Some volunteer fire departments are using new hose technology to help fight fires more efficiently. Across Northeast Minnesota there are rural communities with fire departments operating with few ...

As with any maintenance requirement, the intent of small hose inspection and testing is to ensure that they will reliably operate properly when called upon, which is even more critical for emergency ...

Our fire department recently purchased low-pressure nozzles for all our rigs. In the course of that transition, I discovered many firefighters were never trained on how to handle a nozzle without a ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A fire hose is the most used item in the fire service and a class of firefighter recruits in Salt Lake City got hands-on training with drills using hoses and nozzles. The video ...

The best way to know if you have a distance problem is through the assessment of your response area prior to a fire. You could have distance problems because of physical distances from the roadway to ...

During a recent update and revision of high-rise procedures in residential and commercial office high-rise buildings, Jersey City, NJ, Fire Department (JCFD) members also received training in the ...