Training Articles

Fire Service-Based EMS Advocates Recognize National EMS Week

Sunday May 20, 2012 marks the beginning of National EMS Week and present...

Vacancies Still Exist for NFA Training Courses

The National Fire Academy still has openings available for courses at th...

OPSGEAR Releases Haiti Documentary

"Danger Calls: Haiti" offers viewers an in-depth look at the d...

Mutualink Names Tom Ridge to Advisory Board

Mutualink, Inc., a Connecticut-based company specializing in advanced in...

Congressman Rothman Helps Secure Full Funding and Increased Flexibility for Firefighter Assistance Grants

Congressman Steve Rothman (NJ-9), a member of the House Appropriations C...

Fire EMS Articles

Report: Disptach Lag Slows Los Angeles Fire Response

The Los Angeles Times analyzed more than a million dispatches from the L...

Fire Service-Based EMS Advocates Recognize National EMS Week

Sunday May 20, 2012 marks the beginning of National EMS Week and present...

Vacancies Still Exist for NFA Training Courses

The National Fire Academy still has openings available for courses at th...

Fire Service-Based EMS Advocates Recognize National EMS Week

Sunday May 20, 2012 marks the beginning of National EMS Week and present...

Academic Accreditation Details for "Firefighting 2.0"

Thinking for pursuing further education to advance your firefighting car...

Truck Company Articles

New 24 Volt Power Converter

Firefighter Hurt in Fatal TX Fire

A firefighter suffered a minor injury during firefighting operations at ...

Fire at Illinois Firehouse Causes Three-Million Dollars in Damages

A structure fire at the firehouse of the Mount Zion Fire Department (IL)...

Custom Built Fire Truck Will Tour Country

Donald Pleasants, CEO of Southeastern Specialty Vehicles, a producer of ...

John Mittendorf Questions and Answers on Ventilating Lightweight Roofs

Retired Los Angeles (CA) Fire Department Battalion Chief John Mittendorf...

Apparatus Deliveries Articles

Fire at Illinois Firehouse Causes Three-Million Dollars in Damages

A structure fire at the firehouse of the Mount Zion Fire Department (IL)...

APPARATUS DELIVERIES

The Boston (MA) Fire Department (BFD) has in service three pumpers and o...

Pierce Gets Orders for Three PUC Pumpers and One Air/Rehab Vehicle from MN Fire Department

Pierce Manufacturing, an Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK) company, has rec...

APPARATUS DELIVERIES

The Oxford (MA) Fire EMS Department replaced a pumper with this SMEAL qu...

APPARATUS DELIVERIES

The Rombout (NY) Fire Department designed this RESCUE 1 rescue truck pri...

Health & Safety Articles

Congressman Rothman Helps Secure Full Funding and Increased Flexibility for Firefighter Assistance Grants

Congressman Steve Rothman (NJ-9), a member of the House Appropriations C...

Minneapolis Services Put Trust in projectiondesign

The City of Minneapolis has deployed 12 projectiondesign F32 DLP project...

Fire Fighter Cancer Foundation Launches 'Save Our Survivors' Program

The Fire Fighter Cancer Foundation educates first responders about on-th...

PHMSA Reminds Pipeline Operators to Preserve and Verify Records

In an advisory bulletin issued today, the U.S. Department of Transportat...

SP Report on Bus Fire Safety

Between 1999 and 2004 an average of 49 bus and coach fires were reported...

Fire Prevention / Protection Articles

Your Fire Department's Public Image

Your fire department's public image can greatly impact its ability to fu...

Vacancies Still Exist for NFA Training Courses

The National Fire Academy still has openings available for courses at th...

Guardian SSI to Exhibit at Florida Fire Equipment Distributors Association

Ocala (FL) Fire Rescue Names Assistant Chief

Ocala (FL) Fire Rescue announces that Brian Stoothoff has been promoted ...

Time Out -- Out of Time: Flashover and Residential Sprinklers

Deputy U.S. Fire Administrator Glenn A. Gaines asks the fire service to ...

Drills Articles

CSB Investigation into Macondo Blowout in Gulf of Mexico Continues

Crawford on RIT: Dangerous but Necessary Work

In his classroom Wednesday at FDIC 2012, Jim Crawford reviewed the evolu...

Firefighter Training Drill: The Survival Essentials - Taking Preventative Action

In this drill, have firefighters explain what kind of preventative actio...

Firefighter Training Drill: The Survival Essentials - Progress Reports

Next up in the Survival Essential Series is a drill that will have your ...

People in Fires: The Real Story

Imagine that a serious fire develops in a high-rise building, initiating...

Firefighting Articles

Video: AZ Wildfire Still Spreading

A wildfire raging north of Phoenix now covers 12 square miles, and offic...

Report: Disptach Lag Slows Los Angeles Fire Response

The Los Angeles Times analyzed more than a million dispatches from the L...

Forest Fire Endangers Minnesota Town

Fire crews are battling a fast-moving forest fire near Ely (MN) that app...

Northern Colorado Wildfire Prompts Evacuation of 65 Homes

A northern Colorado wildfire has grown from 1,000 acres to 5,000 acres i...

Video Firefighter Falls Through Roof Fighting Oregon Condo Fire

A helicopter camera for KSNW NBC 3 captured footage of a firefighter fal...

Apparatus & Equipment Articles

Jubilee in the Rosenbauer Premium Class: 1000th PANTHER ARFF Delivered

Rosenbauer's premium vehicle class is celebrating a jubilee to mark the ...

New Firefighter Game at the Fire Museum of Maryland

Children take turns saving each other from a "burning building"...

Ferrara Fire Apparatus Receives Industry Safety Award

Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corporation (LWCC) has once again awarde...

New 24 Volt Power Converter

Gradall Industries Introduces the SERV FA 50

Gradall Industries is introducing the Strategic Emergency Response Vehic...

Tools & Technology Articles

Tuff-Writer Launches New Challenge

Tuff-Writer has set their sights on proving that the Blendtec Blender, m...

Beach Lighting that Helps Nesting Turtles Will Soon Help Consumers

TBSS is commencing a pilot program along Florida beaches to assess the e...

APCO International Receives Motorola Solutions Foundation Public Safety Grant for Second Year

APCO International has received a $50,000 grant from the Motorola Soluti...

Largest Order in Rosenbauer History

Rosenbauer has won an order from the Saudi Arabian Ministry of the Inter...

Idaho Technology Delivers 10 Target BioThreat Detection Kit for US Military

Idaho Technology, Inc. (ITI) announced that it has delivered its first s...

Leadership Articles

Your Fire Department's Public Image

Your fire department's public image can greatly impact its ability to fu...

Forest Fire Endangers Minnesota Town

Fire crews are battling a fast-moving forest fire near Ely (MN) that app...

Mutualink Names Tom Ridge to Advisory Board

Mutualink, Inc., a Connecticut-based company specializing in advanced in...

NIOSH Releases Report on TX Wildland Firefighter LODD

A federal report recently released on factors that lead to the death of ...

Congressman Rothman Helps Secure Full Funding and Increased Flexibility for Firefighter Assistance Grants

Congressman Steve Rothman (NJ-9), a member of the House Appropriations C...

Technical Rescue Articles

OPSGEAR Releases Haiti Documentary

"Danger Calls: Haiti" offers viewers an in-depth look at the d...

PA Fire Police Officer Dies After Responding to Chemical Fire

A fire police officer has died following a three-alarm fire at a chemica...

AlertID is Now Available in Your Community

AlertID is the first system of its kind that delivers important public s...

Cassidian Communications 911 Solutions Suite Successfully Installed at VA 911 Call Centers

Cassidian Communications, an EADS North America company,  has succe...

IAFC Thanks Alan Caldwell for 20 Years of Service

Alan Caldwell, senior advisor for government relations at the IAFC, will...

Do you routinely solicit advice from a fire brigade at a working fire in an industrial facility?