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 ...

The focus in on a variety of principles and practices all firefighters can use–rural and urban, career and volunteer. Fire does not discriminate. The Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) ...

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- An inventor from Liverpool, N.Y., has developed the T.M.S., a training aid for use in conjunction with firefighter-oriented Self Contained Breathing Apparatus ...

Self-contained breathing apparatus (S.C.B.A.) in years past was considered a tool used only by those firefighters of less ability, a tool of shame if you will. Self-contained breathing apparatus ...

Every structural firefighter knows that his or her self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) is critical for working inside a burning building or hazardous atmosphere. The SCBA allows firefighters to ...

The Town of Stratford has received a $632,000 FEMA grant to pay for new self-contained breathing apparatus. Photo courtesy of ...

Hauser Rural Fire Protection District officials are retraining volunteer firefighters and taking other corrective actions after the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited them on ...