Safety
The FireRescue1 safety resource section features fire incident news; tips for how to stay safe on scene and on the roadways; lessons learned from major incidents; videos and podcasts that highlight safety-related topics, such as fireground hazards, mayday incidents, patient interactions and hazmat exposure; the impact of leadership on safety; behavioral health issues; plus analysis from major events.
Benton County Fire District 1 stated the 525,000-square-foot cold storage warehouse in Finley is too unstable to enter
When Kingsville firefighters arrived at the I-95 EMS call, a driver struck both the fire engine and the rescue squad
A deputy chief suffered first, second and third-degree burns while setting up a shipboard fire training exercise in Nassau County
The school and firefighters created a ‘firefighter down’ situation training assignment designed to strengthen other senses besides vision
Examination of cardiac arrests yields evidence, specialist says, of need for increased education in rescuscitation
Overhaul can be a time when the diligent safety practices of a fire attack become lax, which opens the door for injury
Properly fitting PPE affects more than comfort, it determines performance and safety
A package started smoking while being examined by Canada Border Services Agency workers
The caught-on-camera scuffle between a woman and a police officer is why we need law enforcement on scene
The firefighters were responding to a gas leak when the incident occurred
Firefighters had to extricate a woman who was stuck in the wreckage
The firefighter was taking a backboard out of an ambulance when a car drove by, causing the injury
Cory Praschyk will spend up to two years in jail for setting the blazes
Battalion Chief Jeannine Horton was accused of leaving a crew at the scene of a major brush fire
The firefighters were responding to multiple house fires when a hoseline burst
The dog alerted his owners when a fire broke out in their home
More than 20 other people also remained hospitalized, some in critical condition
Officer Lopez was shot in the chest during a traffic stop
It took hours for crews to extricate a driver from the wreckage
Interesting products were demonstrated at the European Resuscitation Council 2012 Congress in Vienna, Austria, last week
Firefighters were manning the lines when ammunition from a burning warehouse started to blow up
The suit will be resistant to hazmat and grant superhuman strength
The video shows an officer trying to restrain an emotional resident who lives at the house that caught fire Friday.
Firefighters struggled to fight a massive blaze that called upon 22 fire companies in NY and Pa.
The reported agreement to link dispatch systems still sees crews logging slower response times
Firefighters had set up a roadblock while responding to a fire, which motorists ignored
Firefighters were called to the scene where four people were inexplicably sickened from CO
Fire officials say the blaze caused up to $600,000 in damage
Five reports of people catching fire have been made, four in the US and one in Canada
Officials say the firefighter failed to take all steps to get his license back after a drunk-driving conviction in July 2011
The woman had been doing yard work and tumbled off a cliff and clung to a tree for an hour before rescuers got to her
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn wants to the $100 fee for firefighters to keep their helmets to be dropped
The 64-year-old woman rear-ended a responding fire truck and was ejected from her seat