In this week's featured firefighter near-miss report, a rapidly advancing fire sets the stage for a close call that results from a clash of expectations.

Self-survival is an essential skill for firefighters to be trained in and excel, as demonstrated by this week's featured firefighter near-miss report.

Using consumer fireworks on our nation's birthday is as traditional as cookouts and parades. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission there were an estimated 5,900 fireworks-related injuries during the Fourth of July season in 2009.

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) today released its annual Firefighter Fatality Report at the NFPA Conference & Expo, which shows that a total of 72 on-duty firefighter deaths occurred in the United States in 2010.

This week's featured firefighter near-miss report focuses on three elements of fireground operations that must be in place to support a successful ending if a firefighter experiences a Mayday.

Liberty Mutual Insurance, a leading national auto and home insurer, today is celebrating America’s firefighters by announcing the recipients of its National Firemark Award for Heroism and Community Service – Master Firefighter Hope Scott of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Firefighter Martin “Skip” Ockomon of Anderson, Indiana.

On June 5, 2011, The Maryland Fire-Rescue Services Memorial Foundation held its sixth annual memorial service for firefighting and rescue personnel who made the ultimate sacrifice while protecting the citizens of Maryland.

This week's featured firefighter near-miss report focuses on reports dealing with situational awareness, incident planning, the value of proper size-up and shifting to or selecting defensive operations as a strategy to keep firefighters out of needless harm.

Fire departments protecting areas with moving water face unique challenges when it comes to equipment, training, and operations.

Firefighters' personal protective equipment can allow them to operate nonsurvivable environments, but this capability can also get them into trouble, as noted in this week's featured near miss report.

Propane cylinders are frequently encountered objects. Several cylinders painted black and scattered throughout a park setting should start the warning notices coming from the voice in the back of one's mind.

If firefighters are fatigued, our situational awareness can be affected, leading to poor decision making and near misses, as evidenced in this week's featured near-miss report.

McDaniel reminds employers and employees alike to be conscious of electrical safety and do their part to help maintain a safe working environment.

The most recent recipient of Hale’s Safe Firefighter of the Month award is Lt. Jamey Parker of the Hiawatha Fire Department in Hiawatha, Iowa.

The working structure fire can create a number of hazards that pose significant obstacles to getting the fire attack established. This week's firefighter near-miss report serves as a thought provoking reminder to avoid becoming fixated on just one task when other occurrences that you overlook have changed the landscape around you.

Swift water rescue training is one of those skills that many departments renew when the weather breaks. This week's featured report takes us to one of those firefighter training sessions for a reminder of what can happen when we let our guard down during training at a low head dam.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recently released a number of firefighter fatality investigative reports, including one about a Virginia volunteer chief and firefighter killed after they were ejected during a rollover crash.

Considering the heavy toll that heart disease and other preventable health conditions take on firefighters each year, it is time to institute mandatory firefighter physical evaluations in your department, John K. Murphy writes.

The frequency of motor vehicle incidents leads to a high risk to responders because of the nature of the events.