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.
Use earplugs or earmuffs instead of trying to endure the loudness
Key reasons diversity training misses the mark – and steps to make it worth the time
Seminole County firefighters partnered with the University of Florida’s Veterinary Emergency Treatment Center for lifting techniques
Thousands of firefighters have traveled on the industry’s dime to a training facility where tank cars are set ablaze for practice
The firefighter, a lieutenant with 20 years on the job, used the N-word on the page of an anti-immigrant group
The fire chief said students in the program may one day work for his department, so he said the donation will pay off by providing the best possible training
Second-guessing an evacuation order places the interior crew and those charged with rescuing them in great peril
Alex Thomason, a personal injury lawyer, bought a $5,000 rig from a local station and took a four-hour “mini” firefighting course
Members of the department charge that another firefighter passed the test for the battalion chief; a state commission will examine all of his certifications
A firefighter drowned last year in eight feet of water; records show that crews who responded to his drowning did not have any water rescue training
Properly allocating fire department resources means understanding the community’s need, and that means understanding the data
Fire Chief Digital Edition - Fall 2015 focuses on how some departments have put fire science into practice on the fireground
Most of the dead firefighters were young, aged from 19 to 23, and many reportedly had never fought a fire before
The funds will provide financial support and assist with recruitment efforts for eight departments
The grant will help support the institute’s mission to increase knowledge and reduce injuries and deaths in the fire service and the communities they serve
Families of missing firefighters say they are treated as ‘second-class’ crews and not enough has been done to find them
They have become the first department in the country to adopt all of the nearly one-dozen recommendations of the Firefighter Cancer Support Network
Firefighters taught them hands-on techniques for how best to breach brick and wooden walls, all while maneuvering safely away from threats
The viral video that shows the big man squeezing through the rungs of a ladder in full gear has more than 150,000 views from all over the world
The program is open to students between the ages of 15 and 17; there is no cost to attend
The department will receive $577K to increase staff and buy new equipment
To have community backing, dispel the common belief that firefighters stop training once they are on the job