A series of thunderstorms of horrific proportions struck sections of Oklahoma and Kansas in early May. Reportedly, 38 people were killed, almost 700 were injured and nearly 3,...
Last year's major U.S. Supreme Court sexual harassment decisions (see Fire Law, December 1998) are having a real-world impact. They are changing life in firehouses and other job...
As noted in the May 1999 Hazmat Studies column, chemicals can degrade, dehydrate or form dangerous compounds as they age. Many compounds that are normally safe may become shock...
Recent archeological digs in Roman ruins have discovered quite a dilemma when the calendars were switched from B.C. to A.D. some 2,000 years ago. A letter from Brutus to Julius...
The pitfalls of the Congressional legislative process briefly threatened to derail the proposed FIRE Act in a House subcommittee, until veteran fire service lobbyists came to ...