Why were those sirens wailing? Patch recaps some of Essex County’s recent public safety, police, fire and EMS stories.

Several factors, including dry conditions, windy weather and lower-than-normal humidity are contributing to the warning.

The National Weather Service is warning New Jersey residents of dry conditions on Friday – which could cause possible ...

A fire risk warning was issued for New Jersey on Friday, with officials warning of an increased danger of fire spread ...

A weather alert was issued by the National Weather Service on Friday at 3:02 a.m. for fire danger until 7 p.m. for Sussex, ...

Jersey City firefighters responding to the blaze found fire coming from a third-floor bedroom of the three-story residential ...

An elderly man was injured and nine families were displaced after a fire broke out in Newark, New Jersey, in the late ...

It comes as the UN says the situation in Gaza is "desperate", as it delivers the first food aid allowed into the area in more than two weeks.

The New York franchise of the Professional Women’s Hockey League got a new name and a new home this offseason. And now it has ...

The UN says two cameras were destroyed and the tower damaged - it follows several reports of similar incidents in recent days ...

Battalion Fire Chief Joseph Anselmo, Fire Capt. Bill Pellegrino, and Firefighter Allan Yourstone will be joining the disaster ...