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.
Can you guess the No. 1 fire movie for firefighters? (Spoiler alert: It’s not ‘Backdraft’)
Fort Myers Fire Department officials plan to make Nathaniel Lee Wilcox an honorary firefighter
The purpose of the challenge is to improve relationships between dive teams from law enforcement and fire/EMS agencies
Firefighters from around Orange County took part in California Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 5, 3-day annual training exercise
Classes discuss ways to make potentially dangerous dogs less likely to become aggressive, enhance training for for police, firefighters, paramedics
There’s a number of organizations that can help provide the required skills for you and your organization
Heavy Rescue Incorporated, group of professional firefighters themselves, led sessions at abandoned industrial building, live-fire building
New car fire simulator in Whitfield County aims to cut down on those crucial seconds, allows firefighters to train in more ‘real-life’ scenario
Facebook fans want new, aspiring firefighters to know to listen, respect veterans, keep learning, be team player, love the lifestyle
A recent NIOSH firefighter fatality report reemphasizes the hazards of firefighter training and the need for establishing appropriate resources beforehand
Student-instructor ratio, lack of personal protective equipment, no safety officer contributed to Chip Imker’s death during skills class
A recent lawsuit claims a fire department did not ‘act with a sense of urgency’ when it responded to a plant fire and told other departments not to assist suppression
Anyone can try to make all situations fit only a single nozzle’s parameters, but this is a false supposition that could create safety issues for your crews as they advance into a structure
Many times we get caught with too many firefighters pushing toward the nozzle and not assisting in manipulating the hose line
Schoolchildren were told how to prevent fire and what to do when one breaks out, asked to discuss with their parents
Fire Department hopes to extend AED skills to public to help keep victim alive until paramedics arrive
The ability to learn does have great value to me and my employers, both past and present
Insufficient funding awareness, inappropriate or missing parts in self-made water-delivery system also contributed to Ryan Seitz’s death
Some classes will still require travel and hands-on training that simply can’t be done on a computer
Some firefighters were surprised when the education requirement was waived and the new chief with no bachelor’s degree was hired
The 2008 law requires all Ohio firefighters to earn recertification every three years by passing a test
A critical part of the drill was testing emergency agencies’ communication with the public
Volunteers statewide cover a fire service area of 47,214 square miles and provide protection for 9.8 million citizens
It’s not easy to make the transition from firefighter or driver to company officer
As the driver, it is your responsibility to make sure that the crew and the equipment make it to the scene
It is the responsibility of the fire departments and the new members to keep the fire service going in the right direction
As your department puts on new members, we give them a riding assignment on the engine, but do we ever tell them what they need to know to fill the seat?
Carrying the ladder a few inches off from its balance point can waste a tremendous amount of a firefighter’s energy
About 20 air force firefighters were present in addition to six Abilene Fire Department firefighters and nine firefighters from Abilene Regional Airport
The cause remains undetermined but appears suspicious