John J. Salka Jr. stresses the importance of firefighter training and verifying equipment functionality from the standpoint of good fortune on the emergency scene. It’s funny how many times we hear ...

A convoy of fire trucks and other vehicles laden with firefighters’ tools and protective equipment donated by more than two dozen Long Island fire districts is scheduled to leave Bethpage Thursday for ...

As firefighters don their gear and head out to blazes and other emergencies throughout Newport News, they will use equipment that department staff called the “latest and greatest” and “top of the line ...

A group of women put their physical and mental strength to the test Saturday at the Los Angeles County Fire Department's training center in East Los Angeles. Push-ups, pull-ups, agility and strength ...

Retired firefighter Keith “Gus” Grant felt that his fire service career of 25 years was cut short by a cancer diagnosis that robbed him of a longer career in the job that he loved. Coincidentally, he ...

What do your grandmother and your fire department have in common? Neither one has thrown anything away in the last 50 years. She kept all your stuff in the attic, and we pushed ours to the back of the ...

About every five to 10 years, fire departments are required to get new equipment in order to meet regulations, but the equipment being disposed of can still be used. One Boulder firefighter had an ...