FireWatch

Dubai's Directorate of Civil Defence  recently purchased 20 jetpacks from New Zealand-based Martin Aircraft Company. The jetpacks will be used by emergency responders to fight high rise fires. here to read more.

Beneath the surface of a St. Louis-area landfill lurk two things that should never meet: a slow-burning fire and a cache of Cold War-era nuclear waste, separated by no more than 1200 feet. Click here to read more.

At least seven U.S. cities and counties have stopped firefighters from collecting charitable donations at busy intersections, citing safety concerns. Click here to read more.

London Fire Brigade is warning "hoverboard" owners to keep an eye on their new gadget while it is charging after being called to two fires in two weeks involving personal transporters that were on charge. Click here to read more.

A newly funded research project aims to determine if current methods are sufficient for removing toxins from firefighters' personal protective equipment. Click here to read more.

When19 Granite Mountain Hotshots were trapped by a raging wildfire in Arizona in 2013 and died inside their emergency shelters Mary Beth Wusk, a materials expert at NASA Langley Research Center, took notice. Click here to read more.

A Kelowna tech company has launched a new product that can help prevent kitchen fires. Click here to read more.

Post traumatic stress disorder is a dangerous aspect of the job for firefighters. But until recently, it was rarely talked about. "You always thought you had be to macho and not accept any responsibility for what is going on in your mind," said City of Nanaimo...

According to a patent granted to Apple iPhones, iPads and other branded equipment could one day sport onboard smoke detection hardware to alert users, and interested parties, of a potentially dangerous situation. Apple's patent sounds a lot like similar...

The popularity of food trucks over recent years hasn't waned, likely due to their mobility and trendy menu items. As the food truck industry grows, so do the fire risks. The International Association of Fire Chiefs partnered with FEMA to present a webinar on Fire/Life...

In general, fire prevention is not a coveted assignment. Although some departments do a better job integrating prevention and community education than others, there is still an overall perception that prevention lies outside the "core" duties of a firefighter. The...

A pregnant woman and her husband are alive today "simply because they had the right kind of smoke detector in their home," Fire Chief Frank Zugan said. Zugan said the home was fully engulfed when the fire department arrived, three minutes after a call. The family...

A battle over whether Ontario's firefighters should be able to administer six "symptom relief" medications - including aspirin - is heating up across the province. Earlier this year, the Ontario Fire Fighters Association sent a discussion paper to the province urging...

To reduce the wildfire risk to communities, Premier Christy Clark announced a top-up of $10 million to the Strategic Wildfire Prevention Initiative and tasked the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resouce Operations to look at ways to reduce wildfire risk through...

Ferrara Fire Apparatus has unveiled the Inundator Super Pumper, a Guinness World Record titleholder for the highest pumping capacity fire engine. The pump is a whopping four times the size of a regular fire truck pump. It debuted in June at Interschutz 2015, an...

Airbnb, a peer-to-peer site which matches those with accommodation to let with holiday makers and business travellers, has a network of close to 1 million properties across 190 countries. Whether you are looking for a single room for the night or a six bedroom villa...

Ironically, the most dangerous thing about an occupation that involves running into burning buildings isn't the flames, but the smoke. Cancer is the leading cause of firefighter line-of-duty deaths in the U.S. and, according to the International Association of...

Barry Lavoie, an engineer at BAE Systems, says he can give firefighters in burning buildings the gift of sight. His invention, Thermal on Demand, is a face mask and imaging system that looks like a prop from a cyborg movie. Its three thermal-imaging settings allow...