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 ...

DAYTONA BEACH — With a small torch, Scott Hardin lighted what he hoped would soon become one of the most dangerous fires a firefighter can face: a flashover or backdraft. The metal trailer in which he ...

Oct. 17—NEOSHO, Mo. — A piece of equipment used to simulate a critical hazard in a structure fire could soon benefit both Neosho and Joplin firefighters. Pending final approval from the Neosho City ...

Flashover fires are one of the most feared phenomenons among firefighters. It happens when a room gets so hot that everything, even the gases in the air, spontaneously combust. 10TV News teamed up ...

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 ...

WILKES-BARRE — It was back to school Wednesday for some city firefighters. They moved from classroom work to a fire- and smoke-filled simulator to identify the conditions that lead up to the dangerous ...

HUNTINGTON, Mass. (WWLP) – Firefighters across Massachusetts are scheduled to perform training in the area of Gateway Regional High School on Saturday. The Huntington Fire Department says the ...

SAGINAW TWP. – Firefighters will feel the heat. The Saginaw Township Fire Department will install a $43,695 "flashover simulator" to teach firefighters the skills they need to recognize potentially ...

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 ...

A new firefighter training lab has come to the Central Coast. Thanks to a 1.4 million dollar anonymous donation, Allan Hancock College in Lompoc has a new Flashover Simulator. Today’s fire academy ...