High-rise death traps proliferate in the urban American environment. For decades, American politicians have ignored tried and tested engineered fire protection solutions to these public safety threats.
Throughout industry—from chemical and petrochemical processing to wastewater utilities and pulp and paper mills—workplaces have the potential to be exposed to toxic gases, combustible gases and vapors, and oxygen deficiency.
Dive into the topics you can't ignore - everything from the role of emerging technology to leadership and management insights for today's fire service.
Alaska has consistently had per-capita fire death and fire loss rates significantly higher than any other state in the United States over the past 10 years.
On the second anniversary of the 9-11 tragedy, SEAGRAVE FIRE APPARTUS and its 360 employees donated a new Commander II rescue pumper to the Fire Department of New York.
MSA's new CAIRNSHELMETS® 880 TRADITIONTM FIREFIGHTER'S HELMET combines traditional design and performance with modern materials, yet meets the demands of NFPA 1971-2000.
The United States and Canada have the worst fire death rate of all industrialized countries for which we have comparable data, according to a United States Fire Administration (USFA) study.
The Chesterland (OH) Fire Department designed its AMERICAN LAFRANCE pumper/tanker with a tilt cab to achieve a better turning radius, according to Chief William Russell.
Having just read Dennis Wolf's article "Are You Ready for eFire Technology?" (May 2003), I wonder where he gets the figure of three or more minutes for a dispatcher to respond to a structure fire near the fire station.