No element of response to fires and other incidents is more important to fire department leadership, incident commanders (ICs) and municipalities than the safety of their firefighters. Evidence of ...

All images courtesy Virginia Beach Fire Department. It’s third and six and your favorite football team is down by three points. The offense is outside field goal range and needs to convert the first ...

Command teams at commercial building fires and multi-alarm incidents are critical for command success. In a previous column in this space, we discussed NFPA 1710: Standard for the Organization and ...

The Ventura County Fire Department will officially open its new live fire training complex on June 24 at the Ventura County ...

At McClellan Airfield, pilots, crews, and command staff took part in a nighttime aerial firefighting exercise designed to ...

DUBLIN, Calif. — More than 28 newly recruited firefighters from the Alameda County Fire (ALCO Fire) Department participated in a comprehensive wildland firefighting training at Parks Reserve Forces ...

In the fire service, few topics spark as much debate as the tension between aggressive and safety-driven cultures. On one hand, aggression on the fireground is seen as the hallmark of an effective ...

A fatal fire in Norwich, Connecticut, claimed the lives of a mother and her 8-year-old daughter. The incident prompted the city to unify its career and volunteer fire departments under a single ...

The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), in partnership with the Elliot Lake Fire Department, is presenting a training program that provides structural firefighters with comprehensive ...