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
First responders saved more than 200 people during one of the worst engineering disasters in U.S. history
Plano Fire-Rescue becomes the first in the state to use a 24-hour-on, 72-hour-off shift schedule for its firefighters
Firefighter/Paramedic Scott fell ill while transporting a patient, was flown to Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center for surgery and later died
A Haynes Life Flight helicopter was approaching a landing zone in Autauga County when bullets struck the right-side window
Nearly a third of men aren’t exercising regularly, despite clear links to better mental health, sexual performance and energy levels — key concerns for firefighters under stress
York County residents lined the route with flags as police, fire and EMS vehicles formed a solemn procession to the coroner’s office
Firefighters had difficulty reaching the seat of the fire inside the seventh-floor apartment
Fort Wayne’s mayor says the union’s social posts about FD leadership fuel anger, pointing to threats from commenters — including a noose image — aimed at Chief Eric Lahey
A Muslim civil rights group alleges the Baltimore Fire Department denied religious accommodation, selectively enforced its grooming policy and suspended him without offering a respirator fit test
TRENDING NEWS
COLUMNISTS & EXPERTS
A USFA report details how an undetected basement fire, a modified support system and a sudden floor collapse led to one of the deadliest incidents in department history
The incident has reignited debate over department directives and personal beliefs
Amid the grief and devastation of survivors, many are sharing the courageous efforts of first responders, fellow residents, family members and even camp counselors who put their lives on the line to save others
Chicago’s new fireground SOP is a reminder for departments to review command roles, operational readiness and compliance before a critical incident forces change
Severe flash flooding across western Maryland prompts rescues from cars, houses, schools and businesses
The heartbreaking death of a Kansas City FF/paramedic reminds us that every shift carries unseen dangers
PRODUCT NEWS
“While the desire to help is understandable, this type of action is extremely dangerous,” the LAFD wrote in a news release
The woman fell when the sidewalk grate beneath her collapsed
A FirstWatch alert warns of attacks on communications and public-safety critical infrastructures in the next week to 10 days
A team of four Contra Costa County FPD firefighters entered a maze of storm drains to extricate a man from a 16-inch pipe
On Sept. 7, 2020, 14 firefighters were injured in an attempt to protect the Nacimiento Fire Station
The fire department is the first in the U.S. to buy Boston Dynamics’ Spot
Members of the Springdale Fire Department were in Wisconsin for a meeting about a fire truck
Current state law only lets EMS and law enforcement agencies make such reimbursement requests
Renovo Fire Department Chief Jimmy Ray Risley has been arrested
Firefighters have continued to improve containment lines on the Chipola Complex fire