Firefighters

A truly comprehensive study by Juan Jesús Roldán-Gómez on the use of drone swarms in forest firefighting and how this use of robotic technologies affects the efficiency and safety of the fire brigade.

Devastating floods have hit Henan province (China): rainfall of at least 40 cm is being dealt with by 1,800 firefighters and the PLA, the Chinese People's Liberation Army

Australia - The Penrith Museum of Fire is a no profit organisation started in 2013 which is mostly administered by current and retired firefighters and supported by both professional staff and a team of volunteers of the community

The Endingen Feuerwehrmuseum: the Endingen Museum of Firefighters, Craftsmanship and Agriculture is the largest of its kind in all of Switzerland

The Fire Brigade Museum is officially called the Tokyo Fire and Disaster Prevention Information Center

Also in Australia this design was appreciated because when the Metropolitan Fire Brigade was formed in Sydney in 1884, the London Fire Brigade uniform, including the brass helmet, was adopted. Senior Officers' helmets were nickel plated to…

The origins of the brass firefighter helmet: when Capt Eyre Massey Shaw was appointed Chief Officer of London Metropolitan Board of Works' "Metropolitan Fire Brigade" in 1866, one of his first tasks was to create a uniform that would be…

Also if not very well known, the Ravensburg Feuerwehrmuseum is a really interesting museum full of memorabilia of the history of Firefighting

Firefighters are exposed to high levels of occupational risk factors, such as safety risks, chemical, ergonomic, and physical hazards that may jeopardize their lives. To overcome these hazards, firefighters must be physically, mentally, and…

The Feuerwehrmuseum St. Florian: the museum is housed inside a unique Baroque building, which was once the Meierhof monastery of St. Florian: this building was built in 1676-85 under the provost David Fuhrmann