Flashover training offers firefighters the opportunity to observe fire behavior and the signs that lead to a flashover. Training will be conducted in a Phase 1 training container from Swede Survival ...

Don't panic. The smoke billowing into the July afternoon sky behind Green Fire Station #1 is a drill, according to the Green Fire Department. Instructors from the Ohio Fire Academy are leading crews ...

Firefighters routinely run into the flames. If they are inside when a flashover occurs, they will die. To avoid injuries or casualties, about 100 Livingston County firefighters and a few from South ...

JACKSON, Mich. (WLNS) – When a fire breaks out, many try to escape the flames but firefighters do the opposite. Oakland Community College fire training instructor Nick Miller says knowing how quickly ...

Flashover -- a phenomenon faced by firefighters -- causes around 20 deaths a year, said Joe Starnes of Shelby, a volunteer firefighter for 33 years. "Flashover is the simultaneous ignition of the ...

JACKSON, MI - The temperature rose to about 1,100 degrees in a dark, enclosed compartment. Even in breathing masks and special turnout gear, firefighters exposed to such heat could survive for only ...

MCALESTER ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT, Okla. -- Thick black smoke slowly descended, filling the small room, engulfing the eight firefighters here in a noxious cloud. As the heat built to nearly 1,000 ...

The new recruits sat along the edges inside a shipping container, watching flames build around and above them as the temperature in the container soared to 1,000 degrees. An enclosed space, ...

Oct. 17—NEOSHO, Mo. — A piece of equipment used to simulate a critical hazard in a structure fire could soon benefit both Neosho and Joplin firefighters. Pending final approval from the Neosho City ...

20 years ago, Phoenix Firefighter Bret Tarver died responding to a supermarket fire when he ran out of air. Firefighters at the time thought the death was preventable, and ever since they’ve done the ...