LELAND, NC (WWAY) — Leland fire crews recently conducted vertical ventilation training. The important training involved cutting a hole in the roof of a burning building to release heat and smoke.

Reading the roof of a fire building starts as the apparatus nears the incident, including assessment of the roof's pitch and covering, of ventilation indicators, and of dead loads and structural ...

The weird looking stand-alone building by the new Crested Butte Fire Protection District fire station on Gothic Road got used for the first time last week and it will be regular training spot for ...

MONTEREY — Glass from windows shattered and chainsaws fired up on Garden Road Monday as firefighters with the Monterey County Regional Fire District received a chance to conduct hands-on training at a ...

NIPOMO, Calif. -- CAL FIRE/San Luis Obispo County is holding a series of live fire drills in five old homes in Nipomo, which will all be burned down as part of the instructional training. "We have ...

Today’s fires aren’t the same fires of 100 years ago, but we’re still using some of the same techniques to put them out. These techniques were intended for conventionally built structures with natural ...

Not all fires are fought on the ground and that's what Terre Haute Fire Department recruits Brendan McPike and Joe Phillips learned on Tuesday during ventilation training at a condemned ...

Makayla Richardson is your community news reporter covering southern San Luis Obispo County, including Avila Beach, Pismo Beach, Grover Beach, Oceano, Arroyo Grande, and Nipomo. Firefighters set a ...