LELAND, NC (WWAY) — Leland fire crews recently conducted vertical ventilation training. The important training involved cutting a hole in the roof of a burning building to release heat and smoke.

Not all fires are fought on the ground and that's what Terre Haute Fire Department recruits Brendan McPike and Joe Phillips learned on Tuesday during ventilation training at a condemned home on First ...

Scott Mackeben was just a rookie on the Palatine Fire Department when he remembers talk of a regional firefighter training center on the nearby Harper College campus. In the ensuing years, fire chiefs ...

In May 2023, the Bentonville, AR, Fire Department (BFD) had a ribbon cutting for its new training facility. It provides training that members weren’t able to get unless they went elsewhere, which ...

At its core, water on the fire means more than just applying water to flaming combustion. Although the fire service has benefited greatly from advances in technology on many levels, the essence of its ...

Across the nation, fire departments are facing a growing challenge: finding and preparing for the next generation of firefighters. With seasoned professionals retiring and fewer young people ...

Gov. Eric Holcomb on Friday announced the first phase of a large-scale plan to expand physical firefighting training for Hoosiers. “Indiana will always support its public safety personnel, who ...

ALFRED, Maine — Firefighters dressed in boots and heavy protective gear made their way up five stories and into the steel drill tower, and they made it look easy. After about 20 minutes, heavy black ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The North Charleston Fire Department broke ground on a $3 million shipboard firefighting training facility Monday, the first of its kind in the region. The project ...