You have responded as an engine captain to a basement fire with your company. As you arrive, your 360-degree size-up of the structure reveals a small one-story, single-family residential occupancy ...

You arrive on scene of a fire on the first floor of a private dwelling. The incident commander orders you and your ladder crew to search the floor above. You exit the apparatus with your SCBA and ...

Robert Gandee – After taking delivery of 22 Scott SCBA as a result of 2018 AFG grant , we conducted training to familiarize our firefighters with our new equipment. Thank you FEMA/DHS for funding such ...

Editor's note: Lt. Richard L. Wilson is a colon cancer survivor. He returned to active duty two months after he was diagnosed in 2004. I am sure many of us have heard, "relax, you have plenty of air ...

Smoke divers are firefighters who have completed some of the most challenging, advanced SCBA training available in the fire service. They are trained to operate in typical fireground conditions — such ...

The unthinkable has just struck a department: a line-of-duty death. A crew was working its way into a fire on the first floor when suddenly the floor gave out beneath them. One firefighter is dead and ...