Firefighter drills on the apparatus floor helps members, but real learning only takes place during hands-on evolutions. When firefighters are schooled on the technical details of a tool or piece of ...

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 ...

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 ...

DRACUT — Dracut’s newest fire truck is so much more than just shiny and red. The department announced on Saturday that firefighters underwent intensive training last week to prepare for the deployment ...

Firefighters spread out across Kalamazoo over the weekend to take part in a rare kind of training, using their hoses, ladders and saws on real buildings. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety ...