Prevention-first is the best approach to wildfires. Once a wildfire is triggered, it's extremely difficult to control its ...

Anthony Gardina, Brendan Spillane and Jen Bartels of the Falmouth Fire Department graduated from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy's 50-day Career Recruit Firefighting Training Program on May 23.

A new study shows that only a quarter of fire cleanup workers in Altadena wore gloves, a fifth wore a protective mask, and a ...

Fire department officials said this week they are getting creative with shortages in personal protective equipment, such as moving from disposable equipment to HAZMAT suits, as first responders ...

SPRINGFIELD — A bill to ban the sale of firefighter protective gear containing “forever chemicals” is gaining momentum in the ...

“The fire-fighting infrastructure inherited from previous governments was in a severely dilapidated state, which led to numerous fire incidents in the city where fire personnel were unable to ...

The truce came after several days of the countries’ most expansive fighting in decades ... said on Saturday that they had agreed to a cease-fire after four days of intense drone volleys and ...

As BlueOval SK Battery Park readies for production, worker concerns over health and safety are mounting. The company denies ...

Chief fire officer, Ravi Ambulgekar said that the fire-fighting system wasn’t working, including the sprinklers. The fire brigade has launched an inquiry into the cause of the blaze and the ...

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SAYS THE FIRE HAS BURNED SEVERAL HUNDRED ACRES ALONG THE AREA OF THE PERSIMMON RIDGE. TWO COMMUNITIES ARE AFFECTED, BUT NO EVACUATIONS ARE UNDERWAY. PHOTOJOURNALIST JARED ...

The report states that the chemicals — known collectively as PFAS — permeate protective gear such as the lightweight shirts and pants designed to support firefighters who fight forest fires and the ...

The surplus equipment included “hoses, nozzles, turnouts, helmets, body armor and other associated personal protective equipment ... their efforts fighting the January 2025 wildfire outbreak, the ...