As most of us know, more than half (55 percent) of all 911 calls responded to by the American fire service involve a medical emergency; less than 10 percent involve actual fire. Over the last 10 years ...

First responders must always prepare for worst-case scenarios, including emergencies they hope never happen.

Many departments are inundated with policies for how to operate at incidents, how to get there, how to train once you are there, what to do afterward, and everything in between. The material that ...

Compartment fire behavior training (CFBT) integrates the topics of fire behavior, fire streams and ventilation within a structural firefighting context. Safe and effective structural firefighting ...

In May 2023, the Bentonville, AR, Fire Department (BFD) had a ribbon cutting for its new training facility. It provides training that members weren’t able to get unless they went elsewhere, which ...