This story is deeply personal. It's also harsh, perhaps even brutal. That's because I want you to know exactly what I went through so that, perhaps, you can avoid a similar fate...
Obesity is becoming an American epidemic. An estimated 97 million Americans are overweight or obese. That equals roughly half of the American adult population.
When I learned in late October that the International Code Council (ICC) voted at its annual conference in Baltimore to keep residential sprinklers on the books despite strong...
SUBJECT: Dash & Firewall Movement TOPIC: Dash & Firewall Tie Downs OBJECTIVE: Given a late-model vehicle, the rescue team member will be able to identify the location of the dash...
Odds are that right now, you are thinking about how wonderful your Thanksgiving (food) was and how great the upcoming Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's holiday season...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG) has provided fire departments and fire service affiliate organizations with more than ...
BALTIMORE, MD: DEC. 2, 1909 — The largest fire in the city's business district since the conflagration of 1904 occurred during the night. Five large buildings were destroyed and...
When choosing boots, firefighters and departments consider a variety of factors, but one of the most common concerns tends to be cost. This quite often leads to the purchase of...
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 1959, started out like many other summer days in the Kansas City metropolitan area, sunny with temperatures in the 90s and a south wind of 13 mph. Before the...
Perhaps the most important trait for any organization is consistent performance in every aspect of its operation. I cannot think of a single agency that doesn't want to be consistent...
One of the most promising technological advances to occur within the fire service over the last 25 years was the technology associated with Class A foam and compressed air foam...
This month marks the 10th anniversary of the tragic fire in the Worcester, MA, cold-storage warehouse that took the lives of six firefighters on Dec. 3, 1999. We dedicated our...