Understanding the physics of radios helps firefighters choose the right equipment and anticipate signal issues caused by building materials and environmental factors. Training should simulate stress ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ohio — The East Springfield Fire Department has received a substantial grant that officials believe will help improve safety for firefighters. The Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office ...

Volunteers at Alert Fire Company No. 1 in Downingtown are getting new portable radios thanks to state grant funding secured by state Senator Carolyn Comitta. The funding, which comes through the ...

The mountains may be beautiful, but they sure don’t make it easy for signal to travel up and down. Signals get trapped, lost and fizzle out — which is annoying when you’re just trying to text a cool ...

A Bay Area firefighting agency, assisting with the response to the massive Mendocino Complex Fire, says its communications were crippled by Verizon through a controversial practice known as ...

The Trump administration’s early efforts to reduce the size of the federal workforce has delayed the development of new systems to better allow federal wildland firefighters to communicate and the U.S ...