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In this episode of Beyond the Headlines, guest Chris Logan shares a rare and candid perspective on embracing failure in the fire service. At 44, Logan challenged himself by attempting Georgia’s Smoke ...

Multiple operational, procedural and cultural factors contributed to a firefighter sustaining burn injuries during a live-fire training evolution. The staged opening of basement doors and windows and ...

Agencies across Los Angeles County were "overwhelmed." The Emergency Operations Center was "largely ineffective" in maintaining situational awareness. Some notification tools were not "used or used ...

Read full article: One dead following two-vehicle crash in Carroll County Photo of the Tuesday Roanoke fire. Botetourt County officials revealed the cause of an early morning fire that occurred at the ...

Before you fall off of your chair, let me explain the “forget safety” element of the title of this column. A dictionary definition of safety is “The state of being safe; freedom from the occurrence or ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. L.A. County’s emergency response failures during January’s deadly fires mirrored many problems identified after ...