Firefighters & Firefighting

Reward now totals $20,000 when combined with previous ATF offer PHILADELPHIA -- An additional $10,000 in rewards is available for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the...

For those in the construction, painting and window washing industries, scaffolding is a way of life. An estimated 2.3 million construction workers - or 65% of the construction industry - work on scaffolds...

Watching a makeshift dorm room go up in flames was just one of the many undertakings that West Virginia University (WVU) students witnessed at the annual Residents' Assistants (RA) Fire Academy. Walt Beattie,...

Castle Group headed back to Scarborough once again for its training event - the tenth year in a row. Pre-event planning Health and safety consultancy Castle Group organises between 15 and 20 training...

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Kentucky American Water has awarded more than $5,000 in grants to 10 Kentucky firefighter organizations through the company's first-ever Firefighting Support Grant Program, established this year. The program provides financial...

Hospital fire fact: If a small blaze broke out next to an MRI machine, would-be firefighters couldn't use a traditional red metal extinguisher because powerful magnetism might yank it right out of their...

ST. LOUIS -- Safety National Casualty Corporation, the market leader in excess workers' compensation, is launching a new program for policyholders called Safety: Emergency Responder Vehicle Education (S:ERVE). This online driver simulation and...

For a couple of months, business and labor, and Democrats and Republicans, have squared off over a wide-ranging workers' compensation bill in the Legislature. And as the business-backed bill heads toward action in...

We've Got Women Covered 20 Years of Today's Woman Covers These next few pages move through a year's worth of covers in a month-by-month format. The magazine was first released in December 1991...

HEADNOTE During Wildfire Season A volunteer fire chief offers safely suggestions based on his experience fighting wildfires. GIenn Knutson Jr. hails from the small southern Oklahoma town of Loco, about 17 miles east...

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.--The Marine Corps is planning to build a three-story mock container ship on a plot of land at Camp Lejeune, N.C., so special operators can practice clearing out pirates from hijacked...

NEW YORK -- MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) announced today that it has completed the sale of a 50% interest in Wells Fargo Plaza to New York State Common Retirement Fund. MetLife will retain...

SAN DIEGO -- RF Industries' (NASDAQ:RFIL) RadioMobile Division today announced the award of a $2.6 million contract from the Los Angeles County Fire Department for the implementation of a wireless system upgrade to...

As the use of forest resources for bioenergy gains popularity in the energy sector, the fear that it will lead to unsustainable harvest levels has become pronounced. The most pervasive fear among ecologically...

Gulf Technical & Safety Training Centre (Mussaffah, Abu Dhabi) has opened a facility in Erbil, Iraq, and will provide training courses in safety, firefighting, first aid, risk management and environmental awareness. The center...

When he's not running his company that sells wastewater treatment equipment for the finishing industry, Met-Chem's Wally Senney will often join fellow parishioners of his church near Cleveland and visit countries like Haiti,...

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U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Emergency Management Agency have funded a study aimed at answering questions stemming from Sept. 11, 2001, and other disasters about the risks of fighting high-rise...

HEADNOTE DO WE KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW? Risk management is a solid concept, and an often-used term in aviation, medicine, firefighting, insurance and business. It denotes thought and intellect, decisionmaking skill and...