John J. Salka Jr. concedes that fire department engine companies can't have every type of hose load that exists but stresses that their members should train to handle as many variables as possible.

It happened after 3 p.m. Wednesday on the 5000 block of East Flat Rock Road ... did make this a difficult fire to fight. "We have issues of laying our hose. It's a long stretch," said Bowmer.

It said six firefighters used hose reel jets and an aerial ladder platform to reach the fire, which broke out in a third-floor flat on the third-floor flat. The fire has been contained and no ...

A hose fell off a Chapel Hill fire engine on the way to a call Friday afternoon, hit two people walking on the sidewalk and left them with serious injuries, police said. Chapel Hill Fire Engine 34 ...

A Slovenia-Norwegian research group has investigated how fire could propagate in PV systems deployed on flat roofs and has ... With the available fuel load, the duration of the fire was limited ...