Jul. 18—CARTHAGE — Fire officials had a chance to voice concerns about a proposal from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration that would change "Fire Brigades" standards. Local officials ...

ALBANY — The Firefighters Association of the State of New York has expressed concern with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s proposal to update the “fire brigades standard,” which ...

NFPA standards have long been the gold standard for the nation’s fire and rescue service. Over the years, this standard-making body has extended into developing consensus standards for every facet of ...

A change by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration could potentially drive up fire departments budgets and hurt recruitment across the country, including those in Chautauqua County.

COLONA, Ill. — The Colona Fire Department is pushing back against new fire safety standards proposed by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Fire Chief John Swan said these ...

The current Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Fire Brigades standard (1910.156) outlines the baseline requirements for fire brigades in workplaces and covers a variety of topics to ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is looking to roll out a new set of emergency response standards for firefighters across the U.S., but it’s not sitting well with volunteer ...

State and local officials are sounding alarms about the potential cost and feasibility of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s plan for a major overhaul of the standards that protect ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Volunteer fire officials across New York state are concerned about the cost of meeting what would be the largest overhaul in decades of federal safety regulations for firefighters.

ALFALFA, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Three former Alfalfa Fire District volunteers and firefighters are coming forward to express their concerns over the conduct and practices of Fire Chief Chad LaVallee, which ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating a live fire training in Newington that sent six students and an instructor to the hospital with burns over the weekend. Charred ...

The Wethersfield Volunteer Fire Department has been cited for serious safety violations following the death of one of its firefighters who was battling the Hawthorne fire on Lamentation Mountain in ...