Imagine yourself sitting steadfast at the kitchen table of the fire station when suddenly the overhead speaker begins to relay the message: "House fire, 227 West 49th Street for Engines 1, 2, 4, Truck ...

Complacency is the evil that firefighters battle each day they pull on a pair of boots. Slower fire run numbers, more time between fires and constant EMS runs are some of the many excuses we use to ...

On March 12, 2021, a 21-year-old career probationary firefighter (PF) died nine days after a medical event during a training exercise. The PF was maneuvering through a self-contained breathing ...

On March 31, 2016, a 32-year-old male career fire fighter cadet (the Cadet) participated in SCBA (self-contained breathing apparatus) maze training inside a “survival house.” The training was the ...

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- An inventor from Liverpool, N.Y., has developed the T.M.S., a training aid for use in conjunction with firefighter-oriented Self Contained Breathing Apparatus ...