Effective fire training goes beyond classroom lectures and compliance checklists. To prepare workers for emergencies—whether it’s a Class A blaze involving paper and wood, or a Class B fire fed by ...

The current Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Fire Brigades standard (1910.156) outlines the baseline requirements for fire brigades in workplaces and covers a variety of topics to ...

State and local officials are sounding alarms about the potential cost and feasibility of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s plan for a major overhaul of the standards that protect ...

Many departments are inundated with policies for how to operate at incidents, how to get there, how to train once you are there, what to do afterward, and everything in between. The material that ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing new emergency response standards that if adopted could make it harder for volunteer departments in Nassau County to operate. The county ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Fire departments in Kansas and nationally could have to make costly updates if proposed standards from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are approved. The ...

Introducing the BullsEye- Fire Extinguisher Trainer by LION – a groundbreaking tool designed to revolutionize fire safety training. Utilizing advanced laser technology, the BullsEye- simulates ...

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Like most rural volunteer fire departments, the Natoma, Kansas, department uses old fire protection gear. Proposed OSHA rules could require Fire Chief Keith Koelling to replace it all with new gear ...

In the fire service, few topics spark as much debate as the tension between aggressive and safety-driven cultures. On one hand, aggression on the fireground is seen as the hallmark of an effective ...