In the last 30 years, the fire service has made huge gains in the area of SCBA use. Today, most departments have strict policies that address when, where and how SCBAs should be used. That’s a long ...

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 ...

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 ...

Training is by far the most productive and results-oriented activity that any firefighter in any fire department can be involved in. The positive benefits of training are almost endless and cover a ...

The Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service [BFRS] conducted its biennial Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus [SCBA] training course this month, which had 24 members of the Department of Works and Engineering ...