The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) released a request for information (RFI) about commercially available self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) to ...

Dec. 4—Firefighters wore breathing apparatus to avoid possibly getting high while fighting a fire Saturday at a medical marijuana growing facility in Gorham. The fire severely damaged one of the grow ...

For the first time Fire Incident Commanders can view air status to optimize safety and assignment of firefighters Extensive product testing in fire departments around the country proves life-saving ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Mayor Brown and Buffalo Fire Commissioner William Renaldo unveiled on Wednesday the new, state-of-the-art Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus units that will work to keep our ...

Alexander Smith, a firefighter employed by the Atlantic City Fire Department, was subject to the department's grooming policy which required firefighters to be clean-shaven. The policy was designed to ...

Many fire departments have made large investments in cancer prevention tools and relevant policy/procedure updates within the past 20 years. It’s common for departments to be equipped with two sets of ...

Extensive product testing in fire departments around the country proves life-saving capabilities of software designed to inform real-time decisions for firefighter assignment, evacuation and rescue ...