The contract between Orange County Fire Authority, Southern California Edison and several other local fire departments that ...

President Donald Trump’s administration is trying to merge the government’s wildland firefighting efforts into a single agency, a move some former federal officials warn could increase the risk of ...

When combating blazing infernos, firefighters around the world rely on a powerful ally: wet water. Amid sounding redundant, this extraordinary substance, commonly known as "wetting agent," has emerged ...

A new soy-based firefighting foam offers a potential alternative for firefighters across the country who have long relied on ...

The current firefighting protective ensemble is heavy, thick, multilayered, and it exacerbates the challenge of thermoregulation due to its limited permeability and insulative properties. A person's ...

California wildland firefighters are willing to wear respirators despite concerns about mobility and safety, according to new ...

We all pass large or complex buildings in our coverage area and look at them from the perspective of a firefighter, imagining what could go wrong. But then we also might think, “That building has a ...

Firefighting maintenance increases downtime, costs, and stress while masking deeper reliability and planning issues. Reactive ...

The new chief of the Paul Smiths-Gabriels Volunteer Fire Department is young for a chief — 27 years old — but he’s been a ...

On Dec. 16, Doug Farris officially retired, ending a remarkable 51-year run with the Woonsocket Volunteer Fire Department.