DeKalb Fire Department

The Sycamore City Council recently considered proposals to renovate Fire Station 1 or build a new one the city’s south side, two options that each would cost more than $11 million.

The DeKalb Fire Department’s emergency response calls in 2022 remained steady compared to 2021, prompting the department to direct DeKalb city leaders to shore up vehicle, equipment and staffing needs in the city’s 2023 budget.

Three DeKalb residents are without a home Wednesday after a Tuesday night house fire left the residence uninhabitable, said authorities.

Loved ones and friends are remembering former DeKalb Fire Chief, U.S. Navy veteran and Northern Illinois University football star Albert Riippi as an old-school community man who lived earnestly by the code “service before self.”

Three DeKalb residents were displaced after an overnight apartment fire on West Hillcrest Drive that DeKalb fire investigators say was caused unintentionally by misuse of smoking materials.

Two DeKalb residents are without a home after a house fire Sunday left two dogs dead and injured four firefighters, according to the DeKalb Fire Department.

DeKalb city leaders this week approved a plan to upgrade a 30-year-old DeKalb Fire Department alert system for $124,500, meant to bolster emergency response technology used for communications between departments.

A structure fire at Raynor Door Authority on the city’s south side Thursday has been ruled accidental, according to DeKalb Fire Department officials.

As Illinois’ gun laws evolve, those who lived through the Feb. 14, 2008 mass shooting at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb offer their thoughts on new legislation: "It could help. It might not," said NIU grad Kevin Stromberg, a shooting survivor.

It’s been 15 years since a lone gunman stepped into a Northern Illinois University lecture hall and fatally shot five students, wounding dozens of others and leaving a mark some say won’t ever go away. Survivors and first responders reflect:

DeKalb and Sycamore fire department crews sent aid down south to Carus Chemical plant in La Salle last week as firefighters from across the region battled the chemical blaze for hours.

Two DeKalb residents were displaced Monday after an apartment fire that started in the bathroom, according to the DeKalb Fire Department.

DeKalb fire and police joined forces Monday to square off against DeKalb School District 428 faculty in the sixth annual Guns and Hoses basketball game.

Eight DeKalb residents are without a home after an apartment fire in a North Sixth Street duplex left two apartments uninhabitable, said DeKalb fire officials.

Three DeKalb residents are without a home after a weekend kitchen fire in their apartment caused an estimated $25,000 worth of damage, fire officials said.