One of the major advances in rural fire control in the last 30 years has been the wide acceptance of large-diameter hose (LDH)-mostly 4 and 5″-by rural deparments. However I continue to encounter ...

The Braintree Fire Department is only the third department in the state to get a new hose that will withstand extreme heat and fire for more than an hour without failure.

Backpack with $8,160 saved by fireman's hose? Parvin Jannati of Alton, N.H., thought she lost everything when a fire destroyed her home in October. But last week, during a town cleanup, Arie Johnston, ...

Most fire departments have the ability to deploy 2½-inch handlines, and many have the big line as a preconnect to make a quick, large-flow attack on a significant fire to achieve a quick knockdown.

Owego Hose Teams Inc. has been fundraising to restore the 104-year-old Baker Fireman's Fountain in the Village of Owego's Courthouse Square. The overall cost estimate of the fountain restoration is ...