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 ...

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 ...

Several common factors have been identified in the analysis of firefighter fatalities and injuries during interior operations at structure fires where rapid fire progression took place. The ...

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

In many places, water is plentiful, relatively inexpensive and easy to obtain in large quantities. It’s also very effective when combating heat and flame, which makes it the agent of choice for ...

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

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

An early 20th century structure in Greenwich, New York, houses generations of firefighting memorabilia that some residents are hoping can help inspire the next generation of volunteer crews.