A Bay Area firefighting agency, assisting with the response to the massive Mendocino Complex Fire, says its communications were crippled by Verizon through a controversial practice known as ...

Volunteers at Alert Fire Company No. 1 in Downingtown are getting new portable radios thanks to state grant funding secured by state Senator Carolyn Comitta. The funding, which comes through the ...

Understanding the physics of radios helps firefighters choose the right equipment and anticipate signal issues caused by building materials and environmental factors. Training should simulate stress ...

The Cottonwood Fire left behind more than scorched ground in central Nebraska. It also exposed a problem first responders say ...

The mountains may be beautiful, but they sure don’t make it easy for signal to travel up and down. Signals get trapped, lost and fizzle out — which is annoying when you’re just trying to text a cool ...