Starting next week, the town of Hartford will try something new, putting the fire chief in charge of the police department. The plan has the support of the selectboard, but even the Town Manager admits it's an experiment.

Two days before Christmas, fire broke out in an historic brick building in St. Johnsbury. Fire has been an all-too-frequent occurrence in the Northeast Kingdom town. In 2000, 2003 and 2008, major chunks of the downtown were destroyed by flames.

Investigators are blaming embers from an outdoor fire pit for a fire that destroyed a home in Cambridge over the weekend.

Firefighters responded to two fires within a few miles of each other, in Franklin County Friday morning.

The Shelburne Fire Department has proposed purchasing a used fire rescue boat to use on Lake Champlain for approximately $36,000. If purchased, it would be the only firefighting boat in the area.   

A Vermont State Police investigator says the cause of the fire that destroyed a Jamaica convenience store is undetermined, but not suspicious.

An industrial fire in east-central New York state should not be considered a threat to Vermont's residents or the environment.

The National Weather Service issued tornado warnings Tuesday afternoon for parts of Vermont, meaning a funnel cloud had been spotted either on radar or in the sky.

Lt. Governor Phil Scott is thanking the Vermonters who offered him support after a fire destroyed the building that housed his business, DuBois Construction in Middlesex.

Vermont fire officials say one person is dead and another injured after a fire that displaced 30 people from a Morrisville apartment building.