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FireFusion, which is slated to take place in Charleston, SC, this fall, provides a limited number of seats to attend this new conference. It's focused on technology and it's critical [...]

On Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012, a four-alarm fire nearly destroyed a 12-unit apartment complex in the South Hill section of Spokane, WA. Late discovery of the fire and a lack [...]

Every now and then, the world of technology is rocked by what is known as 'disruptive change.' It's the development of some new device or system that is so radically [...]

Bid specifications. The mere mention of those two words can send shudders down the spine of anyone who has ever been asked to create them. The process evokes thoughts of [...]

Byline: David Pacheco and Dennis Ross (Appeared in print as 'Design for the times') To borrow a line from the incomparable Bob Dylan, 'The times they are a-changin.'' For the [...]

Byline: Mary Rose Roberts (maryrose.roberts@penton.com) FirecomA announced that itsA 50-Series wireless communication headsetsA will be a standard component of Simulation TechnologyasA firefighter driving simulation systems. Incorporating wireless headsets into driving [...]

Byline: Mary Rose Roberts (maryrose.roberts@penton.com) Widespread smartphone and tablet adoption continues to drive demand for mobile applications, for both consumers and first responders in the field. In fact, mobile app [...]

Byline: Mary Rose Roberts (maryrose.roberts@penton.com) Firefighters continue to develop technologies for the fire service, this time with the FirefighterLog app available for download to Android devices. The app converts text [...]

Firefighter safety is always a priority for any fire chief. Over the last three decades, the fire service has applied new technology, adopted better protective clothing and equipment, implemented modern [...]

With training, many years of practice and maybe just a little bit of crazy generations of wildland firefighters have approached fires measured in acres or thousands of acres and thought, [...]

A firefighter radios that he is down, but is too overcome to say where. A hot spot suddenly flares up and explodes, needing more water and manpower. A father frantically [...]

When choosing boots, firefighters and departments consider a variety of factors, but one of the most common concerns tends to be cost. This quite often leads to the purchase of [...]

BERWYN, IL, JAN. 16, 2014--Two Berwyn ladder pipes and an Oak Park tower ladder operate at an early-morning, two-alarm structure fire while it was snowing and the temperature was in [...]

There is little doubt that personal digital assistants (PDAs) and other 'smart' devices have been of benefit to both the public and to public safety. Any number of applications ('apps') [...]

This is an exciting time, as technology continues to change dramatically and provide capabilities that we would only have dreamed of several years ago. The most dramatic technology evolution that [...]

Recently across the country, there have been several close calls involving firefighters. The only reason they didn't suffer further injury was they had all of their personal protective equipment (PPE) [...]

A Spalding County, Georgia, firefighter used his cell phone to record video of a young woman who was killed in a car crash. The firefighter sent the video to colleagues, [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IN INDUSTRY, THE MANUFACTURING process, the materials used, the cleaning methods and airflow can all affect the quality of air in workplace environments. The creation of gases and [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] AVON FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE ARE introducing a revolutionary Wireless Incident Ground Camera system, following recent tests that proved the concept works beyond expectations. Designed to relay live [...]

A new communication system which, it is claimed, could revolutionise the way fire is fought is being developed by researchers at Loughborough University's department of computer science and business school. [...]

Firefighters, first responders, and even team mascots and Disney characters could stay comfortable with a cartridge-based integrated cooling system being developed by a team of researchers at Oak Ridge National [...]

Over the past 24 years DS Developments has earned its reputation as one of the UK's leading producer of waterproof communication systems. Designed to customers' specifications, the equipment is widely [...]