Fire authorities have placed Metro Manila on heightened alert in anticipation of accidents involving defective Christmas lights, which have been blamed for Yuletide fires in years past. The Metro Manila office of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP-NCR) issued a reminder to the public to take extra care in purchasing Christmas lights and avoid substandard ones sold [...]

Almost a brand name, the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) is considered to be the best and most well respected fire department in the world. This is because it is well trained to respond to emergencies in one of the world’s most complicated and most populated cities. It had this recognition before it also [...]

9/11 is a 2002 American documentary film about the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City, in which two planes crashed into the buildings of the World Trade Center from the point of view of the New York City Fire Department. The film was directed by Jules and Gedeon Naudet, and FDNY firefighter James Hanlon. Filmmakers James Hanlon and the Naudet brothers were originally [...]

The leatherhead is a term describing an old style leather helmet used by many firefighters in the US and Canada. Leatherhead is also slang for a firefighter who uses the leather helmet. The leather helmet is also an international symbol of firefighters from the earlier years of firefighting. Almost always, traditional leather helmets have a [...]

It carried numerous heroes on Sept. 11, 2001, and on July 20, 2011, the apparatus used by members of Ladder 3 to respond to the World Trade Center became a part of the 9/11 Memorial Museum’s permanent installation. More than 75 family members, friends and fellow firefighters attended the solemn tribute ceremony. “The truck is [...]

If you’ve always wondered how fire trucks were made, then check out this interesting “How it’s Made” segment. Video after the jump.

September 11, 2001, commonly referred to as 9/11, is etched in the memories of billions of people all over the world. It was on this day a decade ago that four United States (US) commercial airliners were hijacked and crushed two of them into the 110-story Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New [...]

President Obama will be there. So will former president George W. Bush and former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani. And, of course, the current mayor, Michael Bloomberg, will attend. But Sept. 11 first responders, the emergency workers who helped with the rescue and recovery efforts 10 years ago, will be denied entry to the 9/11 [...]