Charleston allocates $350K for firefighter training center and new gear
Charleston City Council has allocated 350,000 dollars for the construction of a firefighter training center and a second set ...
Around $10 million in state funds headed to volunteer fire departments, helping address rising equipment costs
The Volunteer Firefighter Equipment and Training program is helping more than 200 departments pay for equipment and training to use it.
'Hurricane on Wheels,' fighting wildfires with jet engines
Team Wildfire is mounting jet engines with retardant injectors onto trucks and UTVs, turning movie tech into life-saving tech.
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Fire-ravaged Southern California braces for gusty winds and heightened wildfire risk
The pair were wearing turnout gear and claimed to be from an Oregon fire agency, but they weren't, and the truck they were driving had been bought at auction, the Los Angeles County sheriff’s ...
Sun City West Independent16d
PFAS Alternatives ACT could ensure carcinogenic-free turnout gear for Arizona’s firefighters
An overarching federal program and fund that invests in research and supports states and fire departments to switch to PFAS-free turnout gear is essential to achieve this. We can all contribute to the ...
The Pantagraph17d
Rural Lexington house fire brought several departments to help take down the blaze
About 10:20 p.m. Sat. Jan. 11, Lexington and Towanda fire departments responded to the rural Lexington residence on 2600 East Road, South of 2200 North Road, Lexington Fire Captain Ian Bruckner ...
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24 firefighters, 1 employee treated for chemical burns battling fire at Tyson Foods plant in Berryville, Ark.
McKelvey says that the responding departments that had firefighters inside the plant had their fire gear contaminated by the chemicals. The damaged fire equipment will need to be replaced.
New York Post17d
75 Los Angeles fire trucks wait for repairs as wildfires rage — while city spends $1.3B on the homeless
The essential firefighting vehicles were still sitting in the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Bureau Of Supply and Maintenance lot in an industrial area Wednesday, waiting to be repaired.
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Metro fire departments undergo water, ice rescue training
Michel said those specialized suits keep the rescuer as comfortable as they would be in their normal gear. One fire department employee commented to FOX4 it’s important to keep these first ...
CBS News18d
L.A. Fire Department brass face questions about slow response to Palisades Fire
Los Angeles — Questions are mounting regarding why hundreds of Los Angeles Fire Department personnel were initially held back from racing to the scene of the Palisades Fire when it first broke ...
Hindustan Times18d
Megyn Kelly ridicules three ‘obese’ female workers over LA Fire Department's response; Who is Kristine Larson?
Megyn Kelly blasted the three female workers of the Los Angeles Fire Department as the massive flames continue to ravage Southern California. Megyn Kelly blasted the three female workers of the ...