The fireground doesn’t wait for perfect conditions. Textbooks and training scenarios often include a robust command structure with the incident commander (IC) supported by operations, logistics, ...

(1) Several fire companies are at work at this second-alarm apartment fire. Each officer arriving follows the lead set by the first officer’s decisions, Department SOPs, Command direction, and fire ...

Imagine yourself sitting steadfast at the kitchen table of the fire station when suddenly the overhead speaker begins to relay the message: "House fire, 227 West 49th Street for Engines 1, 2, 4, Truck ...

"Everybody goes! Phone alarm, first-due engine and first-due truck for fire in a commercial building at 1655 Pitkin Avenue. The fire is reported on the first floor. Critical information dispatch ...

A bushfire north of Perth has burned through 79,000 hectares, an area Emergency Services Minister Stephen Dawson described as "enormous". On Saturday he said there was "still a bit of work ahead" to ...

As firefighters continue to battle a bushfire tearing through forest in WA's south, pictures captured from the fireground show the intensity of the flames. An emergency warning remains in place for a ...

The Illinois Department of Labor’s (IDOL) Division of Occupational Safety and Health (IL OSHA), in collaboration with the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM), Illinois Fire Service ...