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.
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Firefighters are looking to their supervisors for improved communication, support and empowerment, and training and professional development opportunities
Active shooter training at Minnesota State University tested the response of several agencies
Understanding the right way to use ladders is key to the safety of truck crews and others fighting the fire
Teamwork, communication, experience and constant training make nozzle firefighters most effective
Fire chief: ‘We want to help protect what’s precious to them’
The Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore and Motor Vehicle Administration have created a video encouraging drivers to not text and drive
The task force will be trained to identify homes with potential hoarding-related hazards
The state has one of the highest rates of fire deaths
Structures are weaker and fuel loads burn hotter, which requires a transitional fire attack
After 2 years of testimony, he was sentenced to repay nearly half a million dollars and serve 5 years
Investigators say if a staffed hoseline had been present, level of risk would have been significantly lowered
The annual open house is an excellent way to bond with your community, so long as catastrophe doesn’t strike. Plan your event with safety at the forefront
Elgin Fire Dept. will send firefighters to classes that will teach them to determine causes of fires
Humboldt Bay falls within fire department’s area of responsibility rather than Coast Guard’s
Officers need to leave the nozzle to firefighters and concentrate on the entire scene
The classes are the first of its kind in the state and will be a firefighting fast-track
Standard labeling and guidebooks are some of the ideas auto groups are floating to make extrication safer and easier
Firefighters failed to properly execute basic tasks, report finds
Girls range from 14 to 20, spend a week learning about fire safety
U.S. Fire Administrator Ernie Mitchell talked of improved disaster response and fire prevention
Code of ethics is designed so that any local fire department can adopt it
Report recommends structural hazard and risk assessment training for all fire personnel
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