In the parking lot of the Franklin Fire Department sits a flashover simulator -- a device often taken for granted that may have just helped save the lives of three firefighters. Lt. Kyle Lovelace and ...

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 ...

DICKSON CITY, Pa. — A fire department in Lackawanna County hosted potentially lifesaving training on Sunday. The Dickson City Fire Department is putting together the State Fire Academy's Flashover ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

EDINA, Minn. — An Edina training center for firefighters and other public safety personnel is getting a long-delayed update that officials say will make it unique in the region. The South Metro Public ...

Pike County firefighters received training in recognizing conditions leading up to a deadly flashover fire. The training was held at the Pike County Training Facility in Lords Valley this weekend. In ...

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 ...