Education & Training
FireRescue1’s firefighter education and training topic features information and resources for fire and rescue professionals, including content that supports ongoing professional development and enhances training efforts, whether online, in the classroom or during hand-on training evolutions.
            
            
        
        Lessons from agencies mastering real-time collaboration under pressure
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        New CPR guidelines question mechanical devices — but field realities tell another story
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The Maryland congresswoman’s FLAME and RESCUE Acts would repay departments for travel costs lost during the NFA’s shutdown under federal spending cuts
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Washington County–Johnson City EMS is mourning the loss of veteran EMT Fred Kemp after a training accident
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        A Waterbury HR probe says recruits used phones, split screens and Google during an unsupervised final test
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Instructors and speakers have until Nov. 2, 2025, to submit their proposals
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Do you know how to teach? Rethinking fire service instruction and leadership
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        From checklists to command-post placement, leaders must build the foundation for confident command
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Fatalities that occur during agility tests and academy drills underscore the need for tougher medical screening, heat-stress limits and on-site EMS
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        From chemical make-up to cell construction, not all lithium-ion batteries are the same
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Despite long-standing scrutiny, FEMA has delivered transformative support to the fire service through programs like NFA, AFG, US&R and NERIS
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Cedar City’s mayor said Fire Chief Mike Phillips was burned when a spark fell into jet fuel
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Turn fragmented systems into seamless collaboration during critical incidents
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Live-burn drill lets Moffat volunteers complete Firefighter I skills on home turf
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        An internal probe found the Waterbury recruits used phones and computers during the proctored test
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Concord firefighters, the county bomb squad and the FBI drilled to refine resource use and response tactics for complex hazardous-materials events
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Four Sauk Valley departments completed a two-day workshop to standardize incident command, strengthen mutual-aid fireground leadership and reinforce NIOSH safety practices
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Chesterfield County firefighters will simulate freeing a trapped driver by rappelling from an exit ramp
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The Pittsburgh city council unanimously moved forward on a 168-acre facility, adding limits that bar federal/foreign training and “urban warfare” simulations
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The Nov. 18 event will feature expert-led sessions that support operational excellence and leadership readiness
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        First Candle’s Safe Sleep Response Training equips first responders and others to counsel families on safe sleep and support those affected by SUID
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The Massachusetts Association of Technical Rescue Specialists held its annual multi-agency training in Fall River on the USS Massachusetts
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Training all East Meadow firefighters with VR headsets simulates up to 60 scenarios, offering on-demand practice, muscle-memory building and a recruitment draw for gamers
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Sessions at the Greater Flagstaff Region Fire Academy use movement screening, functional strength and recovery work to curb injuries
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        New mandatory training simulates the 2011 ventilation incident that killed Lieutenant Todd Krodle, sharpening rapid rescue tactics
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        With only four structure fires in the township over three years, Courtland FD officials say the site provides essential training opportunities for younger firefighters
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Crews should train on implementing IRICs and placing rescue tools, all while following key standards
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        How to implement mayday-focused policies in an actionable and relatable way that builds muscle memory for these events
    
        
    
        
    
        
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