Automatic sprinkler systems have been used in this country for almost 125 years, but there still is a cloud of mythology that hampers fire departments in their efforts to protect...
150 Rescue Workers From 14 Agencies Work For 11 Hours At Dothan Trench Collapse Dennis L. Rubin gives a detailed account of an unusual trench rescue and discusses the problems...
Everyday contaminants are on the surfaces that we touch and in the air we breathe. Brian L. Parsley discusses different types of atmospheric monitors and how they can be of benefit...
"HazMat 17. Show this unit responding to the confined space rescue." Captain Jeff Strickland, officer-in-charge of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue's Technical Rescue Bureau, overheard ...
New Jersey is called, "The Garden State." It is the most densely populated state in the country with over 1,000 people per square mile. Many who travel through the northeast portion...
Plastics have been around for more than 100 years. The first plastic developed was cellulose nitrate, which was a replacement for ivory in billiard balls. Since World War II, ...
This is the final installment of a series on buying insurance for fire apparatus and other emergency vehicles. The previous installments covered topics that included "totaling...