A Columbus firefighter working out of Fire Station 2 is the first local firefighter certified as an “Indiana Smoke Diver.” For six consecutive days, firefighter Marcus Gruner worked out and trained up ...

In 1986, when I attended the Georgia Smoke Diver course, I knew that I would be subject to some very rigorous physical training. I prepared like I thought I should by doing a lot of running on the ...

Imagine arriving the first day of a firefighter training class and seeing a line of instructors that equals double, maybe triple, the number of student candidates. The instructors are all wearing ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Some of the local firefighters in Panama City Beach will be road-tripping it up to Tuscaloosa, Alabama at the end of the month to take part in the challenging Alabama ...

DALTON, Ga. — Melissa Russell no longer drives a fire engine for the Dalton Fire Department and hasn’t climbed on a ladder to help fight a fire in a number of years. But while she may have more ...