BMC is planning to introduce a Compressed Air Foam System (CAFS) to enhance firefighting efficiency in high-rise buildings; ...

Customers purchase what they need a la carte — a combination of jacket hoses, nozzles ... If you want to run your sprinklers during a fire, you can,” said David Whitman, whose South Pasadena ...

Before evacuating from her Malibu home the day the Palisades fire erupted, Cassandra Riera soaked the plants in her yard, ...

The logic was that having their own hydrant ready to go—along with hoses, nozzles ... fire boots, respirator, leather gloves and face mask. He turned on his diesel-powered generator, got the ...

Residents and businesses in the Bombala area are advised that a conserve water notice is now in effect for all properties ...

NIU STEAM is back to fight a five-alarm blaze burning with question marks: Why can't salt water be used to put out forest fires?

Fighting the fire was extremely difficult because of temperatures in the single digits and wind chills as low as minus 15 degrees. Water froze instantly. Firefighters ran out of water from ...

Despite the risks, Marlon said, prescribed burns are one of the best tools with which California is equipped to prevent fires of catastrophic scale. “It’s fighting fire with fire,” Marlon said. The ...

This makes absolutely no sense.” A fire fighting engine in for repairs at the Los Angeles depot. It is among at least 75 emergency vehicles which were out of action and awaiting repairs when The ...

A massive fire tore through a home in Lehigh County first thing Wednesday morning. Officials say crews had to overcome various challenges to fight the flames, but the family did make it out alive.