Five firefighters battling a fast-moving wildfire in Colorado were forced to deploy their fire shelters when they couldn’t escape the flames. Three of them were overcome and died, while two were ...
Pioneer Hose volunteers reached a yearlong fundraising goal of $25,000 to bring back community fireworks to Brackenridge, Tarentum and Harrison. But that’s not the grand finale, according to Ladies ...
The weeklong Lineage warehouse fire coincided with a surge in hospital visits from Angelenos concerned about throat pain and ...
Hong Kong is proposing to spend about HK$4 billion ($512 million) to buy out the owners of homes in a high-rise housing complex ravaged by a massive fire to resettle nearly 2,000 affected households.
Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades burned through the night, leaving at least 44 people dead and 279 reported missing with rescuers still pulling residents from blazing high-rise apartment ...
At-a-Glance: Offshore mud testing is a disciplined, repeatable workflow: calibrate instruments, collect representative samples, run core tests on a fixed cadence (density, rheology, gels, filtration, ...
Preparation before an emergency is commonplace to us in the fire service. For fires in standpipe-equipped buildings, this statement couldn't be truer. Is your department prepared to respond to a fire ...
The following information is a general guide for high-rise buildings. Since each building is unique, you should learn the approved “Fire Safety Plan” specifically designed for your building. The ...
HONOLULU (KHON2) — It’s been two years since the Marco Polo blaze killed four people, and the Honolulu Fire Department is just wrapping up new high-rise firefighter training. Always Investigating digs ...
At the heart of any standpipe or sprinkler system operation is the fire department connection. The fire department connection allows firefighters to supplement the water supply and sometimes supply ...