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Italy, explosion in Ravanusa: four buildings destroyed, three dead and six missing
Firefighters worked through the night amidst the rubble in Ravanusa, a small town in the province of Agrigento, where last night an explosion caused by a gas leak destroyed a four-storey building and seriously damaged three other adjacent…
France, increasing number of attacks on Sapeurs-Pompiers: parliament introduces bodycam for French…
Bodycam for the fire brigade in France. French National Parliament passes new law: all fire departments can now implement bodycam solutions
How does one become a firefighter? The essential information to become a firefighter in Italy
Become a firefighter in Italy: the path is complex and requires great preparation: firefighters, all over the world and in Italy too, carry out a difficult and complex job, and the people selected must be able to do it
Italy, water bomb in Forlì: firefighters save two motorists
Yesterday morning, shortly before 8 a.m., a violent storm hit the city of Forlì. Several fire brigade interventions
Firefighters / Pyromania and obsession with fire: profile and diagnosis of those with this disorder
In the DSM V, pyromania is classified as an impulse control and conduct disorder, and it appears to be based on an intense obsession with fire, flames and their effects
UK, FBU firefighters' union organises training to combat cancer threat
UK, leading firefighters' union organises new training course to combat fire cancer threat
Portugal: the Bombeiros Voluntarios of Torres Vedras and their museum
Founded in 1903, the Associação Humanitária de Bombeiros Voluntários de Torres Vedras, a city located north of the capital Lisbon, has more than a century of history dedicated to the protection of the community in which it operates
Emergency Museum, Germany: The Rheine-Palatinate Feuerwehrmuseum /Part 2
Germany, The Rheine-Palatinate Feuerwehrmuseum / Part 2: with the support of the Minister of the Interior and the President of the State Fire Brigade Association of Rhineland-Palatinate, work began to create a new and more sophisticated…
Emergency Museum, Germany: Firefighters, the Rheine-Palatine Feuerwehrmuseum
Firefighters in Germany: on April 17 1999, the “Feuerpatsche” Hermeskeil fire brigade museum was made official after nearly 5 years of construction work. The road to the official opening took almost 10 years and was not always easy
VR immersive simulation in firefighter training: a study from Norway
Firefighters: Virtual Reality (VR) technology in training has gained interest in many areas, including firefighter training