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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Following the Trump assassination attempt, first responders are fired or suspended for their social media comments
Many apparatus crashes could be prevented through simple process improvements and mechanical checks
Fire chief: images from last year’s tsunami in Japan made people take the threat more serious
Emergency operations centers coming under one roof for the first time
Leaders are seeking a funding deal similar to the Senate’s that will take USFA through 2017
Tools, technique, training are keys to gaining quick access through metal door set in block wall
It took less than 2 hours to complete first of 8 simulated rescues during 4-day 2012 Rescue Challenge
Facing never-before-seen amounts of fire and being targets themselves, Hamburg firefighters managed to save 18,000 people
24 firefighters, 32 instructors have spent nearly two weeks learning how to drive, pump and maintain fire engines
Dozens of first responders took part in training aimed at recognizing PTSD, how to approach those who are suffering from it
Driver-training simulators are pricey, but may help firefighters avoid more costly collisions
Chief ‘illegally’ sent township firefighters to train in a program where he taught
Free online program helps first responders recognize autism disorders during emergency response, better understand techniques to communicate
Building named after Freedom House in Pittsburgh, ‘program to train unemployed and underemployed black men and women as medical technicians’
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Department has begun establishing new training standards to deal with these structures
27 firefighters were involved in training over 3 days to locate, excavate, isolate leaking pipes
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