DAYTONA BEACH — With a small torch, Scott Hardin lighted what he hoped would soon become one of the most dangerous fires a firefighter can face: a flashover or backdraft. The metal trailer in which he ...

The Madison Fire Department first began to use the flashover container in May. Members of the local news media were given the chance to experience a flashover under controlled circumstances on Tuesday ...

Flashover fires are one of the most feared phenomenons among firefighters. It happens when a room gets so hot that everything, even the gases in the air, spontaneously combust. 10TV News teamed up ...

Three Franklin firefighters were caught in a smoke explosion earlier this week at a local restaurant and all of them luckily made it out unscathed. In the parking lot of the Franklin Fire Department ...

A new firefighter training lab has come to the Central Coast. Thanks to a 1.4 million dollar anonymous donation, Allan Hancock College in Lompoc has a new Flashover Simulator. Today’s fire academy ...

After about seven months, the entire Neosho Fire Department has been trained on how to recognize when a burning building is on the verge of becoming a fatal trap. This week marked the last round of ...

COTEAU — About 15 firefighters from the Coteau, Bayou Blue, Houma and Gibson fire departments trained this week on how to fight a fire in a room engulfed in flames. Instructors from the Louisiana ...

SAGINAW TWP. – Firefighters will feel the heat. The Saginaw Township Fire Department will install a $43,695 "flashover simulator" to teach firefighters the skills they need to recognize potentially ...

HUNTINGTON, Mass. (WWLP) – Firefighters across Massachusetts are scheduled to perform training in the area of Gateway Regional High School on Saturday. The Huntington Fire Department says the ...