Firefighting

Wildland-Urban Interface Conference 2023

The Wildland-Urban Interface Conference 2023 will be held 28-30 March 2023 in Reno, NV. The IAFC’s Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) conference offers hands-on […] More

NIST Tool Will Help Military Vehicles Fight Fires Using Less Harmful Chemicals

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new, interactive spreadsheet that will help the U.S. military extinguish aircraft […] More

Firefighters — ‘Health Care Providers on a Truck’ — Signal Pandemic Burnout

Tim Dupin thought — or at least hoped — that Missouri firefighters, paramedics and other emergency medical services personnel would be among […] More

Waukegan Plant Explosion That Killed Four Workers Was Preventable, Federal Officials Say

The May 3, 2019 explosion at AB Specialty Silicones in Waukegan, which killed four workers and severely injured another, should not have […] More

FOI Develops More Reliable Models of Toxic Gas Clouds

FOI, the Swedish Defence Research Agency, has produced new data for calculating how toxic gases disperse through the air. Toxic gas clouds, […] More

VCOS Symposium in the Sun 2020

SAVE THE DATE! The 2020 VCOS Symposium in the Sun will be held 12 – 15 November 2020 in Clearwater, Florida. Each fall, […] More

VCOS Symposium in the Sun 2019

Volunteer and combination fire, rescue and EMS leaders will gather at the 2019 VCOS Symposium in the Sun 14-17 Nov in Clearwater, […] More

Wildland Urban Interface 2017

The Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Conference and Exhibition will take place March 21-23 in Reno, Nevada, with pre-conference educational sessions available March […] More

NEMA Mid-Year Emergency Management Policy & Leadership Forum

The National Emergency Management Association (NEMA) 2017 Mid-Year Emergency Management Policy & Leadership Forum will be held March 20-24 in Alexandria, Virginia. […] More

Firefighters During Air National Guard All-Hazards Response Exercise

In Pictures: South Carolina Air National Guard CAMR Exercise

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing participate in an emergency response training exercise […] More

Fire Chiefs Leadership Seminar

The Fire Chiefs Leadership Seminar will be held November 28-29, 2016 in Monterey, California. The conference explores challenging leadership topics such as […] More

Medical Milestones for Firefighter Who Underwent Face Transplant

A severely burned Mississippi firefighter, who underwent the most extensive face transplant ever performed, is thriving one year after his historic surgery, […] More