Fresno is welcoming hundreds of firefighters from across the country this week for an intensive, hands-on training event ...
An outside stream doesn’t have to be a master stream nor a 2½-inch handline. Master streams are outside streams that deliver 300 gpm or more and can be a tower ladder stream, a portable deluge nozzle ...
The group Training to Perform Under Pressure helped firefighters practice for real-life situations for free in Kalamazoo.
The training facility at MOTSU is uniquely constructed to allow for progressive training, beginning with basic structural techniques and moving to advanced Marine Shipboard Firefighting. This ...
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection will welcome 40 students Monday to its brand new firefighter training facility in Merced County as part of a multiyear push to bolster its ...
Corey Smedley tells why his department adopted the use of floor-below nozzles and smoke curtains for battling fires in unsprinklered high-rise residential buildings. Research that was conducted by the ...
BOISE, Idaho — Smoke escaping the doors of the Boise Factory Outlets wasn’t a sign of danger, it marked a once-in-a-blue-moon training opportunity for the Boise Fire Department. “This is maybe, you ...
HERE IN PARKING LOT A OF THE AMERICAN ROYAL KCFD PUMPER AND FIREFIGHTERS BACK HERE WORKING ON THEIR TRAINING. KCFD CALLS IT A MORE RIGOROUS AND CENTRALIZED TRAINING INSTEAD OF ON THE JOB TRAINING BY ...
Anyone who has spent any amount of time around the fire service or public safety has heard the terms “recruitment and retention.” These topics are so crucial to building a successful fire service that ...
The Pittsburgh Firefighters IAFF Local Union gave the community an opportunity to see what it's like to be a firefighter. They're calling it Fire Ops 101, referring to a college course that starts at ...