Fire department leaders point to research linking gradually increasing alert volume to smaller heart-rate increases.

Turnout timers, color-changing lights, so-called heart-smart ramping audible tones, and text-to-speech readouts are among the technological innovations that have been applied to fire station alerting ...

Disussions around FireFusion 2025 focused on technology making operations and emergency response more efficient, but one session dialed in on ensuring firefighters have access to safer, faster and ...

A study found that alert systems using an immediately loud sound increased firefighter heart rates by a median of seven beats a minute, compared with five beats a minute under a system that phased in ...

KISSIMMEE, Fla. – The Kissimmee Fire Department has activated a new Fire Station Alerting (FSA) system designed to significantly improve emergency response times and enhance firefighter safety. The ...

The new setup is integrated into the computer-aided dispatching system. So when a dispatcher takes an emergency call and logs ...