Two women made public safety history in Linn County this month as they both became the first woman in their organization to achieve a certain rank. At the Linn County Sheriff’s Office Heather O’Brien was promoted and became the first female lieutenant the office has had, and at the Cedar Rapids Fire Department, Cheme’ Fairlie became the department’s first female battalion chief.
No one was injured after firefighters responded to a fire raging at a farm southwest of Cedar Rapids on Sunday.
A study of the organization and functionality of the Cedar Rapids Fire Department has been completed and will provide guidance to fire department leaders as they plan for how to use funds in the coming years..
The origin of two vehicles found submerged in the Cedar River near the I Ave boat ramp will remain a mystery after the Johnson County Dive Team and the Cedar Rapids Fire Department were unable to remove them from the water Tuesday.
Cedar Rapids Police and Fire recovered the body of a dead man from the Cedar River Sunday afternoon.
Units in a Cedar Rapids house that caught fire last week have been deemed a nuisance several times since 2014, city records show.
A Vinton woman who crashed a car into a Cedar Rapids apartment building in July has received a traffic ticket for reckless driving and will be required to pay a $200 fine.
Cedar Rapids Fire Department crews were already at the nearby Mohawk Park ramp conducting training with members of the Linn County Sheriff’s Office when the calls came in.
Authorities did not say what led the driver to crash into the structure, where the vehicle severely damaged a load-bearing wall and became partially lodged in an apartment.
Multiple reports of potential carbon monoxide gas exposure at a Cedar Rapids Motel 6 over the weekend have been attributed to two different sources — a natural gas leak and a clogged lint trap in the motel’s laundry room.
Authorities were called -- on two occasions -- to the Motel 6 at 616 33rd Ave. SW in Cedar Rapids.
A Cedar Rapids woman was arrested and charged with first-degree arson after a fire in a Cedar Rapids apartment building Monday.
The emergency response to a Davenport apartment building that collapsed May 28 —
The man was unresponsive and immediately transported to UI hospital by helicopter.
Cedar Rapids firefighters rescued a man from a trench that collapsed while he was repairing utility lines to a local business Tuesday morning. This was the first time the fire department has performed this kind of rescue, according to a news release.
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