evening, fire officials said.

The search for a second victim went deep into the second night Friday after the deadly blast and fire that destroyed at least three row houses in South Philadelphia on Thursday morning.

The investigation into a possibly deadly explosion and fire has only just begun. Two people are still missing and presumed dead and three homes have collapsed. NBC10’s Deanna Durante was in South Philadelphia speaking to residents about Thursday’s heartbreaking events.

At least two people are still missing and presumed dead following an explosion and row home fire, in South Philadelphia. The explosion happened before noon Thursday, and the fire commissioner revealed firefighters just barely escaped, as three homes collapsed. NBC10’s Matt DeLucia has been with investigators all day learning the newest details.

About 100 firefighters battled a tricky, and potentially disastrous, fire at a gas-storage terminal Monday night along the Schuylkill River in Southwest Philadelphia, and it remains unclear what caused the blaze, officials say. They then aided facility workers in successfully pulling off the risky maneuver of getting close to the 1,000-degree flames to shut off a valve that was leaking…

Firefighters battled a fire at Kinder Morgan’s Point Breeze Terminal in Southwest Philadelphia on Monday evening.

A three-alarm fire tore through a West Philadelphia auto body shop Monday morning, sending thick smoke and large flames into the air, causing bricks to fall to the sidewalk below and forcing students from their nearby high school.

Two brothers who ran a failing Old City Philadelphia hookah bar are now accused of torching their business in a fire that spread to neighboring businesses and apartments, causing millions of dollars in damage and uprooting lives.