A pickup truck caught on fire in the parking structure at Fourth Avenue and William Street in Ann Arbor Thursday afternoon.
Dozens of other city employees - including many firefighters and police officers - are making significantly more money than their published base salaries would suggest, according to an analysis of city records obtained by AnnArbor.com under the Freedom of Information Act.
Ann Arbor firefighters extinguished a fire originating in the attic of a three-story home Friday evening on West Madison Street.
If the Ann Arbor Fire Department is falling well short of national standards for response times, any plan that gets more firefighters to the scene of a fire faster sounds promising. That’s why we’re open to the reorganization plan being put forward by Fire Chief Chuck Hubbard even though it’s ...
Consideration of a proposal to close two Ann Arbor fire stations and switch to a three-station model is being put on hold -- at least until later this fall.
A home in the 3000 block of Waldenwood Drive suffered burn damage Wednesday after a grass fire spread to the home and caused the attic to go up in flames.
The Ann Arbor Fire Department has promoted Ellen Taylor to assistant fire chief — a milestone in that she'll be the first woman to serve in the position in the department's 123-year history.
Ann Arbor firefighters extinguished a blaze that damaged a detached garage, fence and a newly installed hot tub behind a home just before noon Monday.
The Ann Arbor firefighters union is fighting back in response to Fire Chief Chuck Hubbard's plan to close down two of the city's five fire stations. Instead of closing stations, the union argues the city should be increasing staffing in the fire department to meet national standards.
Mayor John Hieftje said working cooperatively with Ann Arbor's firefighters union is going to afford the city the best opportunity to meet the challenges still ahead.
See more AnnArbor.com coverage of Thursday's storms and tornado here. A woman waded through a flooded parking lot Thursday at Ann Arbor's Park Place Apartments, desperately trying to reach her ground-floor apartment, said resident Rhey Coleman. "She was just hauling it for the door," Coleman said. "The water was almost ...
Ann Arbor, home to the University of Michigan, is one of four communities in the state underfunded by six figures or more when it comes to state fire protection grants.
Fire Chief Chuck Hubbard wasted no time Monday night when asked by an Ann Arbor City Council member what his "magic number" is in terms of staffing.
Even with two less fire stations, Fire Chief Chuck Hubbard says Ann Arbor will be better equipped to respond to fires under a reorganization plan he's proposing. Hubbard said the three-station model will position the city to meet national standards for responding to fires in more areas of the city ...
Nearly a decade after going from a six-station fire department to a five-station fire department, Ann Arbor might be downsizing again. Fire Chief Chuck Hubbard is expected to present a plan to strategically restructure the Ann Arbor Fire Department at tonight's City Council work session.
Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com AnnArbor.com's partner news site MLive.com is on a quest to find the best barbecue in ......
Get the Ann Arbor RSS Feed
AnnArbor.com