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.
Firefighters focused on shuttling and flowing water in several drills
A public showcase featuring controlled locomotive collisions promotes railroad safety
A realization about advanced training skills leads to a renewed focus on fundamentals
The department implemented high-performance CPR, and began tracking data related to bystanders starting resuscitation efforts before responders arrive
Pick offs require a lot of repetition and are a high-risk rigging event; these steps and video will help you train for these rescues
The owner of the studio offered the two-hour classes to teach firefighters self-defense skills to better avoid injuries from combative patients
The creation of dedicated response teams would make it easier to get the right people in place to respond
Working with a corporate sponsor, to managing a larger team to, live-fire demonstrations, IFRM broke new ground
Starting a fire department from scratch is great when money is no object; when resources are scarce, you improvise
If a fire emergency flares up in the city, they’ll call for backup, take off their gun belts and step into the firefighting gear
Remy Jones developed a pattern of unexcused absences during his ordered remedial training
He was climbing up a fire hose when his foot got caught on something and he fell backward, landing on an air pack strapped to his back
He responded to both cardiac arrest calls, and will be recognized as Paramedic of the Year
Fire Chief Gerard Dio said the men’s deaths have inspired new research on safer firefighting technology and practices
There’s real science showing how to measure and improve emotional intelligence, and that it is a key to good leadership — especially in the fire service
Taking a too-small hoseline to a big fire will compromise the initial attack and set off a chain of bad fireground events
This abandoned commercial building presents several challenges and risks to Detroit firefighters; watch the video and discuss how you would handle a similar fire in your area of response.
As a third generation volunteer firefighter, Michael Carey said he has no regrets helping out in Buffalo
Funding for the program has been extended to teach science-based tactical decision making for company officers and firefighters
Firefighters climbed through a window to pull her out; she was not breathing so they performed CPR
The ubiquitous mobile camera and platforms for sharing video means a fire department’s tactics and reputation are under constant, and sometimes unfair, scrutiny
Ten responders were killed in 2013 when the Texas plant exploded
Officer Mark Kimsey said he’d still be sitting in the car if 17-year-old Joe Chambers hadn’t intervened
Evidence-based firefighting research, although new, is accepted in theory; but can we put it into practice on the fireground?
