Many of these jobs don’t require the use of the typical “fire” tools—the axe, the Halligan—but, instead, the smaller hand tools that are found in the toolbox on the workbench at the ...

Hand Tool Time Now let’s spend some time talking ... many times by allowing us to extinguish a small trash or sofa fire before the engine company reaches the location with the line.

Andrew Roach points out that, although firefighters who typically attack structure fires are rather prepared to defend structures in the wildland firefighting environment, they must familiarize ...

A team of Colorado River Fire Rescue’s wildland firefighters is on the ground in northern Minnesota this week, helping to ...

To help keep you prepared, we’ve compiled a guide of the top 10 fire safety tools to always have on hand. Shop them all below. Editor’s Note: We’ve put together a list of important resources ...

The L.A. County Fire Department will soon have a new pipeline for formerly imprisoned firefighters to join its ranks. The L.A ...

Techniques they learned included how to use specific hand tools, radio communications with a helicopter doing water drops, triaging homes, and extinguishing controlled live fire. "We did an ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is opening a new fire center in the Redding area. The new location, though, won't feature big, red fire engines with lights and sirens.