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.
How to implement mayday-focused policies in an actionable and relatable way that builds muscle memory for these events
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
Ill-fitting PPE undermines rescue operations and sends female firefighters a dangerous message about belonging
12 people were injured, two seriously, in a Brooklyn apartment fire
Lt. Dillon J. Rinaldo suffered serious injuries during a fire that claimed Firefighter Rodney Pitts III
Joseph Washington is suspected to be seen in a video walking out of the burning house
The West Whiteland firefighters were responding to a call when their vehicle went off the road
Lt. Dillon J. Rinaldo suffered serious injuries during a fire that claimed Firefighter Rodney Pitts III
A Chicago firefighter was injured after falling through a floor in a South Side blaze
Baltimore Fire Chief James Wallace said one firefighter died and four others suffered burns of varying degrees
Columbus firefighters have had successful outcomes in two mayday incidents
Firefighters in Enfield ran an aggressive attack on a house fire that displaced nearly a dozen occupants
The fire in Solvay sent up a large plume of orange-colored smoke seen for miles
Bennet Fire and Rescue Fire Chief Tim Norris faced allegations of “leadership issues,” inappropriate behavior, and “unwillingness to change” in a six-page letter from members
Nettie Firefighter Brody Allan Hanna was killed in crash with a man who earlier attacked a woman with a hammer
Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh told the online retailer the city has experienced 14 fire deaths to date caused by lithium-ion batteries
Officials press the use of smoke detectors after one person is dead and others are injured in a Springfield fire
Part 2 — San Diego Fire-Rescue Captain Ben Vernon shares his journey from darkness to feeling “lighter, better” after therapy and EMDR
Firefighters avoided injury when the steeple of the 100-year-old church collapsed
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Wichita firefighters were moving up to the third floor to rescue occupants when the stairway collapsed
Part 1 — The San Diego Fire-Rescue captain shares the emotional story of how a seemingly “routine” call quickly escalated to a near-fatal stabbing
Four firefighters and five EMS personnel have been killed in the conflict
Los Angeles County firefighters found the bodies of three people inside the Irwindale warehouse
Fumigation chemicals submerged in water floated and began to burn, creating a toxic cloud in Lebanon
Earlier arbitration ruled that Montville could not staff its firehouse with just one firefighter
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“If that wall had fallen 2 seconds earlier, we very likely would have paralyzed firefighters, if not worse,” Winston-Salem Fire Chief Trey Mayo said
U.S. Fire Administrator Dr. Lori Moore-Merrell presided over the event that focused on current problems in the fire service
Officials stated there were no injuries as firefighters in Montgomery County fought the warehouse fire
Video shows firefighters fighting a fire involving a parked semi trailer at a detention center
Santa Monica firefighters are seen rescuing riders from a Ferris wheel during a standoff
Two firefighters were injured when an explosion leveled one home and damaged several others
The man was transported to Bellevue Hospital with a leg injury after dropping 30 feet into the World Trade Center memorial pool
