Firefighting planes are front-line combatants when a wildfire breaks out. They come in a wide variety of sizes, and their ...

An airport that supports firefighting efforts in the Oregon Cascades will be closed during June and July. But state officials ...

The current firefighting protective ensemble is heavy, thick, multilayered, and it exacerbates the challenge of thermoregulation due to its limited permeability and insulative properties. A person's ...

Several common factors have been identified in the analysis of firefighter fatalities and injuries during interior operations at structure fires where rapid fire progression took place. The ...

Godfrey students explore firefighting and STEM through hands-on activities in a collaborative event by Lewis and Clark ...

We all pass large or complex buildings in our coverage area and look at them from the perspective of a firefighter, imagining what could go wrong. But then we also might think, “That building has a ...

The latest innovations in the fire service will be on display as an annual event returns to the Midstate. FIRE EXPO, hosted ...

EHang has unveiled what it says is the world's first large-payload firefighting aerial vehicle built to tackle fires in high-rise buildings. The 216F can reach up to 1,970 feet high and carry 39.6 ...

Two new firefighting aircraft will be based in San Diego County to help Cal Fire. Officials say it will be a game-changer in ...