Before firefighters ever respond to a real emergency, they spend hours training under intense, real-life conditions designed to prepare them for the worst.

The Braintree Fire Department is only the third department in the state to get a new hose that will withstand extreme heat and fire for more than an hour without failure. Fire hose burn through is a ...

Belco is to hold a simulated exercise tomorrow that will include a “live fire” at its Serpentine Road facility. The company said the exercise may be visible to passers-by and that there will be some ...