The recent death of an apprentice firefighter in Baltimore, Maryland (Linskey, 2007b) during live fire training has many people asking questions. The preliminary investigation conducted by the ...

Live-fire training is a necessary and indispensable tool for the professional fire service instructor. Fire training technology has made great advancements in recent years, but has yet to produce a ...

Many departments are inundated with policies for how to operate at incidents, how to get there, how to train once you are there, what to do afterward, and everything in between. The material that ...

Compartment fire behavior training (CFBT) integrates the topics of fire behavior, fire streams and ventilation within a structural firefighting context. Safe and effective structural firefighting ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KELO) — For the past few years Rapid City Fire Departments have had to rely on Ellsworth Air Force Base for live fire training. Today they revealed their new five-story state of the ...

OSHA requires that all employees be educated in the use of fire extinguishers every year, according to OSHA 29 CFR 1910.157(g). The statute states "the employer shall provide an educational program to ...

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) A state-of-the-art training facility for both new and experienced firefighters in the Tri-Cities region officially opened Monday. The Kingsport Fire Department says it is all ...