A lightning strike on an oil tank caused a large fire west of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A fire official says the first crews at the scene didn't have enough firefighting foam, so they sprayed water to ...
Training for a host of different scenarios is a hallmark of firefighting around the globe, and the situation is no different ...
First training session scheduled May 28-29, 2025, in Dover, Delaware Additional sessions scheduled for October, with more dates to be added ...
On March 6, the Rhode Island House of Representatives passed a new bill aiming to ban “the manufacture, sale or distribution” ...
The push to remove toxic firefighting foam in Brunswick is continuing at the State House. A legislative committee held a work ...
The state Senate voted nearly unanimously Tuesday to pass Senate Bill 91 and ban perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, from firefighting foam used on the ground by firefighters.
The new executive director of the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, Dan Stevenson, says it plans to turn the aging ...
The Environment and Natural Resources committee voted in favor of LD 400, which directs the Office of the State Fire Marshal to conduct a statewide inventory of all aqueous film-forming foam ...
A motor home and an ambulance were destroyed by a fast moving fire Sunday in Coaldale. The blaze was reported around 11:30 ...
PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances), also known as forever chemicals, were present in firefighting foam used ...
The state Senate voted nearly unanimously Tuesday to pass Senate Bill 91 and ban perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, from firefighting foam used on the ground by firefighters.