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The Seven Fundamentals of Firefighting were first codified by Lloyd Layman back in 1954. Remember these? Size-up Call for help Rescue Protect exposures Locate and confine the fire ...
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By Associated Press KITTERY, Maine — A fire on a nuclear-powered submarine at a Maine shipyard has injured seven people, including five firefighters, but did not affect the ...
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PITTSBURGH — Draeger Safety, Inc. this morning issued the following statement from CEO Ralf Drews: "We truly do not appreciate the misleading news report broadcast last ...
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By Troy Graham and Robert Moran The Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia firefighters union said Tuesday that Commissioner Lloyd Ayers and his two top ...
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WASHINGTON — Four DC-area firefighters were awarded the PBI Golden Knights award after being injured in April 2011. Firefighters Warren Deavers, Ramon Hounshell and Charles ...
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Draeger maintains that their equipment is fine; issues range from loss of clean air to disintegrating mouthpieces ...
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City will pay $1M while the contractor pays $9M to the firefighter's widow and 2 children. ...
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By Pat Freeman As with most things in life, every argument has two sides. I have the pleasure of sitting on several NFPA technical committees with Jeff and Grace Stull and can tell ...
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By Sarah Burge The Press Enterprise FONTANA, Calif. — Firefighters were at the scene of a raging five-alarm blaze at a pallet yard in Fontana on Saturday night, May 19, that ...
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Firefighter, who joined in his 60s, told his wife how much firefighting meant to him. ...
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By Steve Visser The Atlanta Journal-Constitution East Point maintenance supervisor Otis Burton attacked an apartment building with a backhoe Saturday as the city knocked down the ...
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KSN.com PORTLAND, Ore. — Firefighters were battled a large two-alarm fire at a condominium building in Portland, Oregon Wednesday afternoon. Firefighters attacked the flames ...
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It has often been said that if there is one property that firefighters feel they know about, it is thermal protective performance, or what most of us refer as TPP. TPP is what ...
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Put some forethought into the pre-incident plan that involves not just the buildings, but the intent and desire of the community. ...
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Jury deliberated for 4 hours before awarding $800,000 in damages for 2009 incident that killed 2 firefighters ...
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Firefighter and Police Officer Dave Wintz died early this morning after working a fire at a Dow Chemical plant in Croydon, Pa. ...
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Calculate the risk vs reward component before placing firefighters on the roof. Remember, when operating on the fire ground with roof operations as a component, continual size-up ...
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A few years ago the humanitarian-aid group International Fire Relief Mission went to Papua New Guinea to deliver a container of donated firefighting equipment. The group reported ...
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By Ajay Raju The Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA — The recent announcement of plans for a new memorial to Philadelphia's fallen police and firefighters was, sadly, well ...
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By Lori Fowler The San Bernardino County Sun SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — A driver was injured early this morning when she plowed into a parked fire truck that was tending to a ...
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