“’Stand fast,” “Stage,” “Level One stage,” are a few of the terms some of us use when arriving on the scene of a fire where we may need the other incoming companies to hold back a bit while the ...

(CNN) — Swiss authorities have said that a deadly fire at a ski resort bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, rapidly developed into a “flashover” – a dangerous phenomenon in which everything in a room ...

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 ...

During the first 14 years of my career as a firefighter, I attended numerous incidents where the fire behaved unexpectedly. The textbooks at the time were somewhat vague in relation to fire behavior, ...

The facility will train firefighters in how to deal with dangerous compartment fires A new centre that will train firefighters in how to deal with dangerous "backdraft" and "flashover" conditions has ...