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.
A well-executed chief’s inspection can mean the difference between a department that is merely functional and one that excels
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The 2025 event aims to support responders facing mental health challenges like burnout and PTSD
Certified community paramedics are improving patient health care and reducing costs through community home visits
South Central Iowa Community Foundation awards grants to organizations from all over Union County from a distribution of gaming revenues and the Union County Endowment Fund
A town hall audience of about three dozen fire company representatives opened up with questions, gripes and suggestions in a wide-ranging, two-hour exchange
The grant is funded by the Federal Aviation Trust Fund, which uses taxes collected from airline tickets to support U.S. airline capital and operational costs
The webinars will cover security for places of worship and how to prepare for complex attacks
Use these scenarios to practice monitoring air consumption, operating the SCBA in PPE and buddy breathing
Take whatever steps are necessary to recruit, retain, educate, hire, consolidate or reevaluate
Under the program, students earn nearly 60 college credits – amounting to nearly two years’ worth of work – while attending high school
Permanently discontinuing water use would effectively shut down the facility, a known point source for PFOS and PFAS contamination stemming from the use of firefighting foams
NFPA offers free online training to help responders keep pace with the surge in alternative energy technology
Students learned several vehicle-rescue techniques, including how to safely knock out windows and how to properly use the Jaws of Life to remove doors
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A small-town volunteer fire department makes changes to reduce exposure to carcinogens after losing one of its founders to cancer
Weak links negatively impact our ability to properly serve our community as “superior servants”
Graduates could enter the workforce as emergency medical technicians or continue their education in Sinclair’s Fire Academy program
Instructors tout the inaugural program as cost-effective, incorporative of department-specific techniques and convenient for recruits
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski sat down with FireRescue1 to discuss the needs of fire leaders, and how to ensure resources are available for wildfire prevention and disaster relief
Firefighters learned proper maneuvering in a boat, shore-based operations, defensive swimming, victim pickups from the water and how to paddle
Butler County mental health professionals have started countywide crisis intervention training to help first responders handle situations involving suspects with mental illness
Teaching firefighters to overcome the stresses of the job is just as important as hose drills
The trainees will remain employed through June 7
Five Marin firefighters will be working with Firefighters Without Borders California, an organization of professional firefighters and EMS personnel who work to improve global fire operations
By default, many firefighters are prone to pulling a smaller fire hose line, but sometimes a larger diameter is necessary
The previous response plan called for EMS personnel to hold up outside the scene until police had made their response and wait for victims to be brought out
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