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 ...

MOULTON, Ala. (WAFF) - The Moulton Fire Department is celebrating after one of it’s crew members passed one of the toughest training courses in the country recently. Gunnar Walling is the fire member ...

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. — Broken Arrow is celebrating one of its firefighters. He’s become the department’s first Smoke Diver. The Oklahoma Smoke Diver Association is one of only three Smoke Diver ...

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 ...