Recently, the Professional Development Section (PDS) completed a final round of incident simulation testing. A vehicle storage bay at our North Apparatus Service Center, which is located on the campus ...

The Orland Fire Protection District next week is unveiling a state-of-the-art simulation training program that it hopes eventually will become the go-to facility for departments across the region. The ...

When is it acceptable to set a fire that could rage out of control? In the real world, the answer, of course, is never. But if you're in the virtual world of a computer model, starting such a fire is ...

Headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand, engineering firm Holmes Group has five specialty engineering subsidiary companies in locations around the world. One of these, Holmes Fire, wanted to run ...

MONROVIA, Calif. (KABC) -- It's not just ugly and smelly. The horrible air quality from wildfires is unhealthy even hazardous. And it's not confined to the fire zones: the smoke has spread across much ...

LASALLE, Ill. (CBS) -- After an extra-alarm fire sent a billow of smoke into the air like a volcano in LaSalle, neighbors expressed concern about the chemical particles that landed on their property ...

Creating a safer workplace doesn’t always begin with a live burn. Today’s fire hazards demand smarter, cleaner training tools that allow safety professionals to prepare teams without compromising ...

ST. LOUIS COUNTY – There's new information about the West Lake Landfill and the underground fires causing so much concern in our area. For the first time, Washington University geochemist Bob Criss ...

The number one cause of death related to fires is smoke inhalation. Smoke inhalation occurs when you breathe in the heated particles and gases produced by fire. Different fires produce a different ...

Plasma is a state of matter that emerges when a gas is heated to sufficiently high temperatures, prompting some electrons to ...