The effort to eliminate 800 MHz public safety radio interference has felt like a race, or, more accurately, a marathon. We've had some distinguished leaders carry the baton on...
Subject: Pressurized Vessels on Vehicles - Part 2 Topic: Catastrophic Failure of Pressurized Cylinders During Vehicle Fires Objective: Review real-world incidents of firefighter...
The fire service frequently and rightfully laments the fact that law enforcement receives billions of dollars more in federal funding and grants than the fire service. Firefighters...
Don't get excited, baseball fans, the Minnesota Twins have not moved to Chicago! However, the Chicago Fire Department Hazardous Incident Team has a set of twins of its own in ...
Steve Meyer details the events that took place when, at the edge of winter, the Carson Fire Department was confronted with one of the most unforgiving wildfires in recent memory...
Keith D. Cullom details a two-day wildland training exercise in the foothills of San Jose, CA, with more than 15 fire departments' equipment and personnel.
John Barnicle discusses the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), which works through a network of fire caches throughout the western United States.
Here's an update on a story we first covered in the June issue... The city of Washington, D.C., has struck out in its effort to ban certain hazardous material shipments on railroad...
It's obvious that more and more fire departments, firefighters and fire officers are learning from what has happened to "the other" fire departments. Because firefighter safety...