SEVEN NEWS. WHAT A SCENE EARLY THIS MORNING PEYTON. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAPPENING NOW WE’RE ALSO FOLLOWING THREE OTHER WILDFIRES IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF OUR STATE. SO TWO NORTH OF SILVER CITY AND A NEW ...

The year 2024 was a whopper for fire service legal issues. Some legal challenges have changed, but many remain the same, plaguing fire chiefs, administrators, and firefighters who commit the time and ...

Regarding the commentary “Rest in peace, Volunteer Fire Service. You were always on call” (Dec. 10, 2025): I may be old-fashioned, but I say “baloney” to anyone who believes the volunteer fire service ...

Firefighters are always reevaluating what works and doesn’t work when it comes to firefighting tactics. We change how we do things based on data, science, and experience. Why aren’t we taking the same ...

Lean structures and close community connections make small fire departments ideal testing grounds for adaptable, cost-effective strategies that can be scaled up by larger agencies. Contrary to the ...

After growing up in a Marine Corps family, Tiege Downes enlisted out of high school. As a Marine in a scout-sniper platoon, he deployed overseas and expected he’d go to college after his active-duty ...

SHORTAGE OF VOLUNTEERS. LEADERS WITH THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY FIRE ACADEMY SAY THERE’S A GROWING NEED TO FILL VOLUNTEER FIRE POSITIONS, AND NOW THEY’RE TEAMING UP WITH LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGH A NEW ...

The A-to-Z guide of firefighting terms encourages continuous learning and research to stay updated with evolving fire service language. Understanding fire service terminology is crucial for effective ...

Game changer, disrupter, hard-charger. Those are terms usually reserved to describe the captains of industry. But when you are Dr. Lori Moore-Merrell and head up a large federal agency like the U.S.