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 ...

A large fire that straddled the border of Irvington and Newark on Tuesday left 27 people homeless and destroyed 5 homes.

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

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 ...

JERUSALEM - The Israeli military ordered residents of 23 southern Lebanese villages on Saturday to evacuate to areas north of ...

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