How many times have you complained either out loud or under your breath about your fire department’s training program or lack thereof? How many times have you thought, “Somebody needs to update our ...

When a drill in the fire service is developed, the person who designs the training session faces numerous pressures: competing demands for time, the crew wants the drill to be engaging and job-related ...

The one-of-a-kind FireFusion conference provides in-depth information to fire departments, chiefs, officers and firefighters on how the latest technology can improve incident command, operations and ...

To stay relevant, firefighters must see themselves as career-long students. Learning should not stop at graduation from the recruit academy; instead, graduation marks the beginning of a firefighter’s ...

Growing up a fire chief’s son, Bobby Eckert knows a thing or two about fighting fires. He works on the front line in Camden, as a Captain with Squad Company 7. Even in his spare time, Eckert is ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Albany County is launching a Fire Service Academy Pilot Program. Officials said trainees will learn the basics of firefighting, gain valuable emergency readiness skills, ...

The new building at Bates Technical College will take the place of a commercial truck driving lot, and will feature a live fire training structure, drill yards and a mock fire station. Bates Technical ...