Several weeks ago, I happened to be out at a fire department training center as the department trained with thermal imagers. The only training they planned to conduct was to get the flashover ...

Flashover training offers firefighters the opportunity to observe fire behavior and the signs that lead to a flashover. Training will be conducted in a Phase 1 training container from Swede Survival ...

When you ask fire service folks who are in the know about weak areas of training for firefighters, two always seem to rise to the top of the list: building construction and fire behavior. And these ...

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TORII STATION, Okinawa, Japan – U.S. Army Garrison leadership joined Torii Station firefighters in a controlled burn exercise on March 17, 2025, to experience firsthand the signs and dangers of a ...

A man died Tuesday from his injuries in a Sunday night house fire that killed a child and injured five firefighters. The child died Monday. Montgomery Fire/Rescue teams responding to the blaze, which ...