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2019

Vancouver fire station women firefighters

Worldwide firefighting community sending encouraging messages to young UK girl wishing to be firefig...

Girls can be firefighters as well

Worldwide firefighting community sending encouraging messages to young UK girl wishing to be firefighter

Gun and turnout gear. Photo by Station Pride No 1

Firefighters could soon be allowed to carry weapons in Virginia

US firefighters and EMTs could soon be carrying guns and doing police related work. A bill allowing...

Firefighters could soon be allowed to carry weapons in Virginia

Rescue personelle working to save victims during the Mexico pipe line explosion. Photo: Screenshot from the Guardian´s video.

Pipeline explosion killed at least 89 people in Mexico

The accident occurred when people were trying to steal the oil that was pouring out from a breach in...

Pipeline explosion killed at least 89 people in Mexico

Call for Experts to CMINE-project on Wildfires, Flooding and Volunteer Managment

CMINE is a Community of Practice in the field of Crisis Management, an umbrella network made to fost...

Call for Experts to CMINE-project on Wildfires, Flooding and Volunteer Managment

Sudden collapses during fires a very real danger for firefighters in new US buildings

Collapse of load bearing elements in just over 3 minutes with new OSB construction beams: UL and the...

Sudden collapses during fires a very real danger for firefighters in new US buildings

Jalal Maleki was killed by electric shock during a firefighting operation in Tehran.

Firefighter dies from electric shock when moving a ladder

A Tehran firefighter suffered severe electric shock when moving the equipment due to contact of a me...

Firefighter dies from electric shock when moving a ladder

Paris Explosion. Screen shot from RT-youtube video.

Two firefighters killed and one saved from under the rubble in powerful gas explosion in Paris

Jann-Egil Gjerde is Deputy Brigade Chief in the world´s most northern fire service. Photo: Scania

Longyearbyen - the world´s most northern fire station in the Arctic

Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Photo by Pixabay.com

Avalanche risk forces evacuation of residents on Svalbard, Norway

Longyearbyen is the world's most northern fire department, according to Norwegian fire magazine...

Avalanche risk forces evacuation of residents on Svalbard, Norway

Header for World Fire Statistcis no 23-2018

Fire Statistics Issue no 23-2018 now available in Spanish

The Center for Fire Statistics is expanding: Next translation will be done by Hungary in the first q...

Fire Statistics Issue no 23-2018 now available in Spanish

A New York firefighter fell över 100 meters form a bridge in construction by stepping in between an unmarked gap between the lanes. Photo: FDNY

New York firefighter dies in fall from a bridge trying to save car crash victims

What they didn´t all realize was that the lanes on the bridge were separated by a 3-foot (one meter)...

New York firefighter dies in fall from a bridge trying to save car crash victims

Residential explsion in Russia kills 37. Photo: Screen dump from The Guardian.

37 dead in Russian building collaps

It was early on Monday that a part of a ten floor residential building collapsed. The search &amp...

37 dead in Russian building collaps

Six dead when freight train transporting beer hit passanger train in Denmark

2018

A lecture on Hazardous Materials with CTIF HazMat Chair Roman Sykora

A lecture with practical HazMat knowledge and lessons learned from the CTIF Seminar in Brussels, 201...

A lecture on Hazardous Materials with CTIF HazMat Chair Roman Sykora

The explosion in Sapporo. Photo: Twitter

Several buildings in Japan have collapsed - gas explosion suspected

Several buildings have allegedly collapsed and more than 40 people have been injured following an ex...

Several buildings in Japan have collapsed - gas explosion suspected

Tommy Baekgaard Kjaer - A lecture on Cancer and other Occupational Diseases affecting Firefighters

1 HR VIDEO LECTURE: Most of the toxic exposure occurs when you take off your BA mask - the toxins en...

Tommy Baekgaard Kjaer - A lecture on Cancer and other Occupational Diseases affecting Firefighters

Strasbourg terrorist shooting. Screen shot from France 24 English.

Three dead and 13 injured in Christmas market shooting in Strasbourg - terrorism alert raised in Fra...

Three people have been killed after a man opened fire at a Christmas market in Strasbourg, France. P...

Three dead and 13 injured in Christmas market shooting in Strasbourg - terrorism alert raised in France

Fleur Lombard, a female UK firefigher who was burned to death in 1996 paved the way for new research and understanding of the need for specialized turnout gear for women.

The tragic death of Fleur Lombard spurred on major changes in the design of women´s firefighter clot...

Men´s and women´s bodies are different - and the turnout gear should reflect those differences. This...

The tragic death of Fleur Lombard spurred on major changes in the design of women´s firefighter clothing

CTIF Commission for Women in Firefighting in Vienna, November 2018

The CTIF Commission for Women in Fire & Rescue met for two days in Vienna

The meeting was held at the “Zentralfeurwache”, Central Fire Station in Central Vienna.

The CTIF Commission for Women in Fire & Rescue met for two days in Vienna

Ivana Kruijff-Korbayová speaking at the CTIF Seminar in Brussels, Nov 2018

CTIF 2018 Seminar Presentations available!

CTIF 2018 Seminar speaker's presentations are available for download in pdf versions via this G...

CTIF 2018 Seminar Presentations available!

Man who shared photos of a traffic accident risks jail sentence in Denmark

According to the prosecutor the upload is a clear "violation of privacy" which should resu...

Man who shared photos of a traffic accident risks jail sentence in Denmark

European Parliament makes Reverse 112 public warning systems mandatory on mobile phones for all memb...

Citizens in a high risk area will be able to receive an SMS or alert on their mobile phone in case o...

European Parliament makes Reverse 112 public warning systems mandatory on mobile phones for all member states

Demonstrations against fuel prices in France. Photo: Screen shot form The Guardians news clip video.

400 injured in France during demonstrations against rising gasolin and diesel prices

Demonstrators turned violent in several locations and the police detained 157 people. Low-income peo...

400 injured in France during demonstrations against rising gasolin and diesel prices

The fires in California captured by a Russian cosmonaut on August 7, 2018.

Death toll in California increasing: 71 dead and more than 1000 missing

"We are still actively committed to trying to find human remains, and that's something we&...

Death toll in California increasing: 71 dead and more than 1000 missing

The burned out frame of the bus after the explosion and fire

Over 40 dead in fire and gas explosion on bus

The explosion is suspected to have been caused by a propane canister that one of the passengers had ...

Over 40 dead in fire and gas explosion on bus

The Operational Land Imager aboard the NASA-USGS Landsat 8 satellite captured this image of California's Camp Fire on Nov. 8, 2018, around 10:45 a.m. local time (1845 GMT). Credit: NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from USGS

Controversy over who is to blame for the California wildfires

NASA satellite photo of the area in California affected by the November 2018 fires. Photo: NASA

3300 firefighters fighting the California fires - 66 dead and over 600 people still missing

It is the most devastating fire in California´s history. It destroyed about 9,700 homes and scorched...

3300 firefighters fighting the California fires - 66 dead and over 600 people still missing

"We are all in this together - the toxins in the smoke don´t come knocking on your helmet to ask if...

Tommy Baekgaard Kjaer ended the Brussels Seminar 2018 with a powerful lecture on Healthy Firefighter...

"We are all in this together - the toxins in the smoke don´t come knocking on your helmet to ask if you are getting paid to put out fires or not"

Tore Eriksson, CTIF, minister Jan Jambon and Tom Van Esbroeck, Commission for Extrication & New Technology

Belgian Public Transport Sector first in the world to adapt the new ISO standard for marking New Pro...

A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between CTIF, the Belgian Public Transport Sector and ...

Belgian Public Transport Sector first in the world to adapt the new ISO standard for marking New Propulsion Vehicles

Belgian minister Jan Jambon: "First Responders are now facing new types of risks and challenges like...

For firefighters and First Responders, New Technology have historically not only meant better rescue...

Belgian minister Jan Jambon: "First Responders are now facing new types of risks and challenges like never before in history"

Kurt Vollmacher awarded a special CTIF medal for his work on the new ISO standard

Executive Committé has given Kurt Vollmacher of the Extrication and New Technology Commission a CTIF...

Kurt Vollmacher awarded a special CTIF medal for his work on the new ISO standard

Tore Eriksson, President: "This has been an amazing event and it is important that we continue to ar...

The second of the 2 day CTIF Seminar in Brussels has ended, and the Executive Committé of CTIF is ve...

Tore Eriksson, President: "This has been an amazing event and it is important that we continue to arrange this kind of seminar every year from now on"

An instructor teaching a student how to use the FLAIM virtual reality fire training system.

The first realistic virtual reality fire training if its kind, rescue robot demonstrations, drones.....

This rescue robot can gently pick up a thin paper cup and give it to a man in the audience, climb ov...

The first realistic virtual reality fire training if its kind, rescue robot demonstrations, drones...

Opening of the seminar in Brussels Nov 9 - 2018.

The Seminar Opening: "Fire, Rescue & New Challenges" has officially opened

The opening speech was held by Jèrôme Glorie, the Director General of the Civil Security Department ...

The Seminar Opening: "Fire, Rescue & New Challenges" has officially opened

Evacuation by car from Paradise, California.

Thousands evacuated from large wildfire in Paradise, California - reports of dead and injured

A large fire rages in and around the city of Paradise in northern California. About 30,000 people ha...

Thousands evacuated from large wildfire in Paradise, California - reports of dead and injured

Program for the upcoming CTIF Seminar "Fire, Rescue & New Challenges"

Read the full program here, and download the program below. Printed programs will be handed out at t...

Program for the upcoming CTIF Seminar "Fire, Rescue & New Challenges"

The official CTIF online shop is now open!

The first official CTIF Caps are now available online - (or get yours directly now at "Fire, Re...

The official CTIF online shop is now open!

Commission Europe meeting in Brussels, November 8, 2018.

Commission Europe meeting in Brussels with Dennis Davis as Chair

The Seminar weekend has started in Brussels with Executive Committé and several Commission meetings

The President Tore Eriksson opened the meeting, followed by a presentation from the "Seminar Ge...

The Seminar weekend has started in Brussels with Executive Committé and several Commission meetings

The Possibilities of Electric Drive: A presentation on the new Concept Fire Truck at the Brussels Se...

CTIF´s Associate Member Rosenbauer will unveil the latest news on the development of their Concept F...

The Possibilities of Electric Drive: A presentation on the new Concept Fire Truck at the Brussels Seminar Fire, Rescue & New Challenges