An expert's review of reported Los Angeles (CA) Fire Department response times said the data is suspect because of problems with the software used to prepare the numbers.

A Miami-Dade (FL) fire captain who posted about the Trayvon Martin killing on Facebook was demoted to the rank of firefighter yesterday, according to news reports.

Glenn Corbett, John Jay College associate professor and Fire Engineering technical editor, has been named the Firefighter Christopher Santora Educational Scholarship Fund 2012 Man of the Year.

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.

A man was killed and three others, including two children, were injured in an apartment fire in New Bedford (MA).

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 large fire has destroyed at least five businesses in Mariposa.

Three Oregon teens face charges of arson, reckless burning and reckless endangering after a four-alarm fire at Woodburn High School.

Hannay Reels will exhibit a variety of rescue hose and cable reels specifically designed for firefighting applications in booth #436 at the 2012 Lancaster County Firemen’s Association Expo, May 18-20 in Harrisburg, P.A.

During a large scale teambuilding session on March 24th 2012, the Mechelen F&R Service and other emergency response services within the safety region of Rivierenland (Belgium) used the virtual RescueSim platform for their incident response training.

Most firefighters would think barns hold nothing but farm equipment and livestock, but sometimes people live inside these structures. Chris Willis discusses tactical considerations for barn fires.

This week's featured firefighter near-miss report looks at one near miss in an arson fire that reminds us the hazards we face may be intentionally set.

In April 2011, four firefighters were injured when units from the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department were dispatched to a house fire. That same night representatives from Globe Manufacturing and PBI Performance Products were in town at the CFSI (Congressional Fire Services Institute) dinner.

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).

In this satirical commentary piece, Ray McCormack makes that point there are no silly ideas in today's fire service, there's just poor salesmanship.

The Fire Target/Fire Target of Texas is portable sprinkling system designed for fighting large, rapidly spreading fires that are difficult to reach with conventional equipment.

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.

Kansas City Council has voted 10-2 in favor of a new three-year contract with the firefighters union after months of contentious negotiations.

Firefighters evacuated elderly and handicapped residents of a Salt Lake City senior citizen housing complex after fire started in the apartment's 10th-floor.