Deputy U.S. Fire Administrator Glenn A. Gaines asks the fire service to reconsider the assumption that residents have about five minutes until flashover during house fires.

FDNY firefighters rescued a 12-year-old boy Saturday whose throat had been torn open by the family pit bull.

Fire stations across Los Angeles marked Fire Service Day by opening their doors to the public for tours, demonstrations and other family-friendly activities to increase awareness of services offered by the departments.

In support of local Fire, Rescue and Emergency Medical Services crews, Gershow Recycling opened its Huntington Station facility to the Cold Spring Harbor Fire Department for an extrication exercise they performed on May 8. Gershow donated two vehicles to the fire department.

A report from The Baltimore Sun describes how Howard County (MD) Department of Fire and Rescue Services is shifting its focus to providing emergency medical services (EMS).

Alan Caldwell, senior advisor for government relations at the IAFC, will retire from the association effective May 10. Caldwell, who also served as director of the IAFC’s government relations team until 2005, was instrumental in many of the fire service’s major legislative victories over the past two decades.

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) announced the availability of CardioCare Wireless Arrhythmia Services, the latest addition to the company's remote diagnostic arrhythmia and remote patient monitoring portfolio.

Fire Chief William R. Metcalf of North County Fire Protection District in Fallbrook, Calif. has been named the 2012 recipient of the James O. Page EMS Achievement Award.

Firefighters rescued a swimmer who became stranded Thursday night while attempting to swim across the Grand River in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

As someone who has been a constant volunteer, paramedic platoon chief Jeffrey Hutchins, of Montoursville, Penn., has recently reaped an educational reward as the winner of a Learning Partner Scholarship presented by Columbia Southern University.

Many EMS providers may feel that the back of the unit is their "safe haven" when in fact it could be the most dangerous place to work. Read this week's featured firefighter near-miss report.

The Firefighter Cancer Support Network (FCSN) and the Fire Smoke Coalition formed an official partnership during the Fire Department Instructor's Conference to bring national attention to the firefighting profession -- a profession like no other, now plagued with cancer, illness, disease and cardiac-related deaths.

The Colorado Springs (CO) fire chief plans to turn several fire stations on the city's southeast side into basic preventive care clinics, according to a news report.

Cassidian Communications, an EADS North America company, is pleased to recognize Junior Lolly from Liberty County, Fla., 9-1-1 Communications Center, as the Cassidian Communications Dispatcher of the Month.

Scenario: You are dispatched to a victim with chest pain and difficulty breathing at a nearby residence.

The Industry Council for Emergency Response Technologies (iCERT) announced that TriTech Software Systems has become the Industry Council's newest board level, executive committee member company.

Bloodborne Pathogens is the first title in the new three-part series, Infection Control & Prevention, by Action Training Systems. This is a high-quality, competency-based multimedia program to educate emergency responders on how to identify risks associated with bloodborne pathogens, engineering controls and safe work practices to prevent or minimize their exposure and what to do if an exposure occurs.

The Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), in partnership with the DHS Office of Health Affairs (OHA), has released a handbook for physician medical directors of local departments and agencies who are involved in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) response.

The USFA in partnership with the Office of Homeland Security’s Office of Health Affairs released a Handbook for EMS Medical Directors.