Finishing touches will be added to new state‑of‑the‑art training facility to give firefighters realistic, hands‑on training ...

Whitpain – As female firefighters in a male-dominated field, Antoinette Dowds and Joelle Lesniak believe anyone can be a firefighter. Lesniak, one of the three full-time career firefighters at Centre ...

Firefighter Clarence Williams uses a saw to cut through rebar that simulated burglar bars. As soon as he got through them, he passed the saw back down the ladder to his partner and climbed into the ...

Take 30 young men and women ranging in age from 14 to 18 years old, from 13 different fire department junior firefighter/Explorer programs, bring them together for seven hours a day for five days ...

WASHOUGAL — Tia Robertson eyed the ladder perched on the side of the eight-story building with a mixture of trepidation and exhilaration. On one hand, she is terrified of heights; on the other, she is ...