firefighting – Homeland Security Today

November 6, 2020

Report: 62 Firefighters Died in 2019, Lowest Since USFA Began Annual Study

Firefighter fatalities included 25 career firefighters, 34 volunteer firefighters, and three part-time or full-time members of wildland or wildland contract fire agencies. Keep Reading

September 20, 2019

Seven Ways to Make Community Risk Reduction a Focus of Your Fire Department

Sometimes the focus is on how we can get to an incident faster, or how can we get more personnel to do all that we need to do. Keep Reading

September 28, 2018

GAO Probes DOD Efforts to Address Drinking Water Contaminants Used in Firefighting Foam

DOD's military departments directed their military installations to identify locations with a known or suspected release of PFOS and PFOA. Keep Reading