Flashover training is essential for firefighters. Although this type of training used to be rare, it has become more and more commonplace as the cost of the flashover prop has dropped and departments ...

For the first time this March, the cadets enrolled in the fire science technology program at Lone Star College-Montgomery won’t have to pack up all their gear and drive to Houston for an important ...

Lone Star College-Montgomery is getting fired up over its firefighter-training program. The college's state-of-the-art training facility at The Woodlands Emergency Training Center recently acquired a ...

JACKSON, Mich. (WLNS) – When a fire breaks out, many try to escape the flames but firefighters do the opposite. Oakland Community College fire training instructor Nick Miller says knowing how quickly ...

MCALESTER ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT, Okla. -- Thick black smoke slowly descended, filling the small room, engulfing the eight firefighters here in a noxious cloud. As the heat built to nearly 1,000 ...

The first time I heard the words “the Swede,” I was watching a movie called “Heartbreak Ridge” starring Clint Eastwood as a rough and tough Marine Gunnery Sergeant trying to train a group of misfit ...

According to local fire officials, the most notable instance of “flashover” during a structure fire was the tragic 1989 flashover in Oklahoma City that killed three fire fighters. “A flashover fire ...

Hundreds of firefighters from around the country are in Tulsa for additional training on saving lives. Volunteers and full-time firefighters from 8 different states attended Friday’s state fire school ...

JACKSON, MI - The temperature rose to about 1,100 degrees in a dark, enclosed compartment. Even in breathing masks and special turnout gear, firefighters exposed to such heat could survive for only ...

In Louisiana, firefighters can attend Louisiana State University Fire and Emergency Institute for some of their initial and continued training. LSU FETI is located in Baton Rouge, and they also have a ...