January 12, 2021 –The UL Firefighter Safety Research Institute (FSRI) has released the new “Impact of Ventilation on Fire Damage Patterns” course for fire investigators. Through a project funded by ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Mother Nature is cranking up the thermostat this week as areas of the country are expecting to see record heat. The upper-air pattern causing the temperatures to soar is what ...

MOLINE, Ill. — The first derecho to impact the Quad Cities in 2023 is now in the books, bringing winds up to 120 mph to parts of the region. Hancock County in Illinois was especially hard hit with ...

FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WAR LIGHTNING, WHICH COULD LEAD TO MORE UNPREDICTABLE FIRES. IMAGINE THROWING MARBLES ON THE FLOOR. THEY RULE IN A PRETTY PREDICTABLE PATTERN. THAT IS HOW THE CHIEF EXPLAINS ...

Author’s note: This column is dedicated to Shannon Pieper, editorial director for this beacon of information you read month in and month out. When Shannon first came to FireRescue in 2005, I had my ...

While research is still mixed on whether diverse fire patterns promote biodiversity, a new study suggests that practices under active Indigenous stewardship can do so. The study draws a reference to ...

DENVER — Eight major wildfires hit Colorado this summer, including the fifth largest in state history (Lee fire at 137,758 acres) and the 20th largest (Turner Gulch fire at 31,699 acres). With more ...

January 12, 2021 —The UL Firefighter Safety Research Institute (FSRI) has released the new “Impact of Ventilation on Fire Damage Patterns” course for fire investigators. Through a project funded by ...