LOWER MAKEFIELD >> Emergency vehicle operators face distractions and hazards that other drivers never encounter. With the siren screaming and lights flashing, they weave around traffic and squeeze ...

What was your last training session or company drill like? Odds are it was not emergency vehicle driver training. I have often asked why it is that the things we use the least—portable ladders, rescue ...

On TV, the cops chase the bad guys in cars. On Commencement Bay this week, the cops have boats and they’re chasing each other. It looks like fun until boats cross their own wakes or come at each so ...

It’s one of the biggest lies we tell ourselves: if it’s something we do every day, then we don’t need to practice it. After all, we’re doing it successfully and constantly, practicing it every day, ...

Training must involve not only how to operate the components of the vehicle, but to know the physical characteristics of the vehicle. For many departments, the arrival of a new piece of fire apparatus ...

MINOT, ND (KXNET) — For the next couple of days, there is going to be a heavy presence of emergency vehicles at the Minot International Airport. According to their Facebook, vehicles from the Minot ...

FORT DRUM, N.Y. (Sept. 22, 2023) -- Military police and local law enforcement officers gathered Sept. 21 to demonstrate their expertise in a skills competition, hosted by the 227th Military Police ...