The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has launched free NFPA 1700, Guide for Structural Fire Fighting online training for firefighters to learn safer and more effective ways to handle fire ...

The engine company is the basic unit of service in every fire department. Even departments that have trucks and rescue squads depend heavily on the engines. Not every fire apparatus carries water, but ...

FSTA's Essentials of Fire Fighting, 6/e is the premiere resource for firefighter training. The completely revised text meets the NFPA® 1001, 2013 Edition JPRs. Essentials of Fire Fighting, 6/eis the ...

Fires are usually unexpected and can be devastating. For your asphalt plant, it is essential to have a fire safety plan in place. A comprehensive plan not only provides information regarding the ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — With wildfire risks growing across the islands, Honolulu firefighters are deploying new technology in the sky. ‘Not out of the woods yet,’ fire officials say of dry season and fires ...

Lockheed wants to use AI and rapid connectivity to make firefighting tools—like this Los Angeles County Fire Department "Firehawk" helicopter—more effective. James D. Taiclet, Lockheed Martin LMT ...

In the U.S., wildland firefighters are able to stop about 98% of all wildfires before the fires have burned even 100 acres. That may seem comforting, but decades of quickly suppressing fires has had ...

Fire trucks are cool. They're loud, red and form an integral part of what's easily the best emergency service. But do you know what's a step better than a regular fire truck? A firefighting plane. And ...

PENROSE, Colo. (KRDO) - Tuesday evening, the Greater-Penrose community learned the cause of the '24 Fire' as they gathered in the local elementary school to get answers from Fort Carson and the ...

A joint project between Milestone Aviation and VIH Helicopters has resulted in the creation of the first fire fighting equipped S-92. As the global fleet of the large-cabin helicopter ages, VIH sees ...