In the last 30 years, the fire service has made huge gains in the area of SCBA use. Today, most departments have strict policies that address when, where and how SCBAs should be used. That’s a long ...

The focus in on a variety of principles and practices all firefighters can use–rural and urban, career and volunteer. Fire does not discriminate. The Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) ...

Editor's note: Lt. Richard L. Wilson is a colon cancer survivor. He returned to active duty two months after he was diagnosed in 2004. I am sure many of us have heard, "relax, you have plenty of air ...

You arrive on scene of a fire on the first floor of a private dwelling. The incident commander orders you and your ladder crew to search the floor above. You exit the apparatus with your SCBA and ...