FireRescue1 Top Stories

350,000-pound load falls on vehicle on Texas highway, killing 2
First responders, surgical staff in Temple worked for over four hours to rescue people pinned inside their vehicle under the load

Off-duty Minn. firefighter killed in shooting
Firefighter Joseph Johns served with the Eagan and Eden Prairie fire departments

N.J. attorneys claim LODDs in ship fire were a ‘fact of life of industrial employment'
Newark city attorneys move to dismiss the $50M lawsuit from the Grande Costa d’Avorio fire that killed firefighters Augusto Acabou and Wayne Brooks Jr.

Conn. town implements virtual reality training for firefighters, EMS providers
The training system provides a variety of simulations for first responders, such as heart attacks, burns, childbirth, lacerations, broken bones and overdoses

Calif. FD celebrates first father and son working together
Yuba City Firefighter Chase Kennedy grew up visiting his father's firehouse

4 N.C. officers killed, 4 others wounded in shooting while serving warrant
A fourth Charlotte-Mecklenburg officer has died in a shooting that killed three others and wounded four

How to put out a grease fire
Knowing how to respond quickly to a grease fire could be the difference between a minor kitchen fire and a devastating disaster.

‘What we do is not for a pat on the back – it’s about the mission and our members’
Reflections on leadership from an IAFC Volunteer Fire Chief of the Year

The lure of alternative employment: Where will stressed-out firefighters go?
For some, the private sector beckons while others may explore career transitions within the trades – but we can stop this exodus

536-pound Wash. man questions why FD can’t take him to doctors’ appointments
A debate forms over what is an emergency for a Longview man and first responders