The increase in high-rise and densely populated urban development has heightened the demand for safety and resilience solutions against emergencies, such as fires. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University ...

Kawak Aviation Technologies Inc., a Bend, Oregon-based aerospace manufacturer specializing in aerial firefighting equipment, is drawing renewed attention to its innovative Cascade Aerial Firefighting ...

The fires went on for three relentless days in the summer of 2021, scorching over 13,000 hectares of western Sardinia. Residents “saw their whole world go up in flames around them,” says Carlo Poddi, ...

Maxwell Brodie vividly recalls the destructive wildfire he experienced as a kid growing up in the interior of British Columbia. One night in 2003, lightning struck a tree about 4 a.m., sparking a ...

Elkhart Brass recently announced it has received an order from the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) for their award winning high-rise firefighting technology, the HEROPipe system. The order will be ...

As we head to Charleston, SC, for the inaugural FireFusion conference (Nov. 5–7), I reflect on the past year and how it provided me with an eye-opening and thought-provoking look at technology in the ...

Braden Jordison nervously climbed a ladder before sliding through a window to practice rescuing someone from a house fire. The Ramona High School sophomore and several other students — equipped with ...

The consumer market for wearable technology has grown quickly, from bands and sensors to smartwatches and rings that are designed to provide feedback about the user and augmented reality glasses.