State spending $7.7M on new firefighting training sites
Gov. Eric Holcomb on Friday announced the first phase of a large-scale plan to expand physical firefighting training for Hoosiers.
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Fire protection firm sweeping across Midwest
Indianapolis-based CertaSite is gobbling up companies quickly to expand its reach.
Rose-Hulman grad helping prevent wildfires with new technology
Wes Bolsen, the founding CEO of Denver-based LaderaTech, brought to market what experts are calling a revolutionary spray-on flame retardant that adheres to grass and plant life for remarkably long periods of time.
Firefighters battle blaze at Pendleton Correctional Facility
A fire at central Indiana's Pendleton Correctional Facility has been extinguished after heavily damaging one of the prison complex's buildings.
City considers issuing $75M in debt to pay for projects, purchases
The Hogsett administration’s proposal is to take big-ticket items out of the city’s operating budget to help resolve a persistent budget deficit. Republicans worry about taking on the debt.
Hogsett appoints Troy Riggs to be new IMPD chief
Citing a “public safety crisis,” Mayor-elect Joe Hogsett picks a major player from Mayor Greg Ballard’s administration.
UPDATE: Fire destroys Shelbyville wood-treatment plant
Flames shot through the roof of Culpeper Wood Preservers, one of the nation's largest producers of pressure-treated lumber.
Mass Ave deal’s brokerage fee raising eyebrows
A real estate brokerage picked by the city to spearhead redevelopment of a prime Mass Ave parcel occupied by the Indianapolis Fire Department stands to collect a million-dollar-plus payday if it closes the deal.
Deal sets way for recall of 25 Muncie firefighters
Muncie's mayor says 25 laid-off firefighters will soon be back on the job after the city reached a deal to provide fire
protection for some areas outside the city limits.
Lawrence Township exploring fire department merger
A Lawrence Township trustee is proposing to merge the township’s fire department with the Indianapolis Fire Department,
in an attempt to further reduce its operating deficit.