Interoperability, standards of operation, incident command and safety are all important buzzwords for today’s fire service. If you keep abreast of what goes on around the country, you’re probably ...

FREEPORT, Ill. — It's an expectation of no expectations that keeps those like Derek Tessendorf on the Freeport Fire Department's hazmat unit for nearly a decade. "There's never a day to day, this is ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — If you saw men dangling over the edge of the old I-74 bridge this week, they weren’t in danger, but rather preparing for it. Firefighters from five local departments participated in ...

MOLINE, Ill. — Quad City area firefighters are trading in ladders for ropes this week. Members of the MABAS 43 Technical Rescue Team are completing rope rescue training on Wednesday and Thursday at ...

Brown County is upgrading to a new communications system that will make mutual aid responses faster and more accurate.

Merrimack, NH — Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics announced today that 124 of its ONESuit Pro chemical protective suits have been purchased by the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System – Illinois (MABAS-IL), a ...

Rock Island Arsenal, Ill. - Representatives from U.S. Army Garrison Rock Island Arsenal and the Illinois Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) were at the Pentagon yesterday to receive one of six 2023 ...

The mutual aid box alarm system (MABAS) was used to summon firefighters to a fire in a large recycling facility in Onalaska, WI. The mission of Firehouse is to educate and inspire firefighters so that ...

The Davenport Fire Department could soon join Illinois Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (IL-MABAS) District 43 to strengthen regional emergency response efforts. IL-MABAS Division 43 is a nationally ...

With the lack of rain comes an increased danger of wildfire. But something you may not know is that Michigan is part of the mutual aid box alarm system, or MABAS. MABAS is an agreement between fire ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WHEELING, Ill. — As rescue teams from the northern part of the country head south to Florida to help victims of Hurricane Milton, ...