The Newark fire department's lack of training and familiarity with marine firefighting during a deadly cargo ship fire at the ...

Firefighters lacked proper marine fire training before entering vessel where two died. And little has been done to prepare ...

The Newark ship fire that killed two firefighters in 2023 was caused by crews using an unsuitable vehicle to push cars onto ...

An overnight fire in Newark, New Jersey left a 9-year-old girl dead and two other children hospitalized, Essex County ...

NEWARK − It has been a familiar pattern in the Newark Fire Department for decades. Periodically, overtime costs soar well beyond what has been budgeted. In response, minimum staffing levels are ...

The blaze sent heavy flames through the roof and dark smoke visible from Route 78, according to business owner George Gibson.

and the city's fire department lacked a fire control plan for the ship. “Staff feels that Newark Fire Division, responding land-based firefighters should not have gone into the space,” one of ...

Local firefighters in port cities should be better prepared for when blazes erupt on vessels, based on findings from a fatal ...

Additionally, the feds said Newark’s fire department had inadequate training for cargo ships and should not have sent smoke-eaters on board. Acabou and Brooks died after getting lost on the ship.