Iain Foster-Todd's voice is barely audible over the asthmatic wheezing of his breathing apparatus as he barks out safety instructions. He motions for me to kneel down low by the exit door of a ...

Every day, the venerable Merriam-Webster lexicon source posts a different word and its meaning on its website as the “word of the day.” Comparably, men and women report to fire stations all across the ...

The U.S. Coast Guard has moved to ease firefighting training requirements for towing vessels operating on America's inland waterways. The agency this week issued a final rule revising the training ...

Firefighting maintenance increases downtime, costs, and stress while masking deeper reliability and planning issues. Reactive ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Just two months after a wildfire wiped out Paradise, California, officials are gearing up for this year’s fire season and fear the government shutdown could make it even more ...

Gov. Eric Holcomb on Friday announced the first phase of a large-scale plan to expand physical firefighting training for Hoosiers. “Indiana will always support its public safety personnel, who ...

GREENVILLE – When it comes to aircraft firefighting and rescue operations, the stakes are enormous. That's why it's so vital to provide instructional programs to promote and ensure safety. One of the ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A small memorial is growing near the corner of 19th and Shotwell in honor of Jason Cortez, a beloved San Francisco firefighter who died during a training accident Wednesday ...

IN APTOS, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SMOKE AROUND THE LIBRARY ON SOQUEL DRIVE THIS MORNI. NG IT WASN'T A REAL FIRBUT E PART OF A TEN DAY TRAINI NG EXERCISE PUT ON BY THE CENTRAL FIRE DISTRICT. 200 FIREFIGHTERS ...

Kahului Airport firefighters face a towering wall of flames from an aviation fuel fire during an exercise held at the airport’s training facility in 2012. State health and transportation officials are ...

It has been six months since Florida health officials learned that there was a potential problem with groundwater contamination, linked to fire retardant chemicals, at firefighting training sites ...

Already faced with a dwindling federal workforce, California is preparing to shut down one of its main training facilities for inmate firefighters as part of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to reduce the ...