Flashover training offers firefighters the opportunity to observe fire behavior and the signs that lead to a flashover. Training will be conducted in a Phase 1 training container from Swede Survival ...

Another firefighter received minor burns in the Nov. 24 incident. As helicopters were grounded due to weather that night, ...

Flashover training is essential for firefighters. Although this type of training used to be rare, it has become more and more commonplace as the cost of the flashover prop has dropped and departments ...

JACKSON, MI - The temperature rose to about 1,100 degrees in a dark, enclosed compartment. Even in breathing masks and special turnout gear, firefighters exposed to such heat could survive for only ...

An air gap flashover occurs between an energized conductor and a tree during high-voltage testing. Following the Northeast blackout of Aug. 14, 2003, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and, ...

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 ...

MCALESTER ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT, Okla. -- Thick black smoke slowly descended, filling the small room, engulfing the eight firefighters here in a noxious cloud. As the heat built to nearly 1,000 ...

TORII STATION, Okinawa, Japan – U.S. Army Garrison leadership joined Torii Station firefighters in a controlled burn exercise on March 17, 2025, to experience firsthand the signs and dangers of a ...

Two Minneapolis firefighters were burned Saturday after they were caught in a flashover. Crews were dispatched to a reported house fire at 1082 17th Avenue SE just after 11:30 a.m. Crews found light ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Two people and a dog were burned in a Salt Lake City "flashover" fire Wednesday night. Captain Tony Stowe with the Salt Lake City Fire Department said they received calls of a ...

A Williamstown volunteer firefighter is recovering after being caught in a ceiling collapse and flashover at a fire that broke out on Humes Ridge Road Tuesday evening.Matt Combs is seen on the body ...