Do all those flashing lights and jarring alarms going off at the guard shack in your industrial facility represent security or pseudo security?

Working any kind of firefighting magic at an industrial conflagration requires one basic component – water.

Each monitor nozzle must have a clear path to the protected object and the monitor must be placed close enough for the discharging water to reach the object...

When it comes to a high pressure vapor release, the billowing apparition rapidly enveloping the facility is not as dangerous as what might already be much...

ATF investigation at West, Texas, focused on criminal possibilities rather than inherent instability of the explosive fertilizer.

Building was undergoing demolition at the time of the blaze.

Irony is defined as expressing one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite. For an example look no further than the recent Labor...

As technological advancements have emerged to make our fire world safer and lower risk to manage emergency incidents, it’s easy to numb our human senses...

Thirty-six hours into the Deer Park fire, the call went out to Dwight Williams who, in turn, brought on board Chris Ferrara of US Fire Pump. Together they...

Long range environmental concerns threaten to torpedo the use of fluorinated surfactants in Class B firefighting foam.

It’s hard to believe that any facility as akin to fire and fury as the Beaumont Emergency Safety Training complex could fade away more gently.

Whoever plans for potential disasters considers the most severe possible outcome that can reasonably be projected. Unfortunately, the word "reasonably"...

The biggest precaution for firefighters to take is recognizing that an EFIS system is in use and pre-plan if there is a chance for it to become involved...

Refinery or petrochemical plant fires are not the only fire risks to affect production. Of course, keeping that chain optimized leaves no room for having fires.

A RIT team is meant to render immediate aid to the people who have a chance to affect the outcome of the transpiring emergency.

Occam’s razor is a principle stating that an explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct.

Stop and ask if you are using the most relevant practices and the best tools at your disposal.

Some things never change