Recently, while serving as acting battalion chief for an overnight tour, my driver and I were assigned as the resource unit leader at a second-alarm fire, which ultimately became a five-alarm ...

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has issued a Tentative Interim Amendment that requires PASS manufacturers to change the PASS alarm sound required in the current edition of NFPA ...

In early February, the article “Flaws found in firefighters’ last line of defense” appeared on MSNBC.com. The report caused a stir in the fire industry by highlighting life-threatening flaws in ...

Worn by a million firefighters in the U.S., the PASS device is a motion sensor that makes an awful racket if a firefighter stops moving for 30 seconds while battling a blaze. It flashes its lights and ...

ONEONTA, NEW YORK -- A safety device integrated into standard firefighting equipment may not always work, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, said Wednesday. Schumer unveiled a plan for individual federal ...

WSVN — The motto is simple: First in, last out — first into the flames, the heat, the darkness. Mike Moser: “Unfortunately what we do is a very dangerous profession.” But firefighters have protection ...