Fire News
Need the most up-to-date news on fireground operations, incident command, recruiting, staffing, training, leadership and firefighter safety? Catch up on the latest news in the fire service world.
BREAKING NEWS
Police say the gunman fired from a boat into the crowd at American Fish Company in Southport in an attack they called a “highly premeditated”
Two fell through third-floor holes during a fire in a building under construction on Chestnut Street
The city unveiled 10 engines, 13 ambulances and 6 command vehicles to sustain fast response times and replace aging rigs
A Waterbury HR probe says recruits used phones, split screens and Google during an unsupervised final test
The Finance Committee advanced an $8M payout in the ambulance restraint death and $7.5M to the family of pastors killed during a police chase
Lakeville Hose Co. junior members Skyler and Eden Ohmen helped teach K–3 fire safety and demoed gear
FF/Paramedic AJ Gonzales and FF/EMT Makayla Bowers used irons and a water can to reach the victim, then performed intubation and administered a Cyanokit
The court reinstated a pension board’s rejection, ruling the traumatic events behind the PTSD were expected within firefighting duties and thus didn’t meet the fund’s “unexpected event” standard
An electrical short ignited the cab of the Harford rescue engine as the crew escaped within minutes
TRENDING NEWS
COLUMNISTS & EXPERTS
The shooting at the Thousand Oaks, Ca., Borderline Bar & Grill is another blow to first responders in communities impacted by mass violence
What are the potential public policy, legislation, social service and healthcare actions fire/EMS providers should advocate to prevent mass shootings?
Identify potential targets in your response area while collaborating with local agencies on MCI response planning
Firefighters being shot and killed in the line of duty is counterintuitive and can’t be treated as normal
Consider scene security, extra precautions for calls involving violence after fire captain dies in attack on responding firefighters
A Long Beach Fire Department (Calif.) fire captain was killed and another firefighter and civilian were injured in a shooting
PRODUCT NEWS
The Narcbox integration allows real-time reporting of your out-of-pharmacy narcotics stored in NarcBox devices to be shown directly on your dashboards
Designed in collaboration with law enforcement officers and public safety teams, the next-generation thermal monocular empowers frontline heroes in demanding environments
Economic Incentives are the focus of CRR Week 2025
The trailers from JHB Group, equipped with advanced resources, will be utilized by Colorado Division of Fire Prevention & Control teams during fire investigations
The Scranton Fire Department spent years researching drone types and speaking with other departments using drones before making the purchase
Dejero manufactures GateWay network aggregation devices that deliver high-quality live video and real-time data over IP
The first-person view of a structure fire in Santiago was recognized in a GoPro awards program
Bellingham firefighters highlighted fire service history when placing their new Pierce fire engine in service
Introducing UniversalF3 Green 1% - 3% AR-SFFF from National Foam: Designed for emergency incident response