The History of firefighting goes way back, back to a time when firefighters used horses to pull their apparatus and steam engines to power their pumps. Tower ladders, portable power saws, ...

Private dwelling fires challenge the expertise of our fire fighting forces and require coordinated operation. Seventy percent of all fire deaths occur in private dwellings. Originally built for one or ...

Numerous articles and stories have been prepared by hundreds of experts on how to improve the internal combustion (IC) engine for more speed, power or what have you. Millions of dollars worth of ...

This class is about creating the most effective tool on the fireground: the engine company. Students rotate through the following scenarios. In Basic Skills of the Nozzle Team, discussed are basic ...

Anyone who appreciates simplicity of design and efficiency of operation has to like small two-stroke-cycle engines that power construction tools such as cut-off saws, rammers and breakers. Producing ...