From some of our earliest memories in elementary school as little kids, we all recall participating in fire drills on a periodic basis. Of course, the purpose of those fire drills was to train ...

On March 4, 1908, a fire erupted at Lakeview Elementary School in Collinwood, Ohio. Among the frightened students was 9-year-old Niles Thompson, who, in a desperate attempt to escape the flames, lept ...

Daniel's class learns how to stay safe in a fire drill. / Daniel is lost at the market. At school, Teacher Harriet shows the class what to do to stay safe during a fire drill. When the alarm goes off, ...

On June 17, three new recruits began a four-week "drill school" to become firefighters for the Pittsfield Fire Department. Sam Din, 30, Jay Bullard, 25, and Matthew Tobin, 27, spent their days ...