‘You get to cut a car apart’: Portland-area firefighting camp teaches young women confidence in male-dominated field

At the annual summer camp, participants ages 16-22 learn vehicle extrication and rescue skills from professional female firefighters.
FOX 13 Tampa Bay

State-of-the-art firefighter training center in Polk County features largest burn tower in the nation

Polk County Fire Rescue members can now train at their first-ever dedicated campus designed to simulate real-world ...
Meridian Source

Lloydminster firefighters raise more than $18K in Calgary stairclimb challenge

Fifteen members of Lloydminster Fire Rescue swapped their local training tower for Calgary’s tallest skyscraper, raising ...

What’s a burnover? How wildland firefighters are trained to combat increasingly dangerous conditions

Wildland firefighters use a variety of longstanding safety measures to assess risk while working in increasingly dangerous ...

Fire simulation gives trainees whiff of wildfire season

Nearly 200 trainees participated in a five-day wildland fire school in Oregon. The training concluded with a controlled burn ...
Thousand Oaks Acorn

Ventura County Fire unveils world-class training center

You can never train too hard for a job that will kill you. With that somber declaration, Ventura County Fire Chief Dustin ...
KTEN

First Responder Fridays: Sherman’s fire training tower

Sherman firefighters are set to enhance their skills with a new $1.3 million fire training tower behind Fire House 4, ...
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Heavy rainfall pummels Calgary as river levels rise in Alberta

Calgarians are being warned about heavy rainfall and flooded roadways amid an Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) rainfall warning. An ECCC weather advisory issued Monday says Calgary can ...
Springfield News-Leader

Ozarks firefighters trained for high-rise emergencies this month

Firefighters from Springfield and surrounding communities trained together in May to prepare for high-rise emergencies, according to a community announcement. The drills took place at Missouri State ...
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Ozarks firefighters trained for high-rise emergencies this month

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Firefighters from Springfield and surrounding communities trained together in May to prepare for high-rise emergencies, according ...