Many firefighters swing the self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) over their shoulders pand onto their backs with little thought of the complexity of the equipment and the extreme hazards that ...

You’re a member of a truck company performing a primary search of a single-family dwelling that was 25 percent involved upon arrival. Crawling on your hands and knees in the heat, smoke and darkness ...

Edenville Township received Midland Area Community Foundation funding to buy new SCBA units, boosting firefighter safety and ...

In the last 30 years, the fire service has made huge gains in the area of SCBA use. Today, most departments have strict policies that address when, where and how SCBAs should be used. That’s a long ...

Complacency is the evil that firefighters battle each day they pull on a pair of boots. Slower fire run numbers, more time between fires and constant EMS runs are some of the many excuses we use to ...

Newark, Oct. 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As per the report published by The Brainy Insights, the global Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) market is expected to grow from USD 1.12 billion in ...

After Gabriel House, the Fall River Fire Dept. realized it needed a support truck. Thanks to a sizeable grant, it got its wish.