(TNS) - Dry” was not in anyone’s vocabulary in West Homestead on Monday evening during the annual Battle of the Barrel, a hose-handling competition between eight volunteer fire departments that soaked ...

Humanity has come a long way over the last few hundred years, but we are still terrifyingly vulnerable and susceptible to fires. Firefighters have employed tank-like robots that carry hoses into ...

Japanese researchers have created and open-sourced a flying firefighting hose that levitates and steers itself to fight fires using its own water pressure as a two-part propulsion system, spraying ...

It was like trying to put out a house fire with a garden hose. According to city officials, a fire brigade from Port Authority of New York and New Jersey was already at Port Newark trying to ...

ERIE, PA --- FEBRUARY 25, 2025 Snap-tite Hose, a leading manufacturer of high-performance fire hoses, is committed to keeping firefighters and emergency responders informed about crucial industry ...

MARCH 28, 2022, MONTREAL QC, CANADA--Mercedes Textiles Ltd. has announced the launch of the newest innovation in fire hose – a 2” attack hose that delivers 2.5” flows with up to 30% less weight for ...

Fire hoses, traditionally considered rugged and dependable, now face unprecedented thermal and mechanical stress. As global temperatures rise and wildland fire seasons lengthen, hoses must endure ...