San Francisco city officials have launched a formal probe into allegations of racism and hazing at their fire training academy, NBC Bay Area has learned. The probe, which began this week, is in ...

The San Francisco Fire Department’s Training Academy is under fire from ex-recruits who say they were subjected to everything from hazing to outright racist abuse at the hands of instructors ...

A 13-foot high mural is now on display at San Francisco Fire headquarters. On Friday, a special ceremony was held to unveil the mural created by a group of Academy of Art University students. The ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) - The San Francisco Fire Department added 35 new firefighters to its ranks on Friday. The city's first Fire Academy in six years trained speakers of Tagalog, Italian, Russian ...

San Francisco fire Lt. Jonathan Baxter confirmed the death of firefighter/paramedic Jason Cortez at around 10 a.m ... He recently attended the Fire Academy and graduated as a firefighter ...

A firefighter with the San Francisco Fire Department has died during a training exercise, officials said. Department spokesman Lt. Jonathan Baxter identified the firefighter as Jason Cortez, a ...

He later attended the fire academy and graduated as a firefighter-paramedic assigned to Station 3 in San Francisco's Tenderloin, one of the busiest fire stations in the country.

The city of San Francisco is taking a first of its kind approach to protect its firefighters from cancer. Mayor Daniel Lurie announced $500,000 in new funding for a cancer screening pilot program.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A 13-foot high mural is now on display at San Francisco Fire headquarters. On Friday, a special ceremony was held to unveil the mural created by a group of Academy of Art ...