Firefighters can’t be selective in regard to their pursuit of proficiency in eight main skills based on whether they are assigned to a pumper, a ladder or another type of apparatus. Firefighters must ...

Scott Mackeben was just a rookie on the Palatine Fire Department when he remembers talk of a regional firefighter training ...

One job of the reptilian part of the human brain pertains to survival instincts. Facets of firefighter training under physical and mental stress are stored there for use in conjunction with fight or ...

KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) - According to Nicole Shoemaker, a firefighter and driver with Killeen fire department that is training people how to operate an aerial ladder truck, there is more to operating ...

Many consider firefighting to be a male-dominated field. Local responders have pointed out that women have just as much to ...