Lyons, IL, Fire Department (LFD) Fire Chief Gordon Nord Jr. is a proponent of the implementation of positive pressure ventilation (PPV) on the fireground. “The days of old, when you’d break every ...

Reading the roof of a fire building starts as the apparatus nears the incident, including assessment of the roof's pitch and covering, of ventilation indicators, and of dead loads and structural ...

Saving lives requires hands-on experience, which is why Central Illinois fire departments took their training to the next level on Tuesday. It was day one of a week-long program for firefighters in ...

Firefighters from South Plainfield responded to a second alarm structure fire on the 800 block of Central Street on Thursday ...